Comments on: Tool of the Week: Engine Code Reader http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-engine-code-reader/ Everything but the same old cars Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-engine-code-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-559 James Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:23:00 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1515#comment-559 Turbobrick- funny you should say that, the LH 2.2 system on my 900 Turbo ('88) works just the same. Of course, us Saab snobs also have the APC system to manage boost. So fun to diagnose problems like this. Turbobrick- funny you should say that, the LH 2.2 system on my 900 Turbo (’88) works just the same. Of course, us Saab snobs also have the APC system to manage boost. So fun to diagnose problems like this.

]]> By: Turbobrick http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-engine-code-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Turbobrick Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:58:06 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1515#comment-460 Hey, that's outright advanced. My LH-Jetronic version 2.2 only has the ability to report engine knock at either partial or full load in real time, and that only through the "wire-resistor-led-in-a-shaving-gel-cap" contraption I built. I'm with Mad_Science on those analog systems. Small moving parts + early computers seems like a very bad mix (ha!). Hey, that’s outright advanced. My LH-Jetronic version 2.2 only has the ability to report engine knock at either partial or full load in real time, and that only through the “wire-resistor-led-in-a-shaving-gel-cap” contraption I built. I’m with Mad_Science on those analog systems. Small moving parts + early computers seems like a very bad mix (ha!).

]]> By: Mateo http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-engine-code-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Mateo Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:23:43 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1515#comment-457 I have an old tube powered oscilloscope that works well for this. I used to use it on my Galant. It is quite a bit heavier than a couple of wires and an LED, but the mad scientist factor is off the scale. Just gotta be careful picking the beast up. I have an old tube powered oscilloscope that works well for this. I used to use it on my Galant. It is quite a bit heavier than a couple of wires and an LED, but the mad scientist factor is off the scale. Just gotta be careful picking the beast up.

]]> By: Mad_Science http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-engine-code-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Mad_Science Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:21:18 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1515#comment-456 On the Toyota 22RE (of my 2 4Runners), you'd short a connector in the engine compartment (with a parperclip) and read the blinks of the "check engine" light. Early FE systems aren't so bad. I'd positively terrified of anything from the earlier analog computer controlled carb era. 77-83, I'm looking at you... On the Toyota 22RE (of my 2 4Runners), you’d short a connector in the engine compartment (with a parperclip) and read the blinks of the “check engine” light.

Early FE systems aren’t so bad. I’d positively terrified of anything from the earlier analog computer controlled carb era. 77-83, I’m looking at you…

]]> By: Brian DR1665 http://clunkbucket.com/tool-of-the-week-engine-code-reader/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Brian DR1665 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:51:01 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=1515#comment-455 I've been meaning to whip one of those up myself. Much like your Starion, my Galant VR4s are pre-OBDII, meaning I get the same "luxury" of counting blinks or, should I go really old school, beeps from a buzzer device. If I get three dots alternating with three dashes... I’ve been meaning to whip one of those up myself. Much like your Starion, my Galant VR4s are pre-OBDII, meaning I get the same “luxury” of counting blinks or, should I go really old school, beeps from a buzzer device. If I get three dots alternating with three dashes…

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