Robdataff

Yeah, that's true. I'm probably gonna take the door off, lay it on my table and just fit a new loom from fleabay. Maybe a febi, maybe a generic. The original looms are around £130 each, from a post from breezy Pete. And they'll still require door card removal I believe.

Just a heads up about the radio. I bought a £9 Bluetooth receiver, it plugs into the Aux port, and a usb charger (in the cigarette socket next to it). Works a treat, and didn't need me to mess around with facia adapters for the console. Maybe yours doesn't have a Aux port though. My 1.4 diesel mk2 fabia 1 does.

Did you buy a loom? If you did, did you go OEM or ebay? Or did your mechanic just solder the wires? About to fix mine, and obviously want to do a decent fix for the lowest price.

I might end removing the door anyway, the drivers window has come off its rail once or twice, and needed a bit of manual reseating to make it sit properly. I bought the car from the original owner, and he had the ( brand new) mechanism in a box. Waste not want not 😁. Im not sure how much easier it'll be with the door off though. I don't want to bother with soldering right where the cable flexes, so assuming I can unplug the multiple connectors after stripping the door, I'll just take the loom out complete, solder mid wire somewhere for the joins. I might even waco plug, and use a bit of hot glue to mount the blocks I need. Should be a bit easier.

Ive been lurking here for a while, and seen plenty of posts about intermittent window/locking/door issues. I've got a fabia mk2 1.4tdi, and I'm suffering from some random central locking and drivers windows issues. I've got the dreaded wiring loom issues between the A pillar and the door. Soldering seems a bit painful, considering the amount of wires I'll need to do. Has anyone found a decent source for the loom with connectors? I could go to skoda... I haven't priced them and assume they'll be expensive. There's loads of universal vw kits on ebay, but they've only got the door connection, and I'd rather go "plug and play" if I can. From what I've seen, door card off, de-rivet speaker, then it should be easy. Easyish anyway.

How did you go with the change? Any issues with the priming? On my old transit I was advised to fill the new filter with diesel before fitting it, to avoid issues. That looks tricky to do on the fabia units, need to rig a hose rather than just pour it in.