home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!gumby!yale!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!ai-lab!pop-tarts!pwu
- From: pwu@pop-tarts.ai.mit.edu (Peng Wu)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: 90 Escort GT engine race at idle ?
- Message-ID: <26711@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 17:38:49 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.141644.26469@unvax.union.edu> <1992Aug17.232156.20962@tandem.com> <Bt5xzH.110@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Aug18.153009.18226@osf.org>
- Sender: news@ai.mit.edu
- Distribution: usa
- Lines: 26
- In-reply-to: kenny@osf.org's message of 18 Aug 92 15:30:09 GMT
-
-
- From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
- Date: 18 Aug 92 15:30:09 GMT
-
- ...
-
- Special equipment required [to read EEC-IV trouble code]:
-
- 1 - (one) Chilton's Electronic Engine Manual ...
-
- 1 - (one) Analog VOM. Rat Shack's got 'em for about $10 nowadays. DON'T get
- a digital one, you'll need the meter to see the swing.
-
- Digital might work if you have one already. I used to use a LED and a 10k
- resistor in serial in place of the VOM and they worked well, especially in the
- dark:
-
- +-------------===------------|>|------------o
- Battery + 10k resistor LED Self test connector
-
- Caution should be taken to prevent short circuit or grounding otherwise you
- may start a fire, destroy the EEC-IV, or cause other damages. I wrapped all
- the solder points and the bare leads of the two component and stuffed them
- in a film case.
-
- 1 - (one) Pair of alligator clips. ...
-