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Old 26-09-2008, 10:37 AM
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hey guys. my 3litre na vl has just been sitting in the driveway for the past few weeks hasn't been moved or started, and i disconnected the battery straightaway coz i knew it wouldn't be driven for a while.

anyway, tried to start the other day,(battery connected and reading just under 12v which should be fine), i let the fuel pump prime, lights on the dash were on, then turned the key to start and nothing happened, starter motor made no noise at all, nothing.lights on dash stayed on and that was it.

i have checked the fuses under the bonnet. theyre all fine except there is no fuse for the low beams and the one for high beams looks like it melted. but all the lights work fine.

went to check the fuses to the right of steering column, removed the panel but theres what looks like a small ecu-shaped box there, cant see any fuses. it has wiring harnesses that run to wires in the dash and steering column by the looks of it.

does anyone have any idea why it won't start, and whats that box doing where there are supposed to be fuses?

on the weekend i'll pull that whole bit of the dash off and pull that box aside to see if theres fuses behind that, as it won't budge at the mo.

so yea if anyone knows anything please let me know, cheers
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:55 AM
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The fuses on a VL are on the passenger side in the engine bay. There are no fuses in the cabin at all.

Not sure why it wont start.
My VL hasn't been started for 3 months, went and fired it up today and kickec over straight away.
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Old 26-09-2008, 09:24 PM
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i've got a max ellery's manual and it says theres fuses inside next to the steering column. so dunno what going on there. but do you have any idea what that metal box would be?
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Old 26-09-2008, 09:29 PM
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i've got a max ellery's manual and it says theres fuses inside next to the steering column. so dunno what going on there. but do you have any idea what that metal box would be?
Just checked it, the box looks like the ECU going by how many wires are coming out f it, but i'm not sure. Definiatly no fuses.
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Old 26-09-2008, 09:58 PM
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yea thats weird.coz the (main) ecu is definately on the passengers side behind the kick panel whatever its called. so wouldn't know what the one by the steering wheel is for.
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:00 PM
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Yeah i thought it was on the left aswell. Not sure man, but with the 4 VLs i've puled apart, i've never seen any fuses under there.
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:02 PM
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oh well i'll just pull out all the plugs from both the boxes make sure the contacts are clean. just seems a bit strange that it sat for 3 weeks without the battery connected and now wont do anything except the fuel pump.
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:05 PM
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the box is the auto trans control unit.
there are NO fuses inside the car for a vl 6cyl not sure about the v8's
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:09 PM
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oh ok so that means mines not originally a manual.thats news to me
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:11 PM
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That explains that box then, mine is converted manual aswell. (Hence cruise control )
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:19 PM
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haha ur lucky my cruise control is my right foot. was just reading another post, maybe it could be that the auto trans control unit is stuffed and it thinks the car is not in neutral so won't let it start? anyone know a way of bypassing this?
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:20 PM
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also, can anyone tell me where to find the CAS (crank angle sensor)? a photo would help heaps cheers
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Old 26-09-2008, 10:33 PM
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cas is in your distributor under the metallic plate.
Just thought could the solenoid on the starter motor be stuck as the car has sat for a while?
for the bypassing of the trans unit you need to look into the auto to manual convertion a bit more.
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Old 27-09-2008, 02:10 AM
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