Dragonball Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 If you need to bring it down for a look over M8 let me know - sounds a strange one Has any of the work you have done with the dash off got dirt or something across back of odo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOR Racing Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Odometer output drives sometimes fail and/or dry solder joints on the back of the odometer cause intermittemt or permanent failure of the speed signal. Check out My OLD Speedo Conversion Pages I've Re-instated my old pages as they contain some usefull stuff for members. This kind of thing is easily fixed. Regards Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennMR2 Posted March 28, 2005 Author Share Posted March 28, 2005 thanks for your replys guys the back of the odo seems fine, i gave that a good check over but then if it just takes 1 bad solder or sumin i maybe had of missed it. there must be a delimiter on my car but when i checked theres no other wires going to the odo it looks totaly stock. i havent checked behind the speedo tho yet... paul e - the work that ive done shoudnt cause these lights to come on i did have to resolder the right hand side where the oil light and eng/man lights are as they were broken and wasnt allways coming on. if i need to bring it down paul ill let you know mate... cheers where should the de-limiter be installed so i can check all the wiring??? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennMR2 Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 can someone tell me what the delimiter looks like and where it will be placed.. i want to check the wiring out thnaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Generally a little black or cream box. Probably behind the dashboard, or in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 or even a dodgy bit of circuit board with heat shrink on iy like my first one was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennMR2 Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 im gonna rip the dash out again and have a good look around...i rekon it must be a loose conection some where as when i first removed that scotch lock it was fine for about a week noow its coming back on.... this is whats weired 1st coupe of times i had the triangle light in rev counter come on with the eng man light then the next few times after i reset the ecu i only had eng/man light then i removed the scoth lock and got no codes for about a week then saturday i got both traingle and eng/man light come on. and the same on sunday and today i have noticed that the lights seem to come on when im traveling up a hill... and yes all my levels are well toped up it also come on when i was traveling over 120mph thanks for your replys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I have the 42 code as well. Car drives fine, only the O/D OFF light is flashing most of the time. A while back, the yellow eng. light would come on during high load/high speed blasts. Car is definitely limited. .. (for now). Which eventually points me to my next couple mods,.. SLD and higher speedo. Any suggestions? I want to keep the car in km/h and kms on the odometer. Also want all the other gadgetry to keep working at high speeds. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennMR2 Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 well i think ive fixed this problem now... what it was is after removing that scotch lock i just taped it up and was still getting the warning lights on, so i had a closer look and it had cut into the wire and it was only holding together by a few strands so the conection was 2 weak. i cut out the bit that was cut into by the scotch lock thingy and resoldered them back together... and so far the problem has gone away... and has for the delimiter i cant find it any where, theres nothing behind the dash all the wires are stock behind there as far as i can c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I have the 42 code as well. Car drives fine, only the O/D OFF light is flashing most of the time. A while back, the yellow eng. light would come on during high load/high speed blasts. Car is definitely limited. .. (for now). Which eventually points me to my next couple mods,.. SLD and higher speedo. Any suggestions? I want to keep the car in km/h and kms on the odometer. Also want all the other gadgetry to keep working at high speeds. Cheers. HKS SLD T6 is specifically for the auto supra.... I have a used one for 50quid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 and has for the delimiter i cant find it any where, theres nothing behind the dash all the wires are stock behind there as far as i can c Check the wires from the speed sensor on the 'box. I had one converted like this . The weather got to it and caused problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 HKS SLD T6 is specifically for the auto supra.... I have a used one for 50quid Thanks for the SLD type Matt. Next order of battle, where to order it and will they deliver to an APO (military/U.S. address)? Also, anybody know where I can get a new speedo? Need something in the 300-320 Km/h range. Again, same questions along with costs. Links to sites that have them both will get you a double thumbs up, a thanks, and a beer or six if we ever meet up. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Yes, the steering feels light, almost too light, especially at speed. My wife had the yellow engine light the other day at 130kph while passing. It clears when the engine is shut off, but still the code 42 is the only error code. Is the speed sensor bad, and if so, is it easy/cheap to replace? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennMR2 Posted May 26, 2005 Author Share Posted May 26, 2005 im getting the code 42 back again but the last few times its come on ive been sitting at the traffic lights and the engine man light comes on with the warning triangle.. i havent got a clue how this fault can happen when im not even moving any ideas, its starting to p*ss me off cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted May 26, 2005 Share Posted May 26, 2005 Yes, the steering feels light, almost too light, especially at speed. My wife had the yellow engine light the other day at 130kph while passing. It clears when the engine is shut off, but still the code 42 is the only error code. Is the speed sensor bad, and if so, is it easy/cheap to replace? Thanks. I've never heard of the sensor going bad, it's always been a wiring fault. Either a connection at a plug somewhere is like a wizard's sleeve, or there is a gammy bit of tapping into done for a speed convertor/delimiter/something else. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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