home made fault code reader, how to make one

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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby jayrs on Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:08 pm

Ah that's prob what done it , before I was a mod I edited one of my guides and the pics stopped working :lol: so it had to be sorted do I've done it too :bonkers:
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:05 pm

hey Jay

have you managed to come across your FCR yet???
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby jayrs on Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:11 pm

Alright dude , funny enough I found it while looking for
Something the other day.
But I had completely forgot about it, and even when I found it, it didn't spark
Anything thing lol had you not replied I still
Would t of remembered :lol:
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:18 pm

lol

yea i know what you mean mate, only reason i asked is i mentioned it in a topic earlier and got my mk2 version out to test it with my chip...

you still want me to have a look for ya??? i got half of a new board made out that i was going to make a mk3 out of but maybe you could benefit from it instead as the design isnt gonna change much lol
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby jayrs on Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:46 pm

Yeah ya can do if you do if you don't mind still
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:26 pm

[quote="jayrs"]Yeah ya can do if you do if you don't mind still[/quote]

yea mate send it over i'm itching to build something other than parts for my car lol
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby jayrs on Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:01 pm

Lol fair enough mate ill get it sorted fella and send it over
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:41 pm

ok cool :)
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby Billyfiestars1 on Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:57 am

where can i get one of these tools
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:00 pm

[quote="Billyfiestars1"]where can i get one of these tools[/quote]

you will have to make these ones... pretty easy to make even with basic or very little knowledge of electronics
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:41 am

to finalise the thread, the guy who made this originally and the one you need the chip from is no longer available to get from, e-mails are being returned undeliverable. if anyone knows if the data from the chips can be read/copied then please let me know and I will help to carry on the legacy
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby jayrs on Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:31 pm

I bet there protected to stop that
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:36 am

yea no doubt, wish i had made more contact with him to try and get the program
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby jayrs on Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:14 pm

There's got to be a way to contact him, maybe he will update the website at some point?
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Re: home made fault code reader, how to make one

Postby AW0L on Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:46 pm

heres hoping...

i got 3 readers without chips lol
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