If you have a non turbo model, great, you just need to remove the air inlet pipe to access the gear change motors. If you have the turbo petrol or diesel model, things are a bit more convoluted. Remove the fan, intercooler and scoop. As there are 2 motors, there are 2...
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451 Gearbox Removal
Chances are, if you are removing the gearbox for some reason, your engine is still in the car. There are pros and cons. The pros is that the engine is easier to steady because at one stage, the engine will be held up by 1 engine mount. The cons is that you have less...
451 Glasses Holder
A very easy thing to fit which holds your glasses or sunglasses.
451 Glove Box Insert Removal
Remove the glove box insert to remove the upper dash or to properly fit the glove box flap
451 Glove Box Retrofit
Fit the glove box flap properly even though smart say it isn't possible.
451 Glovebox Lock Removal
If you bought a 2nd hand glove box with a lock in it that your key won't operate, you'll have to remove it so you can replace it with one that does. Removing the old one does damage it but who gives a toss. It's going in the bin. Here is the offending glove box lock....
451 Glow Plug Wiring
Key:
E = Earth
C4/8 = Connection plug 4, pin 8
Fuse* or F* = Direct connection fuse number
Black Yellow = Wire colour
Modules are labeled in the picture.
451 Grill Removal
How to remove the 451 upper grill and lower mesh
451 Handle Removal
The handle is removed or loosened to aid the removal of the door panel or to gain access to the bowden cables that operate the door catch.
451 Hatch Not Closing
Your 451 glass hatch won't latch closed, it just springs back open. There are 4 parts to this mechanism. The main catch is what grabs the loop on the glass hatch as you close it. Spray some penetrating lubricant into the mechanism and manipulate the latch back and...
451 Headlight Bulb Change
How to change all of the headlight bulbs on a new smart fortwo (451).
451 Headlight Disassembly
Strip the headlights down to spray the reflectors or add angel eyes.
451 Headlight Pin Out
Nearside Headlight (Left) 6. 5. 4 3. 2. 1. v Pin Number Wire Colours Function Function 1 Brown Headlight Adjuster Ground Chassis earth 2 Green/Red Headlight Adjuster Data Headlight stalk pin 11 3 Grey/Yellow Low Beam & Headlight Adjuster + SAM unit plug 3 pin 6 4...
451 Headlight Projector Fault
The Headlight Aims Down And Won't Adjust Up This is very common on the 451 fortwo. The projector becomes loose inside the headlight and because the front of the projector lens is the heaviest part, the dipped beam will aim too far down and no amount of adjustment will...
451 Headlight Removal
Remove the headlights to spray the reflectors or to add angel eyes or HIDs.
451 Heated Seat Retrofit
There is an easy way and a less easy way to retrofit heatet seats to your 451. It really depends on the year your smart was made. From around 2008 to 2010, smart started to include all the wiring for the heated seats so all you have to do is plug in a few things....
451 Heated Seat Wiring
Key:
E = Earth
C4/8 = Connection plug 4, pin 8
Fuse* or F* = Direct connection fuse number
Black Yellow = Wire colour
Modules are labeled in the picture.
451 Heater & AC Faults
The new fortwo has a more sophisticated climate control rather than the air conditioning in the 450 and Roadster. More to go wrong.
451 Heater Blower Failure
For some unknown reason, the America cabin heater blower fan fails. I have yet to see this happen outside of the US.
451 Heater Controller Disassembly
Heater Controller This is the last and hardest part to change the LEDs on because it's awkward to open. Remove the heater controller by following the 1st part of this guide. Set the fan speed to setting 2 and the heat to setting 22. (This lines up internal tabs). Look...