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[EX-MET 3.0]

hi guys i have just brought a ex met elite

the problem is its an auto and when i pull away quick the wheels spin tc light flashes on the dash and the engine bogs down

BUT i havent got a tc switch in the car!

iv been told it should be in the row with the hazzards ect

but theres only 1 space the isnt filler its between the drivers side heated seat and the eco switch and its got no wires going to the back of it

but there is also a space next to the stereo and i not sure if its ment to go there ??

any help would be much appriceated

Dan

[Andy B]

Ho old is your 'new' car? If it's an earlier car than the the TC is next to the radio (left of) later MINI facelift (still prefacelift) cars - radio controls on the steering wheel - the TC is on the row above - next to ECO
and I've no idea where it should be on a later facelift car   

[Del Boy]

Being ex-police it should have a TC switch, what year is the car?

[Andy B]

Being ex-police it should have a TC switch, what year is the car?

V6 or not decides whether it will have TC ... not its previous owner!       

[EX-MET 3.0]

its a 1997 r reg its a prefacelift but its got steering wheel controls and xenons so im guessin its a mini facelift

the bit next to the stereo is missing so im not sure what should be there but there is a plug there


if poss would some 1 be able to take a pic of the plug on the tc switch that is next to the stereo just to compare to the plug on mine

but if it should be in the row with the hazzards any ideas why i aint got any wires goin there

[Andy B]

its a 1997 r reg its a prefacelift but its got steering wheel controls and xenons so im guessin its a mini facelift

the bit next to the stereo is missing so im not sure what should be there but there is a plug there


if poss would some 1 be able to take a pic of the plug on the tc switch that is next to the stereo just to compare to the plug on mine

but if it should be in the row with the hazzards any ideas why i aint got any wires goin there

If your car is the mini facelift, then the space to the leftof the stereo is for the sat-nav screen when fitted. Your TC should be above, and being a mini facelift is the least common switch. 

Have alook through this blokes site (I'm sure someone will recognise his car  ) and you'll find a picture of the centre console (it won't allow me to right click  ) and you'll see a picture of the switches & the space to the left of the radio 
http://www.megaomega.co.uk/

[tunnie]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

[EX-MET 3.0]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

iv been told this before but they wouldbt remove the wires would they

[hotel21]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

iv been told this before but they wouldbt remove the wires would they

Depends on how brutal the techs were!  Either side cutters through the wiring and taped up or switch removed.  Dash area then reassigned to an alternate purpose - vascar, force radio or whatever - and bits removed at decommissioning and subsequent sale to Joseph E. Public......

[EX-MET 3.0]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

iv been told this before but they wouldbt remove the wires would they

Depends on how brutal the techs were!  Either side cutters through the wiring and taped up or switch removed.  Dash area then reassigned to an alternate purpose - vascar, force radio or whatever - and bits removed at decommissioning and subsequent sale to Joseph E. Public......

iv taken the surround off and traced the wites and i cant find any cut wires any were

so if they have taken them out they did it properly

[Dave DND]

so if they have taken them out they did it properly

Doubt it . . .  Plod never modify these properly - always a bodge in there somewhere. If you think that your car was modified "carefully" instead of with tape and cutters, then your car is very unique and unlike any other plod car here on Oof.

 

[tunnie]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

iv been told this before but they wouldbt remove the wires would they

Depends on how brutal the techs were!  Either side cutters through the wiring and taped up or switch removed.  Dash area then reassigned to an alternate purpose - vascar, force radio or whatever - and bits removed at decommissioning and subsequent sale to Joseph E. Public......

iv taken the surround off and traced the wites and i cant find any cut wires any were

so if they have taken them out they did it properly

The belief that police mechanics are careful, is somewhat of a myth, as described by some former police members here.

[Andy B]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

iv been told this before but they wouldbt remove the wires would they

Depends on how brutal the techs were!  Either side cutters through the wiring and taped up or switch removed.  Dash area then reassigned to an alternate purpose - vascar, force radio or whatever - and bits removed at decommissioning and subsequent sale to Joseph E. Public......

iv taken the surround off and traced the wites and i cant find any cut wires any were

so if they have taken them out they did it properly

The belief that police mechanics are careful, is somewhat of a myth, as described by some former police members here.

I don't think it's the mechanics (it seems that most maintenance work is farmed out these days - my local dealer has loads of Police cars on their forecourt waiting for/been through service) that's the problem. It's the 'One careful owner' that's te problem. The local dealer's part's lads say that Plod can get through £1000's worth of DM flywheel in no time!    Dropping the clutch is easy when some oneelse will pick up the tab!   :-?  :-?

[tunnie]

quite a few ex-police cars have the TC buttons removed!

iv been told this before but they wouldbt remove the wires would they

Depends on how brutal the techs were!  Either side cutters through the wiring and taped up or switch removed.  Dash area then reassigned to an alternate purpose - vascar, force radio or whatever - and bits removed at decommissioning and subsequent sale to Joseph E. Public......

iv taken the surround off and traced the wites and i cant find any cut wires any were

so if they have taken them out they did it properly

The belief that police mechanics are careful, is somewhat of a myth, as described by some former police members here.

I don't think it's the mechanics (it seems that most maintenance work is farmed out these days - my local dealer has loads of Police cars on their forecourt waiting for/been through service) that's the problem. It's the 'One careful owner' that's te problem. The local dealer's part's lads say that Plod can get through £1000's worth of DM flywheel in no time!    Dropping the clutch is easy when some oneelse will pick up the tab!   :-?  :-?

No doubt they farm it off to the cheapest out source contract they can find 

Remember seeing on Road Wars an Omega got a light impact on front, and they said they only just got i back, so i can believe it.

I look forward to targeted EMP's which can take out the scumbags  8-)

[Andy B]

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I look forward to targeted EMP's which can take out the scumbags  8-)

can you down load one of them?  :-?  :-?
WTF is an EMP?  :-/  :-/