[Waylander]

Door locks will be the micro switches, time to earn your gynaecologist badge

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[dsmblue]

Progress, bit by bit, and good luck with the rest of it. "Incorrect wiring", yep unfortunately with old cars we can take nothing for granted.


The alarm may have been disconnected if some of the switches (doors or bonnet or trunk etc) had stopped working / failed wiring ... your inoperative interior lights might be part of this issue. Sounds complex to track down.

Without having access to the Bosch Hammer, it's really almost impossible for a DIY fix.  The only thing I could potentially do is buy (another) alarm module to plug in and see if that resolves the issue.  I had bought another module, and the dealer was able to get everything working with the new module.  Once I put the module back into its proper location, then things quit working.  So that leads me to think that I somehow shorted out something in the alarm module, since the power locks and interior lights all flow through that module.

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[Roboman]

With respect dsm I wouldn't buy another alarm without knowing if your present one is blown, else you may just blow another.


You are working with too many "unknowns".


If you take your latest alarm back to the guy that got everything working you will know if your alarm is blown or not .... if it still works then you have a known good module and can proceed from there. If it no longer works then that's tougher. Having said that, the alarm is an important item and the inputs should be protected from over-voltage, so I would hope a fuse would blow before the CC brain gets toasted.

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[Velocity]

For those that want a Saratoga roof

 

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Could not get the pictures to rotate correctly, I hate Apple sometimes

 

Thanks for the pics - that does look nice!   

 

From what I've heard on the new one Pinkerton is working on, it's "manual operation only" - not sure if connectors/attachments are different from a "manual" (earlier 944 models?) and "automatic/electric" (later 944s and all 968s as far as I know) when it comes to the sunroof panel itself, but I'll definitely ask in more detail if/when they release it.

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[dsmblue]

With respect dsm I wouldn't buy another alarm without knowing if your present one is blown, else you may just blow another.


You are working with too many "unknowns".


If you take your latest alarm back to the guy that got everything working you will know if your alarm is blown or not .... if it still works then you have a known good module and can proceed from there. If it no longer works then that's tougher. Having said that, the alarm is an important item and the inputs should be protected from over-voltage, so I would hope a fuse would blow before the CC brain gets toasted.

Understood, and I agree.  The dealer was able to sort it before, and that is my plan again, since they are the only people that I know of that have the tools that can diagnose if the alarm module is a problem or not.  CC brain was recently refurbed by 928srus.com, and is working great (after installing new clutch switch).  While it's not a big problem, I do want to get it sorted.  I think the exterior temp display may be on the way back from Germany, got an email from DHL in german, but haven't heard anything direct from partworks.de about whether they were able to fix or just sent it back as is.

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