11 Feb 2014, 11:52
Chris P Wrote:Somebody seems to have left a tea shirt wrapped around the steering wheel !
I'm pretty sure that's the airbag, looks like both triggered from the front impact.
Gearbox fault turned out to be the shifter cable spot-welding together due to bad earthing (took the starter current). Apparently this is fairly common for the DMC-12, lack of metal chasis means random metal parts can end up taking a lot of current if earthing is lacking. Can't blame Ed for missing this as he was only supposed to be dropping in the engine, Chris N is replacing & adding more earths and will replace the shifter cable. Still, glad the problem wasn't the gearbox itself.
Most of the electrics are working correctly now but work continues.