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Long time lurker, First time poster
« on: 03 February 2008, 11:09:28 »
Good Morning Chaps,

I've been lurking for a while as been fancying a Mega for some time, any way yesterday I did just short of a 800 round trip for one. some people may say I was mad doing this for R reg motor with star ship milage but I've always loved doing some thing diffrent.

I saw it on ebay as classfied add, for £800 , 12 months test & 6 months tax. Had a little barter with the guy and the phone and got a nice chunk off, but said it was a "elite" when it was clear it was a CDX, so I wait till I got there to point this out and got some more off the price, then during the test drive smoke came out from under the bonnet...

Yeah bad sign I know, the seller says "Must be the rocker covers, its common" so more cash off...

I used to be a grease monkey a few years ago and can tell the diffrence between burning oil and plastic... a cable tie was touching the manifold, so that was easy :)

Any way after a drive back to grim North Wales it made better MPG than my mondeo... so I guess might end up using it more often then I planned.

Couple of thing I need to sort, the car has a multi changer but the head unit (500 some thing) is showing safe so I asume its goosed now, but I have the chance of the Radio / car phone head unit, will this work with the CD changer and the disply ?

Any way thought I was say hello and a thankyou for the months of old threads I've been reading :)
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« Reply #1 on: 03 February 2008, 11:14:29 »
Morning & welcome. You may wana PM Dave at DND Services, he's very good with stereos. His advice is 2nd to none  :y
He may be around later.
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« Reply #2 on: 03 February 2008, 11:15:30 »
Hi and welcome to the forum  :y
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« Reply #3 on: 03 February 2008, 11:30:20 »
hello and good morning to you. :)
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Re: Long time lurker, First time poster
« Reply #4 on: 03 February 2008, 11:34:55 »
Welcome to the site, and thanks for signing up at last ;)

The stereo, post up in ICE section.  But CDR500 doesn't have CD Changer.  CCR600 (more likely in a 98 CDX) has a CDC2 in the boot. SAFE just means it needs code entering.

The phone CCRT700 needs a new display and a different CDC2 (yes, there are different, incompatible types!)
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« Reply #5 on: 03 February 2008, 11:54:22 »
Thanks for that, I'll check it's model and start a new thread over in the ICE section, need to give her a clean in a bit any way, Wind, Rain, snow and sea spray have made her a dirty girl already :(

Mind you, had the mondeo serviced more often than its been washed...  must be 2000 miles since the last time it was washed
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« Reply #6 on: 03 February 2008, 12:15:56 »
Hi an welcome to the site :y
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« Reply #7 on: 03 February 2008, 14:36:39 »
"Hello" and welcome :)
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« Reply #8 on: 03 February 2008, 14:37:56 »
Hi and welcome  :y
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« Reply #9 on: 03 February 2008, 15:12:40 »
Hi and welcome.  Sounds like you'll need your grease monkey skills.  BTW I'm never sure whether that term is supposed to be insulting to monkeys or to vehicle mechanics ;)

PS You've only got to try 10000 codes to get the right one on the radio.  On a slightly more helpful note - sounds as though you prob. don't have an owner's manual for the car.  I know you can always ask people on this forum, but I've made good use of mine, which I got off of fleabay for about £3.
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« Reply #10 on: 03 February 2008, 15:17:07 »
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Hi and welcome.  Sounds like you'll need your grease monkey skills.  BTW I'm never sure whether that term is supposed to be insulting to monkeys or to vehicle mechanics ;)

PS You've only got to try 10000 codes to get the right one on the radio.  On a slightly more helpful note - sounds as though you prob. don't have an owner's manual for the car.  I know you can always ask people on this forum, but I've made good use of mine, which I got off of fleabay for about £3.

I've got all the manual's for the motor, and the service history for the last 190'000 miles... like reading war and peace :)
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« Reply #11 on: 03 February 2008, 15:25:00 »
Lurk no more. Welcome to the forum.  :y
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Re: Long time lurker, First time poster
« Reply #12 on: 03 February 2008, 17:34:42 »
Hi Jon, welcome to the forum :y
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« Reply #13 on: 03 February 2008, 19:24:08 »
 [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif] Hello JonArgraig & welcome to "[size=14]The Forum[/size]"[/color][/b]  8-)
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« Reply #14 on: 03 February 2008, 20:12:04 »
 :)Welcome aboard Jon & happy Migging. Good to hear you keep them serviced but 2000 miles without a wash? NO EXCUSE for that!!! Mine gets valeted every few days, stay on top of it & it's an easier job. :y
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