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Turnbulla

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  1. Yip, thought it was sorted, ended up an intermittent fault on the ribbon cable within the squib.
  2. Just an update on my finding, it would appear that when you rested the light you get so many auto resets then the light stays on. I have traced the fault to an internmittant break in the ribbon cable in the clock spring but had to get the light reset as it had came up a few times then stayed lit.
  3. I just purchased a 59 Pixo which I later found that it had an air bag warning light on. I thought that I should share my findings as I have just repaired the fault. I had access to an obdii interigation tool for airbags which quoted code B1031:- Drivers air bag (1st stage) circuit high resistance. Stripped out steering wheel air bag and clock spring squib after disconnecting battery. When disconnecting the two components it appears that the connectors automatically put a short across the electrical pins. While testing the resistance of the air bag the short has to be manually removed, small jewellers screw driver with a keen eye. Air bag resistance appeared to be good at around 2ohms. What I did find was that there was 15-20 ohms of resistance across the clock spring, two small pieces of wire require to be inserted into the clock spring/air bag connector which you then attach to your ohm meter. Watching the meter, I manually operated the moving part of the clock spring vigorously and the resistance dropped back to around 1-2 ohms. Success. I counted the total turns of the clock spring simulating full lock to full lock and then centred it to match the already centred wheels/steering wheel. The clock spring, steering wheel and air bag was then reconnected/refitted and battery reconnected. The most bizarre bit about this was that I was now expecting to have to take the car back to my friend to have the code reset after repair, but no.....IT RESET ITSELF!!!! This really was an unexpected bonus which obviously is something to remember....if the lights lit there is a fault and if you clear the fault it goes out itself...so if it's still lit after you think you have repaired it's still busted. I was under the impression from here and other sites that if the light was lit it would need reset via Nissan or using another reset tool after repair but obviously not. I hope this info helps.
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