Hi Badger -- I have had a go at that already, but not with any success. Have run out of patience for today but will try again tomorrow as Boris says I can't go out !! I was actually wondering if the screws were actually Torx rather than Phillips ( difficult to see ), but if they are I was wondering whether it may be possible to cut a Torx bit short and weld it at 90 degrees to a straight bar or screwdriver and then have just enough room to inch it round bit by bit -- Tomorrow will tell !

IanMetro wrote:

Old Barty

Well done, I hope it solves your problem, let us know if what the outcome is.

Good tracing! It will likely be a torx screw. Would a hex key torx work? Sorry I could not really see what you are talking about from the pics.

Well, it was a torx screw and after removing almost all the dashboard I managed to get a right angled ratchet bit inserted and I managed almost 2 full turns before it clamped the eyelet up tight. The screw was quite stiff to turn so it can never have worked loose so must have been like that since day 1.

Anyway, with it all back together it fired up straight away and everything is functioning---SO, Problem Solved --- well almost !
I think I may have damaged the little Ariel connector when I pulled it out as the radio wont find a station. OR, if I have inadvertently swapped the 2 identical fiber optic plugs could this give the same problem.?

But the main thing is the intermittent problem is now a thing of the past !

Old Barty wrote:

IanMetro wrote:

Old Barty

Well done, I hope it solves your problem, let us know if what the outcome is.

Hi Ian, Sure will & many thanks for all your valuable input !

Thanks and well done Old Barty.

What strikes me is that, in retrospect all faults, are easy, it's just that some are hard to find. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 76k+ miles) (MY2015)

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Ian, My grateful thanks to you, and of course all who contributed. I think your prompting towards the earth points once I had found the link on the OBDII port was the main contributory factor. Just hope I can get the radio back to normal now. Anyway, I'm not going anywhere so have plenty of time !!