jacko203

I'm going to attack this this weekend, so if I get the windows working, I'll let you all know.

I don't have a spare key. So wish me luck lads

jonboyuk

Best of luck! Sorry I haven't done the key yet, I will - but so busy at the moment!!

Arcalius

Tiny little small question

where exactly does the control box go? Does it go inside the car somewhere or does it sit on the dash?

jonboyuk

Wherever you can fit it! It doesn't have to be visible. When you have the dash trim out, to the right of the ECU (i.e. just behind/above the fusebox is the perfect place. I just used two plastic clicky plasticy strappy things! Easy peasy

Arcalius

Excellent, thank you

Arcalius

Any news on the key guide

Arcalius

Well after three hours I thought me and my girlfriens brother in law thought we had the wiring sorted, so we hooked the ecu up to the loom...nothing.

He checked that there was a voltage and a resistance, we checked all the connections and still...nothing.

We followed the instructions, er soldered the resistor to the white wire and then atached it to the white and black wire, we attached it to the live, we earthed the black yellow and yellow/black cable.


I seriously cannot see what we have done wrong.


ARGHHH

jonboyuk

Ok sorry mate, I've been on holiday! First of all, do you get any power through the system? ie. do the indicators flash but the doors don't open/lock?

Arcalius

No, no flashes nothing.

you said about there being +12v in yellow and yellow/black...we didnt but they are grounded.

But power showing elsewhere...

Arcalius

Ive noticed something else, not sure if its because of the wiring, cos we left it in. My stereo switched off this morning after i started the engine, and i had to take the face plate off and put it back on to turn it back on. And also the electric window wouldnt wind back up after i took the keys out

jonboyuk

Okay Arcalius,

There should be a surge of 12V coming through the white & white/black cables. The negative power is provided through the grounded cables (this is only for locking/unlocking the doors). Make sure the yellow and yellow/black cables are properly spliced into the black (ground cable). That is essential. Also make sure your ground is clean and fits tightly to bare chassis.

As for your window etc, that's probably something to do with the loom coming from the door and into the A-Pillar. Make sure the only cable that you have wired into is Pin 5 on the white plug. Make sure there are no cross-overs because these can create all sorts of strange problems.

It would help me to help you if you could get some nice photos of what you've done so far!! Just an idea! Don't worry, we'll get it working

Arcalius

The windows seemed to stop opening and closing after i had taken the keys out of the exhaust and opened the door...dont know if this is normal not having owned a skoda before, but they would still open and close with the key in the door.

As for the wiring, yes there is voltage coming from the white abd white/black cables, and the yellow cables we connected to the black earth at the ring connector rather than slicing them. My brother in law soldered the ring connector directly to them, to make it a cleaner connection.
There were no power surges from the ECU when the key was pressed to open the door or close it. I have contacted Right Click and they have agreed to replace the box, as my brother in law thought it may have been that rather than the wiring we followed your instructions almost too the letter. The only thing I can see we did different was the earth, but as far as i can see it is essentially the same.

As fr pics, i can get you a pic of the earth, but i dont feel like i want to remove the dash again at the moment. sorry

jonboyuk

As soon as you open the door it cuts off any power to the windows. There is residual opening and closing power until you open the door! Basically, that is normal.

As for pics, don't worry. I'm a little concerned about your earthing. I know for a fact a bad earth will muck up any chance of getting it working! Where have you earthed it to? Did you splice into the indicators? Where do you guys live?

Arcalius

The earth has been attached exactly where you suggested I attach it, on the chassis just above the fuse box.

The yellows were not spliced into the indicators. Should they have been?

Give me five minutes and i will try and get a picture.

I live in Worcester, and my brother in law lives in Redditch

nd thank you for the door thing, that has helped ease my mind

Arcalius

Here is an image of the earth

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jonboyuk

Well you'll be glad to know your earthing is spot on! In fact, it's much neater than mine...you even used a rubber 'O' to prevent the wires from chaffing against the metal! Okay so that leaves a few cables.... live, indicators, and door x2. If your indicators weren't even working then the chances are you did have a faulty unit. Oh and no, the yellows aren't supposed to go into the indicators. Worcester eh, were you affected by the flooding?

Arcalius

For the door wire we essentially made one cable out of the white and white/black cable, connect the cables to one cable with a bullet connector.

for the indicators we spliced those into the wires you mentioned, and the live was connected in much the same way as the earth with a ring connector.

The indicators werent flashing, and we werent getting any fluctuations from any of the wired when I was pressing the open and close buttons.

I got an email from Right Click telling me i could return the unit so I have and Ill wait and see if t was in fact the box rather than our wiring. When I open the dash up again ill make sure to take pictures too.


Thanks for the help

jonboyuk

You said

"For the door wire we essentially made one cable out of the white and white/black cable, connect the cables to one cable with a bullet connector."

Please tell me one of those wires has a resistor on before the bullet connector? If so, it would seem that your wiring is spot on. When you get the new box, lemme know and defo get some photos!!! 2nd time lucky

Arcalius

Yeah the resistor is before the bullet connector. is goes wire-resistor-wire-bullet connector. and the wire with the fuse in goese wire-fuse-wire bullet connector

so both wires go into the bullet connector and then from that into one wire

jonboyuk

spot on!