A friends old fiat boxed off today, its been sat in their garage for 2yrs. Had to replace ignition bits, drain old fuel and strip carb as the float needle was stuck. not my usual work 🙄

the shit i get involved in 🙄😂

had a go earlier at reprogramming a ns headlight on a 2013 merc e350, the customer replaced it with a brand new 2nd hand unit and the side light doesn't work. the reprogramming was successful using the thinkcar master x, but nothing changed. tried scn coding but it wants you to scan the qr/bar code presumably on the ballast unit underneath the headlight.. anyone on here in the know?

afternoon all, had a call last night for a 65 plate transit 2.2 euro5 non start. apparently been driving fine parked it at a job came to go home and it wouldn't start. I told him try some easy start and id get to him today. he messaged this morning saying it will run on easy then dies when taken away , so I said get me a fuel filter just incase. turned up this afternoon plugged it in only codes were for all 4 glow plugs and clutch switch. after checking clutch on live data I deleted the code so no issues there, plus it would crank anyway. now then, fuel pressure key on was sky high like 1600bar 😂 so I thought fuel pressure sensor. I had 5v ref, signal but ground had 6.7v disconnected and 3.4v connected. I probed the ground and earthed it through my test light, straight away on live data fuel pressure came down to less then 50bar, cranked it and it started 🎉. this is where it could get interesting, I traced the loom to the ecu, 1st connector on left which had a cable tie holding it in 🤦‍♂️, plus the coolant tank above was empty and looked like it had been leaking on to the ecu. I disconnected the plug, it looked wet inside and 1 pin had some green crusty onit. I did a continuity test on earth wire from fps to ecu plug and she beeped fine. so question is, is the ecu fecked by being shorted inside or something else 🤔

Anyone on here doing Mobile repair work Pros and cons Am not able to access suitable premises in my location looking to go mobile tools ? Power supply, compressor Vehicle set up ? Insurance ? Customers to avoid Jobs that are best to concentrate on