Robbie
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The diagnostic kit looks good, but how do you connect it if you do not have a timer installed?
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 24th Feb 2011 9:42 am |
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chocolademan
Member Since: 02 Nov 2010
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Robbie wrote:The diagnostic kit looks good, but how do you connect it if you do not have a timer installed?
If you have the red wire out from the FBH, just connect onto that. The red wire is found on earlier models and is the Bus comms for between the FBH and the fan inside the car that LR never got to work. The wire is therefore not used.
If you don't have the red wire you could take out the little blue plug in pin 2 and stick something in....
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D3: Tailgate Actuator DIY: http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/use...IY%7E0.pdf
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| 24th Feb 2011 10:19 am |
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dick dastardly
Member Since: 29 May 2007
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chocolademan wrote:FBH Diagnostic adapter:
Bought one of these, plugged it into the laptop, cleared the faults and the FBH has been fine ever since! Worth the money if you ask me!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...K:MEWNX:IT
just got one of these too. ordered from lithuania, just thought about emailing to get an order status 3 days after ordering and the postie knocked on the door to deliver it. not tried it out yet but i want to rig it up in the glove compartment with wbus and power for my danhag unit. i want to attach it to a wireless usb hub with a switch so i can monitor remotely. There's one wheel on my wagon, but i'm still rollin' along, it's the cherokee, they're after me, but I'm singing a happy song
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| 24th Feb 2011 10:57 pm |
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chocolademan
Member Since: 02 Nov 2010
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dick dastardly wrote:i want to attach it to a wireless usb hub with a switch so i can monitor remotely.
Nice idea!! 
But then again, do you need access to it so often? Any thoughts as to which wireless hub & switch?
Faultmate MSV2 MultiVehicle
D3: Tailgate Actuator DIY: http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/use...IY%7E0.pdf
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| 24th Feb 2011 11:27 pm |
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dick dastardly
Member Since: 29 May 2007
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usb device not recognised. have tried latest drivers on vista and xp. asked vendor for replacement. There's one wheel on my wagon, but i'm still rollin' along, it's the cherokee, they're after me, but I'm singing a happy song
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| 26th Feb 2011 9:17 am |
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dick dastardly
Member Since: 29 May 2007
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Belkin Home Base F5L049ea would do but generally too expensive. dont need the function that often, just to play  There's one wheel on my wagon, but i'm still rollin' along, it's the cherokee, they're after me, but I'm singing a happy song
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| 26th Feb 2011 9:20 am |
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chocolademan
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dick dastardly wrote:usb device not recognised. have tried latest drivers on vista and xp. asked vendor for replacement.
Shame! 
So it found the device, but couldn't install driver.... Was it the "PL-2303 Driver Installer" for XP? Faultmate MSV2 MultiVehicle
D3: Tailgate Actuator DIY: http://www.disco3.co.uk/gallery/albums/use...IY%7E0.pdf
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| 26th Feb 2011 10:24 am |
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bobgolden
Member Since: 16 Oct 2010
Location: South Yorkshire
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I took my D4 out for a short drive this afternoon. It had been kept in the garage but the air temp was way up in double digits (even here in Barnsley). Thing is, when I pulled up at the paper shop and switched off the engine, there was a noticable hissing going on, which seems to be normal with my D4 - it stops within a minute or so of parking. When I got home and stood outside the car with the engine running, there was a noice that sounded like a small Dyson - that stopped immediately when I turned the aircon off.
I'm would guess that the car had just about got warm enough to need the aircon to cool the interior (didn't think to turn it up from my usual 19C setting at the time).
Is this normal behaviour ? Comments on the car or owner !! 2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
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| 20th Apr 2011 10:28 pm |
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bobgolden
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Ah ha - I guess this has a viscous/electric fan that runs for a little while after switching the engine off  2010 MX-5 2.0 Sport Tech PRHT
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| 20th Apr 2011 11:21 pm |
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mickyd4
Member Since: 26 Jun 2010
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Mine fired up this morning in Buttermere at 2 degrees.
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| 21st Apr 2011 10:46 pm |
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Matty 2332
Member Since: 02 Dec 2008
Location: West Yorkshire
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Started mine this morning on the timer to give it a good purge and clearout, fired up fine Strange thing though, it will not fire up on the instant heat button unless ambient temp below 4 degrees etc, the way the weather has changed, it wont be long though 
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| 7th Oct 2011 8:23 am |
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alan_olly
Member Since: 22 Sep 2011
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Mines fired up all by its self last night as i was moving the car out the garage.
Didn't half give me a fright  as it smoked rather a lot. I am guessing because it had been quiet during what little summer we had this year.
Temp was 3c
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| 7th Oct 2011 8:47 am |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
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Bloody cold this morning so half an hour before I was due to go out I pressed my remote plip and got into a lovely warm car 30 minutes later I had no smoke so I did go out and check it was working Cheers Ian
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| 7th Oct 2011 10:11 am |
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bellautos
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| 7th Oct 2011 10:55 am |
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choppa60
Member Since: 16 Oct 2009
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It's not cold enough down here , in sunny London . 2008 ,hse, it does what it says .
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| 7th Oct 2011 11:57 am |
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