No I don't know but give me a clue?. I don't really understand why a pro would have a problem, I do cos I don't really yet understand how it works and what are the weaknesses. once you know you know. I seriously tried the big indi in Lincoln and louth to do subframes and both had never touched one. So what are they doing ?.
Steveeasy
@steveeasy hi there, i put a post up a while back about my day out at an indi garage..thats why i started.... 'you know when i...'
re garages, they are a bit like cars.. some good and some not so good,
that indi garage did have a very expensive autologic diag tool, but he seemed to be more at home with the lr 90s and such, the complex systems on l322 seemed to be a bit beyond him ( im being very diplomatic)
but that said l322 eas is a pain and unless you ve been there and seen it all first hand and worked out what speaks to what and when etc,
it can confuse the best of us.
as myself and
@kds have found and others..
all height sensors need to be free to move, they seize or can over rotate on the front so arms pointing wrong way,best way is have all corners up and really check,then the brackets can be bent /out of alignment,the wiring plugs can fail and rust out on the pins, if not snap off,check for wiring chafing,eas compressor working at correct bar pressure,not overheating,tyres correctly inflated, level ground, engine running, all doors shut, ( some say have a weight in the osf to simulate driver weight, but i havent done that ) make sure alternator is charging at correct rate,check every ecu to make sure no hard faults stored, they lurk in various places,
then with foxwell i could too get mine to around 770mm, but it only once made an adjustment i could see, from then on it was a case bit by bit and waited while car was locked.
if theres any faults it wont accept any inputs, then there is a strange code that can pop up in other ecu's..' eas.. can fault ooo8a/ or 0006a ' from memory, that wont erase on a foxwell but will on a icarsoft lr v2.0.
but some have said online this can point to abs problems..
on the foxwell there is a graph that can be brought up and you can see a ' line' as the sensor moves.. sometimes it just disappears and shows a 'dirty tack on the sensor windings/track'
also with a sensor disconnected from the lower arm,but still wired in you can see the graph do the above( car on axle stands)
the movement you have is easily over 45 degrees up or down on the arm... but this does not correlate to what you see on the diag tool you only get approx 10 degrees of sensor information then it goe's out of limits and wont read. ( i found that interesting)
this is just some of the stuff we found, luckily there was no water ingress issues near to eas ecu, that will get confusing and expensive.
before i bought the tools and before i went to indi garage i phoned harwoods,a range rover main dealer.
i said im ex mercedes tec and now aero engineer so i know my way around stuff and know these can be a problem to set up...they stopped me and said' if this is due to eas calibration you will need to book it in and leave it with us,' i asked why, they said these can take hours to do sometimes it goes well others dont.. then they said the model year 02 05 is the easier ones to do..they arent an easy fix.
from my experiance in the motor trade.. i found a merc tec condemed a full/complete engine, because he could not turn it over by ignition or front bottom pulley,
when i was given the job and engine to fit, i obviuosly removed the gearbox at that point the broken starter motor bendix fell out from between the bell housing and fly wheel, i then turned the engine over by hand... you can imagine the conversation i had with the manager.
at mercedes again.. a tec condemed a sprinter full engine because a customer complained of a rattle and vibration..
when i recieved that job card and read it through i again did my checks and removed the g/box only to find the dual mass flywheel was just about hanging out, that was rattling and vibrating then disappeared over 2000 odd rpm..that conversation with my manager nearly resulted in the tec being fired.
again at mercedes, a vehicle comes in with a worn steering rack, the tec, same one, condems it for a new rack and wants the parts dept to VOR it,
vehicle off road, this is expensive and parts dept dont like it and you need special permission, so owner driver has to rent a van to carry on his work.
when i recieved that job card, again i did my checks then checked the parts computer,then i fitted the track control rod that is a serviceable part and didnt need a whole new steering rack, saving them time and money.
the service manager called me in for a interview, and then gave me a day off to a mercedes ride and drive event for the then new m class and shooting with a select group of customers, as a way of thank you..
my colleagues were shocked as this had never been done there before.
the tec who was at fault left within two weeks..( again im being very diplomatic)
so re why cant garages get it right and fix things...what i found is there is good and bad every where, not everyone cares enough, some are happy just to turn up and take the money, others want the bonus pay, and a few do actually care and take the time to sort it and see it through, that can be said of many walks of life.
its the luck of the draw who you get working on your pride and joy, i had customers request me by name... as we were an off shoot of a london mercedes dealership we had many famous people, i looked after ian wrights then sl500, (aresnal). tom chiltons car mercedes sl ( btcc touring car driver) andrei kinchelskis, maffia owned footballer, ( not sure if its spelt correct) and the mactoomb family,ubber wealthy saudi royal family connected and hobnobbed with the british royal family to name drop a few.
