While I seach for a 12 volt relay for my DBW fix...
07-28-2004, 03:47 PM
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While I seach for a 12 volt relay for my DBW fix...
...your challenge, should you chose to accept, is to call up your service manager and inquire about this mysterious DBW re-flash that people are talking about. By the sound of it, it will make the work I'm doing obsolete, and all of us much happier drivers. I inquired with my tech; so did SecureS4...you all should do the same. Good luck!
07-28-2004, 05:10 PM
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Have you looked into something like this?
I'll bet you can call them and have them set it up to do a repetative "10 second on - 1 second off" cycle and ship it to you pronto.
As an Aside -- I haven't gone as far as disconnecting my switch but I have played with this. Two observations:
1) I don't notice a significant difference between clutch in and clutch out when hitting the accelerator on a roll -- both react about 500ms (1/2 sec) after I hit the accelerator
2) My clutch "trigger point" is so low that it causes slippage (I used the cruise control to determine how far I need to push the clutch to trigger recognition and if I nail it at this point, it slips)<ul><li><a href="http://store.qkits.com/serv/qkits/velleman/pages/K8015.asp">Timer Kit</a></li></ul>
As an Aside -- I haven't gone as far as disconnecting my switch but I have played with this. Two observations:
1) I don't notice a significant difference between clutch in and clutch out when hitting the accelerator on a roll -- both react about 500ms (1/2 sec) after I hit the accelerator
2) My clutch "trigger point" is so low that it causes slippage (I used the cruise control to determine how far I need to push the clutch to trigger recognition and if I nail it at this point, it slips)<ul><li><a href="http://store.qkits.com/serv/qkits/velleman/pages/K8015.asp">Timer Kit</a></li></ul>
07-29-2004, 08:18 AM
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One of the things I discovered is that the clutch trigger point is adjustable!
There is a plunger that gets depressed when the clutch pedal is released--the "home" sensor. From the factory, I had to move the clutch pedal in about 2" to "un-press" the home sensor. However, while removing the entire apparatus, I accidentally pushed the plunger stick into the sensor body by about 3/4". I discovered detents (maybe 8 of them or so) on the plunger stick and each detent moves the stick a millimeter or two either way.
This is adjustable ONLY when the sensor is out of its mount though (it is a very cleverly designed sensor), so don't try to push the stick in unless you remove the sensor.
Anyway, needless to say, I now have the sensor adjusted so I have to depress the clutch pedal only about half an inch to activate the linear throttle map, and there is no NOTICEABLE clutch slip, but I still don't do it very often.
Thank you for the info, BTW--I'm working on it!
This is adjustable ONLY when the sensor is out of its mount though (it is a very cleverly designed sensor), so don't try to push the stick in unless you remove the sensor.
Anyway, needless to say, I now have the sensor adjusted so I have to depress the clutch pedal only about half an inch to activate the linear throttle map, and there is no NOTICEABLE clutch slip, but I still don't do it very often.
Thank you for the info, BTW--I'm working on it!
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