Calais popup motor wiring

[Stewart1000]

I have taken the pop up eye lids out of a Calais wreck i have and i have taken the wires for the motor out of the loom and patched them onto my loom but its not working properly, when i turn of the headlights i can hear the relay activating but nothing happens, if i turn the manual knob attached to the motor (see first picture) clockwise a few turns it will then activate and to a full cycle up and down of the eye lids, but that will only work if i have the headlights switched off, if they are on i can turn the manual knob as much as i wont without activating anything.

manual knob



wiring towards the motor side



the white wire of the loom is patched onto this wire (same as the calais loom)




black wire on the loom connected to the same earth wire as on the calais, not the same locatiopn but the same wire, nothign in between.






Any help would be appreciated about how to wire it up, or any ideas i could try.

Tomorrow i will try and put an xf throttle body onto my rb30e motor and ill take photoes and ill try and write up a how to on it

Thanks Stewart

[bangers]

Probably a wrong connection somewhere.

i also wouldn't bother with the XF throttle body. you'll chew heaps more fuel. there are better ways to get more power and acceleration. IMO

[Stewart1000]

why do you think it would use more fuel?

yeah but the connection is the same as it was on the calais, and i assume it worked when they were on that car. anyone got a diagram or anythgin along the lines of that?

[pro_gmh]

why do you think it would use more fuel?

yeah but the connection is the same as it was on the calais, and i assume it worked when they were on that car. anyone got a diagram or anythgin along the lines of that?

more air = more fuel

[fazz1977]

more air = more fuel

True, to a point, but remember, more air and more fuel = less throttle usage. When I put the CAI on my VP I use approximately 15% less fuel than without it, but if I gun it she chews petrol.

[Stewart1000]

yeah more air more fuel, but i only need to put m foot down 20% instead of 30% to let the same amount of air through so its not letting any extra air unless you have the throttle nearly fully open.

The throttle body was tedious to install, mainly getting the bolt holes to line up.

[fazz1977]

K&N filter also helped with the CAI immesurably.