Misfire, Donny, Help

[fd]

We need to get this mega diagnostics gizmo up and running . . .

Need to catch up with you Robin ref those cables . . .

Fd

[robin]

We need to get this mega diagnostics gizmo up and running . . .

Need to catch up with you Robin ref those cables . . .

Fd

Yeah - been distracted of late to say the least (though have at least now got the S2 adapter PCBs back in and they look ) the K4 connector fits (80 pins all properly placed without a drawing of the connector, so I was lucky not to make a mistake!).




Spot the obvious mistake - no harm done, just a bit of a funky mounting

I'll struggle to get the EU2 interceptor PCB done and back between now and Donnie - your call on whether you want to make a big hand wired breadboard or wait for a PCB. Your cables and connectors are here in the hall whenever you need them.

Cheers,
Robin

[campbell]

And the deliberate mistake (for those of us without elec eng degrees) is...?!

Looks whatever the case!

So is it for diagnostics or is it for a new ECU product? Will this make Graeme your first guinea pig, sorry, customer?!

[ninja]

i think the deliberate mistake is he's posted the pic upside down so all the text is the wrong way up and thus hard to read!!!!

ninja

ps other than that i couldn't see anything wrong - was this a spot the difference post??

[Rich H]

(The chip is too narrow for the holes )

[steve_weegie]

Certainly looks a lot better than the last time i saw it

[robin]

(The chip is too narrow for the holes )

Ding. Get that man a clapped out porsche ... no wait, he has one already

Campbell, it's just an adapter to allow a non-Lotus ECU to drive the car without chopping up the loom. I have the MegaSquirt built, but there are still some incompatibilities to overcome before that will work. I really need to do the same thing for the EU2 engine (i.e. yours and Greg's ) and I am working on it, honest, just slow going at the moment.

Cheers,
Robin

[fd]

I'll struggle to get the EU2 interceptor PCB done and back between now and Donnie - your call on whether you want to make a big hand wired breadboard or wait for a PCB. Your cables and connectors are here in the hall whenever you need them.

I'm just waiting on some compoents and will be able to make a double layer job from vero . . . digital on the bottom, analogue on the top . . . bottom is up and running and the code is ready, PC end is good enough to debug things also . . .



I'll lash up the loom part so it's reusable . . . we can hack this to validate the crank pos side of things before comitting to a specific board . . .

I had it streaming diagnostic data from home over t'internet to the office at lunchtime today . . . remote engine diagnostics are nearly here

Fd

[robin]

Excellent - if you get enough working between now and Donnie, then if you're up for it I'll take the system down and we can apply to Graeme's car to see what's what

Cheers,
Robin

[Rich H]

You guys are far too clever.

Fancy playing with a clapped out Porker with MS already installed and running?

As long as you aren't too rude about the wiring

[campbell]

Stone me. Times like this I feel like I don't have a brain at all by comparison

However in truth I know it's just that I am not using as much of mine as Robin and Fd are.



Robin, nothing to apologise for re: EU2 engines, I am happy with my ECU but I imagine a club diagnostic tool will have its merits

[woody]

(The chip is too narrow for the holes )

I'm too lazy to type anything constructive, but I do agree with the point above!. Get that man a clapped out porsche ... no wait, he has one already

Campbell, it's just an adapter to allow a non-Lotus ECU to drive the car without chopping up the loom. I have the MegaSquirt built, but there are still some incompatibilities to overcome before that will work. I really need to do the same thing for the EU2 engine (i.e. yours and Greg's ) and I am working on it, honest, just slow going at the moment.

Cheers,
Robin

Sounds very interesting!

[graeme]

Left Sheffield on Thursday with a bad misfire. Called in at Ali's on the way north, and of course the problem miraculously disappeared and hasn't returned since. Conclusion: Either it just needed a good hard 250 mile thrashing, or it's damp related and the long hard drive dried it out.

3 cheers for Ali for having a poke around around the car anyway and doing a few odd jobs. Top bloke! Booked in for April for a service and a list of fixes.

Anyway, fixed for now. Thanks all.