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Cobra themselves can be quite handy. IIRC they're not a million miles
from you, and are pretty useful on the phone provided you can prove who
you are and that the car is yours.

Cheers Pete, will just have to get deafened while I stick my head
arround the horn trying to model/code of the alarm.
There's a bloke here who might be able to help

http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtop...st=0&sk=t&sd=a




I'm pretty sure it is the non-cobra replacement that is buggered so I
guess I'm in for a fisting.
The receipt for the last one was £40 code extraction and £35 for the
fob.

You may just need to re-synch the fob. Normally an easyish job.


Got the fob replaced by tech-tronic as it wasn't transmitting.

Got the new programmed cost me £35. Still nothing. Should have been
ready to go with no synching/pairing. It is an old fixed signal type fob
with a single program on board.

I would be happy if I could just get it disarmed so I can drive it home
and lock it on the key.
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"Mike P" gurgled happily, sounding much like they
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That's not worth £1500 for a start, plus, IME "leaky radiator" is soon
followed by head gasket failure on T16s. Happened to me twice. On top
of
that, it's the "ugly" 900 saloon. Ugh.

Yep, I'll second that "Order a HG kit, you're gonna need it"...

Definitely overpriced, compared to my £500 3dr.

I've been looking for one for ages, not seen one at the price you paid. I
should never have sold my last one :-(

Mike



Remember, my slightly oil leaky £300 T16 that only ever failed on
handbrake.

Still exists arround rochdale way and I think he only paid a couple of
hundred for it.

Yes, it looked in decent nick too when I saw pics of it. I know two of the
I've had are still going strong. The ruby copy I had was a K-reg and was in
very good nick. I got rid of it because it was ****ing oil everywhere from
the headgasket , about a litre a week. If the MOT hadn't been up at the same
time, I'd have kept it. As it was, I got what I paid for it..

Mike P

On May 7, 9:52 pm, Pete M
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Elder wrote:
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Elder wrote:
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Cobra themselves can be quite handy. IIRC they're not a million miles
from you, and are pretty useful on the phone provided you can prove who
you are and that the car is yours.

Cheers Pete, will just have to get deafened while I stick my head
arround the horn trying to model/code of the alarm.
There's a bloke here who might be able to help

http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtop...start=0&st=0&s...

I'm pretty sure it is the non-cobra replacement that is buggered so I
guess I'm in for a fisting.
The receipt for the last one was £40 code extraction and £35 for the
fob.

You may just need to re-synch the fob. Normally an easyish job.


Had a little play at work.
Phoned Cobra, they said it would have to removed if I didn't have the
disarm key.
Phoned a Cobra reseller, said the same.
What they both said was "undo the back of the siren, and disconnect
the loom, it will stop the siren and the hazards but it won't stop the
immobiliser".

Had a look at the car, set the alarm and tried to start it and it ran.
Hmm, no active immobilizer.

So I tried my old shed key. Wouldn't turn all the way from on to off,
but it clicked. So I stopped messing closed everything and went away.
Tried it a couple of hours later and fine, could open the door, start
engine, rag it arround and jump speedbumps. And it didn't slip back
in.

Going to properly disconnect it over the weekend, but as long as I can
get home, all good.

Might go see Falcon tomorrow and see if I can arrange for a decent
alarm to get fitted and get that properly removed.

"Mike P" wrote in message
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"Adrian" wrote in message
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"Mike P" gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:

That's not worth £1500 for a start, plus, IME "leaky radiator" is soon
followed by head gasket failure on T16s. Happened to me twice. On top of
that, it's the "ugly" 900 saloon. Ugh.

Yep, I'll second that "Order a HG kit, you're gonna need it"...

Definitely overpriced, compared to my £500 3dr.

I've been looking for one for ages, not seen one at the price you paid. I
should never have sold my last one :-(

IME C900 prices are all over the place. The "future classic" ****e people
were bandying around a while ago has really stuck in some owner's minds, and
they think their alright example is a minter worth £3000...

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IME C900 prices are all over the place. The "future classic" ****e people
were bandying around a while ago has really stuck in some owner's minds, and
they think their alright example is a minter worth £3000...

Unfortunatley practical performance cars have buggered up the 9000
market by telling everyone what a bargain 9k turbos are.

My £900 aero even with its faults is just about right priced. But any
nicer and they go upto nearly £2k if you can find one.

Even the lesser models are fetching that price for full pressure turbos
and even light pressure turbos (because another couple of hundred will
take them higher than an Aero). They haven't helped by telling people to
buy a whole car if you just want an engine (They are building a MK2
Escort, with Saab 2.3 turbo engine, Omega box, and Volvo rear axle)
because they only cost peanuts. The peanuts price is rising because more
people want them, instead of just one "looney" getting it for pennies.

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