Weird Noise Under Bonnet?

[chriswoodfto]

just changed the headunit in my car, used a wiring harness from ebay, put it all in turned key, made a little noise, the headunit never worked??? dunno y? probs because it was a shit harness. but now when you turn the key two clicks (not so it fires) after about 3 seconds, it makes a wierd electrical noise for a second, opend the bonnet and it sounds like its coming from the left hand side of the engine bay? any ideas? have i blown a fuse in something???

[micky boy]

ABS pump mate nothing at all to worry about they all do it

[chriswoodfto]

ahhh, few. cheers micky,

[micky boy]

no bother

[Raz]

Yh, thats normal. Are you telling us you didn't hear that ever before?

[chriswoodfto]

to be honest, ive never just turned it over two clicks with firing the engine so nope,lol. bit pissed off the headunits not fucking working, dont understand why the wiring harness wouldnt work? must just be because its shit, finding it very dificult to find a alpine one though, halfords are beign useles.. and theres no genuine ones on ebay, cant find anythign on alpine website or google?

[LukeSR]

I brought one of eBay mate, cost about £3 and was delivered the next day, still in my car and working!!

[enots]

same ^^ although the clips dont fit too well so just make sure there all pushed in properly mate because had a bit of trouble with mine to start with.

[LukeSR]

Heres the link to the one i brought, was £2

Click Me

[Starlet__SR]

I've never had no problems with Autoleads or Halfords, ask them for an exchange

Damien

[chriswoodfto]

ive got that already luke, i bought the lead that goes from the headunit into the power/speaker blocks. ill have another look tomorow because the blocks arnt a great fit, so ill give them a real good push.

[chriswoodfto]

summit def shorted yesterday when putting head unit in because my clock read 3.00 at 7.30 this morning. (3 was the time i tried to fit unit. fuse im guessing??? the ones in footwell or under onnet do ya think?

[micky boy]

yeah it will be the ones in the footwell matey check them all see if they are all ok

[chriswoodfto]

will do, the interior light isnt working either now, also on the fuse box in the footwell.

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b is ment to have a 5amp fuse in it, 8 is empty. theres no fuse in b. ill obevoeusly put one in now but i wonder why it didnt have one in the first place?

[rorenapier]

Make sure the screws that hold the cage are not to long, and protruding into the head unit.

Had this issue before.

[chriswoodfto]

ahhh right, one of the screws was very long actually, dont think it was the correct screw, ill wind it out then, whys that then? becasue its shorting because its touching the metal of the actuall headunit, not just its cage?