Hi all,

 

I've recently purchased a nice Lemon Yellow Fabia, however it appears in some ways to have been a bit of a lemon. I'm looking to restore it back to it's formal glory.

 

Now, i've sussed the dash ABS and ASR lights have been blanked out (great start..). I've now traced back the wiring, I thought fuse number 4 on top of the battery was a direct feed to the ABS pump... in which case someone has removed the wiring and the fuse. Could someone confirm which fuse i should be looking for, and if this is a direct feed to the ABS pump in which case i can reinstate the cable and fuse and then work out a solution from there if anything is broken/faulty.

 

The car is a 2004 ("54") Fabia VRs.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Should also note that the car has had the 312 brake upgrade on the front, which i'm not sure has anything to do with the previous owner blanking the lights out/removing the wiring? 

Strip fuse 6 is the ABS one on your car. It's only later cars where it moved to position 4.

Check the alternator signal wiring at the bracket on the gearbox as that may be why ASR warning light has been blanked off.

Give fuse 6 a gentle prod in the middle, if it's cracked it'll break.

Hideous bodgery, why couldn't they just use a neat strip of black electrical tape, then it would be easy to reinstate once the simple fault wino mentioned is fixed.

 

Morons.

19 minutes ago, Wino said:

Strip fuse 6 is the ABS one on your car. It's only later cars where it moved to position 4.

Check the alternator signal wiring at the bracket on the gearbox as that may be why ASR warning light has been blanked off.

 

Ah thank you for that, i did read something about the wiring changing! That'll help me do some more fault finding with the multimeter. I'll take a look this weekend at the wire you suggested! I'm hoping it's a simple fix, seems like someone went well out there way to cover up a simple fault.

 

5 minutes ago, sepulchrave said:

Hideous bodgery, why couldn't they just use a neat strip of black electrical tape, then it would be easy to reinstate once the simple fault wino mentioned is fixed.

 

Morons.

 

You're not wrong, very disappointing and dangerous given it was never mentioned at purchase! It's a pig to get the silicone out too while trying not to damage the LED and the flexible faceplate. 

4 minutes ago, dougie1142 said:

 

Ah thank you for that, i did read something about the wiring changing! That'll help me do some more fault finding with the multimeter. I'll take a look this weekend at the wire you suggested! I'm hoping it's a simple fix, seems like someone went well out there way to cover up a simple fault.

 

 

You're not wrong, very disappointing and dangerous given it was never mentioned at purchase! It's a pig to get the silicone out too while trying not to damage the LED and the flexible faceplate. 

 

The vendor might not have known, a garage may have charged good money for a very bad job.