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ok so this morning I stuiply, b4 i was ment to drive to work i decied to put my new turbo timer in as my old 1 would no longer power up. easy enough job i thought just plug the new unit into the old wiring. all well and good till i go to turn he over and i get nothing but "click click click" from the starter. fair enough. wait a second then same again. i now have no radio, dash lights or engine turn over noise. i checked the engine bay fuse box all where ok. but im thinking maybe some other fuses some where or maybe dead flat battery??? any ideas guys. im away for work tonight (had to be picked up!) so now im stewing on WTF ive done to my car and its killing me...

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OK well I think the most obvious question is right now...is it the same turbo timer? Same brand even? If not how do you know the existing harness is compatible with the new one that you bought? And from your statement I'm assuming your ACC electrics turned on the first time but not the second?

EDIT: Beza has a fairly good point, when was the last time you drove the car?

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OK well I think the most obvious question is right now...is it the same turbo timer? Same brand even? If not how do you know the existing harness is compatible with the new one that you bought? And from your statement I'm assuming your ACC electrics turned on the first time but not the second?

EDIT: Beza has a fairly good point, when was the last time you drove the car?

differnt turbo timer though the same 3 pin connection. i drive the car daily. it had a flat battery the day before cause i left the lights on. started the car with a portable jump starter. everything worked fine drove the car all day yesterday. turned off and started afew times. i honestly cant remember about the dash lights but car head lights and alarm still worked so battery carnt be dead flat like the day before. are the 34 fuses boxes in the boot like the 33 or under the dash? might be a combo of flat batterry/ blow acceseries 10a fuse maybe?

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yeh i did think of that but didnt have time to meter it... its just wierd that the dash lights and radio didnt come on. i wouldnt think they used much power. the car alarm still worked when i left it this morn.

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The car should start whether the turbo timer is plugged in or not, it basically works by keeping the ignition wires and accessory wires hot even after you've removed the key from the ignition. Therefore I cannot see how changing over (or removing entirely) the turbo timer module, would prevent the car starting.

The possibility is that the harness pin outs is different for the two modules, or that something has shorted and blown a fuse (under the dash) or fusible link (under the bonnet). Check your voltage with a multimeter to see if you have a flat battery. It would not otherwise make sense that if you backtracked to before you changed the module over, that the car still wouldn't start.

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agree, with a flat battery the lights all either come on and work, or are a bit dim but still work

its only when you goto crank that it dies in the bum and the lights go dim etc

and with a flat battery it wont tick tick tick cos it will still try asnd crank and go raaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuu and all the lights will go dim

ie the starter motor will still try and fire and turn the crank

it wont just go click click click

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Take the TT out and toss it - you really don't need it, it's pure wank-factor.

Just because the car ran fine after a jump-start from flat doesn't mean it has fully recovered from its ordeal. It might take several days use of the car before the battery fully recovers and is able to start the engine in the morning.

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