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QuoteMark i've never had the radio out it's a Sony CDX-C6850R
Shuuuuuussh! Don't let 'the boy' hear you say that. The 'S' word gets his blood boiling!
QuoteQuoteQuoteQuotehi DTM you said Or cut the wire at the back of the MID.....Now I would not ever disagree with 'The Great One', but I'm not convinced that would work, as presumably your HU doesn't pass any signals to MID anyway :-/
which wire would that be ?
Sometimes I hate being right most of the time.
Red-white wire, pin 8 of the MID connector.
This is the switched output from the radio which tells the MID that the radio is on....
The reason I also mentioned radio reception is that the switched output from the rad also goes to the aerial amp....and its this that I beleave you have disconnected at the moment.
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is this why my aftermarket head unit (fitted since i've owned car) has never worked properly;
1 Date goes out
2 To get Cd's to play i have to switch between af/ta (alt frq / traf alert)
3 radio reception is always bad (better with rear blind up!!!
never got round to investigating
Would need a bit more to go on like, radio type, any interface modules, wiring changes etc?
QuoteQuotehi DTM you said Or cut the wire at the back of the MID.....Now I would not ever disagree with 'The Great One', but I'm not convinced that would work, as presumably your HU doesn't pass any signals to MID anyway :-/
which wire would that be ?
Sometimes I hate being right most of the time.
Red-white wire, pin 8 of the MID connector.
This is the switched output from the radio which tells the MID that the radio is on....
The reason I also mentioned radio reception is that the switched output from the rad also goes to the aerial amp....and its this that I beleave you have disconnected at the moment.
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Quotemy guess would be clogged breathers: give em a clean plus a couple of oil changes. I'd also work it through the rev range a bit more. gearbox is likely to be the selector- probably gummed up through lack of use. There is a way of cleaning but I don't know how - i have a manual....I have heard this on here many times! PLEASE can some one explain to me how age can affect a bearing race? Do they put sell by dates on cambelt kits?
also, make sure it has had a recent canbelt change. despite low mileage the age could do the tensioners in. if you are not certain that the belt and tensioner kit has been fitted then get it done
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wasnt sure if andy ilsf was replying to me but the first thing I was told on here was to take care when underneath a car. So I went and got my ramps, axle stands and another jack.
but even i wouldn't have said that 
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lol
old git
that's me!
and less of the old!!!!
Quote...... Do not use copper slip for this, grease only.
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Why? :-/ :-/ :-/ I've used it for (more than 27
