Showing posts with label Electrical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electrical. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Fitting USB-SD Adaptor to Volvo V70 HU803 Stereo

The box emulates a CD changer to allow music on a USB drive or SD card to be accessed from the car stereo as if it were CDs in the changer.

Removing the Head Unit

First remove the pen clip by gently prising it out. It is not screwed in, just clipped, so gently(!) levering it out with something thin should get it out no problem. Just be bloody careful not to damage the surrounding plastic trim(not sure if this is here on all cars, if not something else should be in its place that can equally be prised out).
In the gap behind where the pen clip was, you can now access two screws that secure the climate control unit:

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Guide: Replacing Headlight Units on BMW E34

After discovering a crack in my dipped headlight bulb, the light soon dimmmed and then the bulb blew. It was clearly letting in water, but also, obviously this would not pass MOT like this.

So I sourced 2 new(ish) headlight complete units from eBay and this is how I changed them.


Cracked Headlight