Hi,
Back last week i found out my heater resistor was naffed. Well i got a replacement, was ready to fit it managed to unbolt the old one but came across a pretty horrible problem.
The plug which goes into the Blower resistor has corroded (due to water at some point entering the car, my guess is sh*tty fitting of the pollen filter before my ownership) and i cannot unplug the nackered resistor.
Also the wire on the 4th setting 'port' is bare and im not really liking that one bit...
Heres some pics:
Is it possible to get this plug? Or would it be better to ask someone breaking a leon and then see if i can get it?
As you can see the resistor is pretty well naffed, i did notice on one of the old MOT certs not long after a service that there was an additional note of "Car filled with water" but after that one time, nothing ever again, and none in my ownership so far (And here in Wales we have alot of rain
).
Basically what i want to know is, any idea how the hell im going to replace it, i tried my damned hardest to removed to plug but the only thing i could think of was buying a new plug and finding someone to snip it out and replace (not a clue how hard that wud be - or price ).
Its not a major worry about it getting fixed any time soon but not too happy with having some corroded electrical wires and connectors in the car now that i know about them. Peace of mind really
I also did something really stupid in my p*ssed off rage at not being able to get it apart (after punching a few things lol) i sprayed it with WD40 only to realised the second i did it could potentially spark (with the bare wire) haha... so that made me a little more nervous, managed to clean most of it off thankfully and its now wrapped in some insulation tape till i can get it fixed.
Back last week i found out my heater resistor was naffed. Well i got a replacement, was ready to fit it managed to unbolt the old one but came across a pretty horrible problem.
The plug which goes into the Blower resistor has corroded (due to water at some point entering the car, my guess is sh*tty fitting of the pollen filter before my ownership) and i cannot unplug the nackered resistor.
Also the wire on the 4th setting 'port' is bare and im not really liking that one bit...
Heres some pics:
Is it possible to get this plug? Or would it be better to ask someone breaking a leon and then see if i can get it?
As you can see the resistor is pretty well naffed, i did notice on one of the old MOT certs not long after a service that there was an additional note of "Car filled with water" but after that one time, nothing ever again, and none in my ownership so far (And here in Wales we have alot of rain
).
Basically what i want to know is, any idea how the hell im going to replace it, i tried my damned hardest to removed to plug but the only thing i could think of was buying a new plug and finding someone to snip it out and replace (not a clue how hard that wud be - or price
).Its not a major worry about it getting fixed any time soon but not too happy with having some corroded electrical wires and connectors in the car now that i know about them. Peace of mind really
I also did something really stupid
in my p*ssed off rage at not being able to get it apart (after punching a few things lol) i sprayed it with WD40 only to realised the second i did it could potentially spark (with the bare wire) haha... so that made me a little more nervous, managed to clean most of it off thankfully and its now wrapped in some insulation tape till i can get it fixed.
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