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[Knightmayre]

I'm now a proud owner of a 97 Legnum Super and am slowly doing bits to it, I've put indirect neons in the footwells, changed the stereo which was a total nightmare, just would not align to any of the mounting holes so I actually took it to Autobarn of all places as I was going to buy a Double DIN cage, but the fitter came out and we took it around the back - he rewired most of it and tidied it up a lot which took him 90 mins to do.
They only charged me $40 too, which is slightly cheaper than the actual cage I went in for.

New VIC Japanese plates arrived yesterday, front was easy but I had to drill the liftgate and put in some rivnuts to make the rear one fit.....

By the way, this is like my 120th vehicle, I lost count a few years back lol

 

[jet150]

Welcome mate.

If you need a FMIC hit me up im in craigieburn

 

[Knightmayre]

Cheers for that...

 

[Legnooms]

Welcome,
yeah lining up the double din is an absolute pain, i think I just drilled new holes for everything haha.
Might see you around the Macedon Ranges

 

[Knightmayre]

I've put in bunches of head units, but this one had me totally stumped! I was like, surely I don't have to drill holes in the damn mounts.
I broke bits off the console too
(I meant to say the fitter did drill holes in my 1st post).

Never been up the Macedon Ranges, mrs says it's beautiful.

 

[Knightmayre]

Finally got around to fixing the clock today, works a treat now.
Releasing it from the dash though!! I ended up using cloths and 4 screwdrivers to get it out.

 

[mookers]

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[naughtika]

welcome to ozvr4, replied to your pm too!

 

[Knightmayre]

I was playing with some wires, adding in a LED voltmeter.
Now the CEL and the TCL idiot lights come on about 5 minutes of running.
If I stop and restart it will be fine for a little, then the idiot lights come back on.

I removed the wires and just left it sitting there BUT it's still coming on.

Oh yeah, and it munchers batteries like fun

 

[Knightmayre]

Please help!!

I went to start her this morning and the battery was totally dead so I put in a fully charged one.

It took forever to start but when she finally started I now have the following idiot lights coming on:

CEL, TCL, AYC & ABS. HiVis dash is off too.

She was fine yesterday and I've removed all the wiring that I added yesterday and have checked most of the fuses.

Hoping (Praying!) someone will help me out.

(Do I need to post this in a different topic, sorry)

Cheers
Dave

 

[Knightmayre]

I jumpered pins 1 and 4 and this is what I got:


TCL:...


12 FL wheel speed sensors (or a short break)

13 RR wheel speed sensors (or a short break)

21 FR wheel speed sensor system


CEL:...


12 Air Flow Sensor System

13 Inlet temperature Sensor System

21 Temperature Sensor System

I'm leaning towards something that would cause them to throw codes, such as some particular issues can sometimes shows up as phantom codes...
It is a bit spluttery but settles down quickly.
Apart from that she's fine, even with the idiot lights on. Those 2 lights come on simultaneously, about 50 seconds after starting.
I took the battery out last night and she hesitated to start but settled down nicely. Then the lights popped back on!

I've looked through several posts regarding this kinda info but it's all Greek to me!

 

[Knightmayre]

OK so I went out this morning and the car just cranked over and over but would not start until the battery died :waaah:

I had a spare battery which I charged overnight, put it in and she started first time. Still hesitates when pulling away but that clears about 1500 rpm then once she's warmed up she's fine.

I am pretty sure that there is something simple that is causing the issues - It's not the immobiliser as when I hit the secret switch the dash lights come on and she cranks.

Is anyone here going to Rajab Racing in Somerton this Saturday? I was talking to Steve @ TME yesterday and he is going to be there for dyno testing and he said there might be a (slim) chance that he could take a quick look to see if there is anything easy, but he also said that other people going to the meet may have some information and hopefully give me a hand. Luckily for me it's only about 20 mins from my house.
Obviously I can't expect him to spend too much time due to all the dyno testing he has to do. *Fingers Crossed!*

 

[Knightmayre]

Trying to see if I can get images to work, hosting them myself...

HiVis Dash:

Drivers Footwell Indirect Neons:

I reckon this looks evil as:

Taken without flash using my Note8:

Same pic as before, just lightened the shot which is why it's so grainy:

Oooh more neons, passenger side this time:

Man do I like the rear end of the leggy, again taken with no flash... I love my number plates too!

The Head Unit from Hell, but at least it's fitted now, testing with Avengers: Endgame (slightly before it was released, aarrrr matey)

Cheers and awrabest

Dave

 

[Knightmayre]

I uploaded a pic of a sensor which had nothing attached to it, but the post has gone missing- Did I do something wrong?

Here's the sender in question:

Cheers for any assistance!

 

[Gt_Galant]

Looks like the original factory boost solenoid.
Do you know if the car has been tuned ? Or has a aftermarket 3port solenoid ? Because if it does then it's all hooked up to the new solenoid.

It might look like something like this on your car:

 

[Knightmayre]

Yes, thanks, mine does look rather familiar. It has been tuned, I've also caught the boost gauge memory showing a peak of 1.1bar.
Because my fans are running flat out I am putting in a manual switch shortly to cut the power to the fan relay.
That way I can let it be until the temp gets about 1/2 way up, then I can turn them on. Might have to fit an LED pilot lamp too.
This is only temporary until I can find out exactly what's wrong with the Billion VFC-MAX wiring.
I've got a wiring diagram but am waiting for confirmation that they're right, e.g. Yellow is listed to go to body ground.

 

[naughtika]

Hey mate, all sorted with the error codes?

Also Why do you want the fans to run manually? I'd rather have these come on automatically

If they come on full on that means it is compensating / cooling down yout engine. Might wanna check if your coolant requires flushing and/or you have air pockets in your system

 

[Knightmayre]

Hiya,

Well basically the system is missing the output from the aftermarket coolant sensor, is showing as an open circuit which is also why the fans come on full-blast as soon as the ign is turned on. Takes me about 3 minutes to start her when cold. Starts nice warm too.

Anyways I know roughly what's going on but don't know how to proceed...

Coolant temperature: goes from the where ever it hides to a Billion VFC-Max which then controlled the fans either as 1 stage or 2 stages.
That's the meter that blew up.
Apparently Yellow is a "Body Earth" colour so that was a bit of a surprise.
Car dash temps are OK.

So now I have some wires hanging around- I know what some of them are and one loose pink wire- and I think that goes to what's noted as a Private Additional Sensor in the wiring diagram I have... it was hanging bare so I don't know what it is. I know I'm gonna blow something up if I keep going.

Car was fine when I 1st got it so I know it's something I probably did.
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