elbekko
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Just received Steve's Lynx. Interestingly, when scanning the QR code for the app that's on the package, it downloads the app for the Atlantic British iLAND:
https://www.roverparts.com/diagnostics/comprehensive-diagnostic-systems/ILANDV2/Which appears to be the Lynx rebadged. Haven't tried hooking it up to the car yet, but will soon.
And will probably open up the APK and have a peek at how it works...
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Not in, but rather close yes
I'm in Boutersem, @Escape is in Holsbeek, both about 30-45 minutes away not far from the Liège-Brussels E40 highway.
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2 hours ago, dangerous doug said:
75k
workshop is in the middle of nowhere so a lot of work would need to be done
Yikes. That'll buy you a few VFDs.
You'd think in this age of electric cars it would be easier to bring in 3-phase, as all proper chargers need it.
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Have you checked how hopeless it is to bring 3-phase in from the street?
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I just don't see that MPG as shocking though? It's a big brick, it getting anything above 30 is a modern miracle.
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Flywheel teeth indeed, with stock VR sensor.
No EDIS, DCD with the stock coil packs.
The missing tooth is in the wrong spot for EDIS, the last car we tried this on drove us mad and never ran (then was lost in the workshop fire), so went for DCD this time.
19 minutes ago, Bowie69 said:This is classic failed or backwards VR IMHO, that or too big of a gap between VR and trigger wheel, or not enough steel in the teeth. I don't suppose it is too easy to measure the gap if you are using the flexplate?
Swapping the pins on the VR seems like a good first call then.
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1 hour ago, Ed Poore said:
If the sensor is producing garbage then my guessing is it's game over for MS to try and figure out what's going on (hence the unreliable results).
That is my feeling as well. Sadly no scope of any kind to hand, no, but should be able to borrow one at some point.
I guess easy thing to try next (after putting the wheel decoder settings back to no return position) is swapping the pins in the VR connector. And/or try to figure out what is going on with the VR signal. Maybe pop it off and double check it hasn't been hitting the flywheel prongs?
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On 1/6/2024 at 11:59 PM, Bowie69 said:
So.... How's progress these days?
Slow, but sometimes occurring
Yesterday we spent a bit more time fighting the Megasquirt. Once again trying to map out what the ignition is doing. There was a small build error in the ECU (coils B & C were swapped), that's been rectified in the wiring. But there is more going on
Test procedure (ideally for a better test procedure we'd just hook a 4-channel oscilloscope to the coil outputs (and maybe a 5th channel to the VR), but we don't have one of those kicking around at the moment, sadly):
- Marked TDC on the block
- Marked TDC on the crank pulley
- One by one, plug in a spark plug connected to a jump lead for ground
- With the strobe, check which quadrant that plug is firing in
The test procedure works fine, but we're seeing weird results still. For example #5 firing in multiple quadrants.
In TunerStudioMS we did some logging of the tooth signal, initially this was very inconsistent, and then we found a misconfiguration in the wheel decoder settings, where the B & C trigger points were swapped (probably from experiments a few months ago trying to fix the build error in the software). No bueno because these need to be in order. Rectified this, and got a cleaner signal, but still inconsistent firing.
When exporting the log to CSV, it seems to show (usually) 34 teeth between the missing tooth, which is one too few for 36-1?! And can also only get 2-3 revolutions of a clean 0-34 run, otherwise there's a lot of missing teeth detected and such. Maybe @Escape can attach the CSV logs we took, I don't have them with me.We also tried modifying the wheel decoder settings to be exactly like the calculator. After fixing the misconfiguration we had these settings:
We then tried also filling in the return positions, but that seemed worse, barely picking up any teeth at all... so I'm guessing these should just be set to 0?
Not sure where to go from here yet. The VR sensor used is the stock GEMS one. We could try swapping the wires around, but not sure if that would cause this issue?
Help please
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Back to basics for a second
You have a ticking noise, and are overheating for no apparent reason. How sure are you of the timing and fuelling? Detonation and/or running lean can cause overheating, and will sound like a ticking noise, especially under load. And will make a 3.5 feel especially gutless.
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1 hour ago, FridgeFreezer said:
Reaaaaaaly tempted, despite how stupid it is...
Add some 74weld portals and sploosh.
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You can always make some feet:
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54 minutes ago, pat_pending said:
Really?
They can't plug in the diagnostics, so of course they can't figure out what's wrong
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Did someone try to jump start it with the leads backwards?
Logical first step would be to get the multimeter out and start checking where you have power.
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Not impossible, the update system can also update system apps.
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58 minutes ago, Blanco said:
I will go back to them today, previously they have told me that it is mainly Samsung phones affected, and it is something Samsung did, which I am taking means they altered the Android OS in some way?? My phone runs fairly straight Android with very little overlay by Doogee.
Every OEM has their own build of Android, with anything from very few to many, many changes. Samsung does quite a lot of changes. Honestly I haven't even ever heard of Doogee, and I suspect customer support heard a model with "S" in the name and thought it was some sort of Samsung phone.
I've found this, worth a try?
https://apn-uk.gishan.net/en/apn/tesco/doogee-s96-gt -
Try to wrangle out of them *why* you need an update. Maybe the network uses some new protocol/encryption/god knows that your old phone doesn't support without an update?
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That's neat. Very useful for repairs somewhere high up in the factory or something, I imagine.
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If you want to get rid of it, I'd be happy to buy it from you
When I'm at home I can use @Escape's, I was mainly looking for a solution while travelling.
I'll shoot you a PM.
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Spent a fair bit of time on this, and thought I was making good progress... but alas
Looks like all of the actual vehicle communication logic is on the Lynx/Omitec VCI itself, not in the application, it's just a thin front-end on top of some very generic communication where it gets a list of vehicles, a list of functions that vehicle supports, etc.
That also explains the very generic (and bad) interface in the application, as it's built around the VCI communication.
Oh well.
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54 minutes ago, JeffR said:
Where do I start..... I've done some gems over the years.
Latest (last week) was wasting a day of my life trying to trace a fault with brake lights. New battery fitted, Continuity was fine in all the wires, no obvious shorts, all bulbs/bulb holders swapped out with known good ones, all the earths cleaned , all multi pin connectors cleaned . Gave up . Got a mate round to give me a hand......................
He opened the battery box and collapsed in fits of giggles, on his back unable to do anything. I'd left the effing plastic post covers on the battery.......
Just remember "To err is human, to really f£$k up takes a Jeff "
I remember once, many moons ago at @Escape's workshop, a D2 came in where the brake lights didn't work. Spent hours going over the brake switch, wiring, everything... turned out all the bulbs just went out at approximately the same time
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8 hours ago, ThreePointFive said:
Has he seen the cost of copper lately?
Don't get your exhaust fixed, I like knowing there's one that sounds rougher than mine running about. Glad you found the cause though.
You obviously haven't listened to mine yet
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Does the app have a "I'm going to send all your data to the PRC" feel to it, or is it decent?
I've considered something like this for using in the Merc, so I could just use my phone as a switch panel and wouldn't have to modift the interior at all.
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That looks great!
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Yeah, that'll do it.
I'm in Boutersem, 
Lynx Evo 2 for TD5
in International Forum
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Looks like the Lynx is now called the Atlantic British iLAND, as discovered here: