Hello,
A friend of mine who is truly amazing at what he can do with cars needs to
advice on his Focus windscreen.
I've known him for over 25 years during which time he will have built and
rebuilt more cars than you can imagine.
His Caterham 7 is truly amazing ... a few weeks ago, entirely on his own,
he completed converting the manual gearbox to F1 style paddle gear
switching.
As well as the Caterham (and new Porsche) he has a well used Focus ST170
that didn't come with a heated front screen.
The windscreen got a stone chip and he claimed on insurance .... and with a
small adjustment he ended up having a heated one installed.
He has sorted the electrics out which sounded relatively easy. Connector
waiting for it, add a relay in a space waiting for it, replace the blanking
panel
with the two switch unit which he got off ebay. All ready to go .... turn
it on and nothing.
He now believes the problem is down to the GEM unit which needs a quick frig
of some sort.
Any ideas anybody.
Phil
Chris Whelan - 26 May 2009 10:56 GMT
> Hello,
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> Phil
It may need more than a quick frig, whatever that is...
The HFS relay will only be energised by the ECU when certain conditions
are met. These include the engine actually running, and the battery
voltage being above a certain level.
It may be possible for the necessary reprogramming to be carried out by a
dealer, but it is unlikely to be cheap.
Chris

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news-text.blueyonder.co.uk - 27 May 2009 13:59 GMT
>> Hello,
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> Chris
OK, tks Chris.
Paul Giverin - 26 May 2009 20:37 GMT
>He has sorted the electrics out which sounded relatively easy.
>Connector waiting for it, add a relay in a space waiting for it,
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>Phil
You didn't mention him checking that the heater fuses were installed in
the fusebox. From memory, there are two fuses, one for passenger side,
the other for driver side. I'm sure that he will have checked that
already though.

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news-text.blueyonder.co.uk - 27 May 2009 14:00 GMT
>>He has sorted the electrics out which sounded relatively easy. Connector
>>waiting for it, add a relay in a space waiting for it, replace the
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> other for driver side. I'm sure that he will have checked that already
> though.
Hi Paul,
Yup, he's checked that and all sorted. It seems as though he's going to
have to give Ford some money.
Bye for now.
Phil
news-text.blueyonder.co.uk - 09 Jun 2009 10:42 GMT
>>>He has sorted the electrics out which sounded relatively easy. Connector
>>>waiting for it, add a relay in a space waiting for it, replace the
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> Phil
For you Ford officianados out there the latest on this is that he has now
sourced a cable from ebay (a vauxhall one) that will connect to the GEMS box
and somebody is going to send him some software that will allow him to talk
to it.
Bye for now.
Phil