RangeRoller dt
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Needs a rad tool or 2 
P38A Oh dear i cocked up
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Like it, New code,keep the missus in the dark.
RangeRoller dt
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“I’m off to the tech section darling only the locals WiFi works”
You ain’t foolin her
You’ll get home there’ll be stack of empty paint pots next to the bed and half dozen polythene ‘dust sheets’ and an axe for ‘opening the tubs’
My late brother was the best, he used to work for a right arrisey P&decorator. Convinced him the gloss had to have proper thinning with quality vodka until he fell off the ladder and they sacked him
He was blotto when they found him and the woman weren’t happy
You ain’t foolin her
You’ll get home there’ll be stack of empty paint pots next to the bed and half dozen polythene ‘dust sheets’ and an axe for ‘opening the tubs’
My late brother was the best, he used to work for a right arrisey P&decorator. Convinced him the gloss had to have proper thinning with quality vodka until he fell off the ladder and they sacked him
He was blotto when they found him and the woman weren’t happy
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In all seriousness I hope you are okay mate I know you are made of tough stuff. You deserve good rest you been flat out all through lockdown
Still working. I just keep the weight on my good leg. Any medical student that gets my body after I am gone is going to wonder what the hell I did for a living.
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he's probably wheeling his bruised undercarriage to the pub as we post.
No way I can walk that far. I had a pint outside a few weeks ago. That was nice. Table service in the UK!
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So it starts and drives? Fault comes back if cleared? Thinking bulb on dash?
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No still wont start the battery was down from getting home when the fault came up, i am going to try again with a full battery and see what happens.
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Well i have had a play, i dug out my spare engine ecu fitted a good battery and wrote the ems code from the ecu to the becm and hay presto it fired up and all is well in the world, well of my p38 any way,
Thanks for the pointers and offers for help, it is nice that help is there when it all hits the fan
Thanks for the pointers and offers for help, it is nice that help is there when it all hits the fan
RangeRoller dt
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So you fried the EDC?
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So you fried the EDC?
Possibly
, i might take the ecu apart and have a look, but cant quite work out how it fried unless it was the smaller wire of the back of the alt that i think does the rev counter and battery light, some one might know more but cant work out how it flagged up abs fault as soon as ignition was turned on.
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Well i have had a play, i dug out my spare engine ecu fitted a good battery and wrote the ems code from the ecu to the becm and hay presto it fired up and all is well in the world, well of my p38 any way,
Thanks for the pointers and offers for help, it is nice that help is there when it all hits the fan
Good job you had a spare engine ECU.
Reminds me, I need one for a v12 Jag.
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I might pick up another one to replace it as now i know how to change the ems code easy enough, ecu`s are cheap on fleebay
its just a shame you have to change to code in the becm or i would simply rewrite the ecu then carry it in the car for a quick plug and play.
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You can copy the chip using one of them eprom readers. Just need a blank chip.
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Disconnect your battery first lazy
Ah well lesson learned and I am going to be more careful
Ah well lesson learned and I am going to be more careful
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Disconnect your battery first lazy
Ah well lesson learned and I am going to be more careful
I think he got unlucky. I am sure I have forgotten in the past and done something similar around the alternator or starter. Quick a shock when the sparks jump as the spanner grounds out on something.
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Yes i was lucky, if i did not have diag and a spare ecu it would have been an expensive cock up
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I’m fairly sure it was the helper
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Well the helper is bloody useless, he's made millions of mistakes, the trick is learning from them.I’m fairly sure it was the helper
