Yes, use WinALDL (WinALDL - 160 baud ALDL reader) and make your own cable (info on winaldl site). plugs into the ALDL connector on the harness.
Thought i'd give TBI a try on the ole 2f
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meter checks
yes unfortunately, broken or partially broken wires can often ohms check good for continuity and you can read power across them too sometimes
The problem is while you may need to carry some current all you got is the potential --- all it takes is one or two broken strands touching and you can read continuity and voltage--just don't try to run anything from them
You can prove a wire bad by Ohms check but you cant prove it good
What is actually better that is likely to be in your garage at home is is a load lamp, or a couple bulbs wired together depending on what you are checking ---that puts a little load on the wires
If they are broken---That's just a limitation of the meter, normally works fine but that is one gotcha with a multi-meter
just something to keep in mind
I went back and looked at the pics---dont look that bad? How did your mechanic determine the wires were broken? I hope that that is not a guess cause he cant find anything else
yes unfortunately, broken or partially broken wires can often ohms check good for continuity and you can read power across them too sometimes
The problem is while you may need to carry some current all you got is the potential --- all it takes is one or two broken strands touching and you can read continuity and voltage--just don't try to run anything from them
You can prove a wire bad by Ohms check but you cant prove it good
What is actually better that is likely to be in your garage at home is is a load lamp, or a couple bulbs wired together depending on what you are checking ---that puts a little load on the wires
If they are broken---That's just a limitation of the meter, normally works fine but that is one gotcha with a multi-meter
just something to keep in mind
I went back and looked at the pics---dont look that bad? How did your mechanic determine the wires were broken? I hope that that is not a guess cause he cant find anything else
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BA? any reason the harness is bad, was the doner in a wreck? who pulled it from the doner?
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So put the new harness on, soldered and heat shrinked all connections, nowb all the data streams perfectly in winaldl. but it still didn't run right..
So we realizedd that i had the grey egr wire and the grey fuel pump wire tied together, this was causing it to misfire at idle. Disconnected the egr wire from fuel pump wire, now runs perfect. But still got to get it tuned. Oscar wasn't able to tune becasue vss wasn't working properly. I'm getting it tuned next week hopefully. But atleast it runs decent now. It took 6 months, but it finally happened!!
So we realizedd that i had the grey egr wire and the grey fuel pump wire tied together, this was causing it to misfire at idle. Disconnected the egr wire from fuel pump wire, now runs perfect. But still got to get it tuned. Oscar wasn't able to tune becasue vss wasn't working properly. I'm getting it tuned next week hopefully. But atleast it runs decent now. It took 6 months, but it finally happened!!
Bodean
Hot Damn
Congrats Bad Ass. Now you can drive it to Arkansas in October!
Later,
Later,
BA, thanks for all of the up-dates and your time to post the progress. I'll be starting my conversion in the next week or so.
Ive been getting stuff to do this swap my self exept its on a fj60 and the computer i bought is from a 5.7
Where did you get your chip?
Where did you get your chip?
TBI Spark control
I'm pretty sure the spark controller is supposed to be grounded via the brass grommets, plus the backside of it is a heat sink that dissipated transistor heat into the aluminum distributor base.
I'm pretty sure the spark controller is supposed to be grounded via the brass grommets, plus the backside of it is a heat sink that dissipated transistor heat into the aluminum distributor base.
Updates ??
Been following this thread closely, trying to decide if I go down this road with the AFI kit for $1200. I had a VERY bad experience with a TBI setup on a Shelby Cobra I buit and ended up ripping it out and going back to a carb.
Don't want to go through that again....
Would love a smooth running 2F that cold started and idled properly without waiting 10 minutes for it to warm up ... Or am I just dreaming ??
Cheers
Steve
Been following this thread closely, trying to decide if I go down this road with the AFI kit for $1200. I had a VERY bad experience with a TBI setup on a Shelby Cobra I buit and ended up ripping it out and going back to a carb.
Don't want to go through that again....
Would love a smooth running 2F that cold started and idled properly without waiting 10 minutes for it to warm up ... Or am I just dreaming ??
Cheers
Steve
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Thought I would resurrect this thread, as I would like to know if BA ended up using the stock 4.3 eprom or something different.
Read tucker and roma's fj40 restore. I installed an afi kit and it catalogs my tribulations.