Project Rewire - LinkEcu G4 Storm

[shaunwil]

Its all mine

Started fiberglassing the new dash for it to be put in. Got some metal work to make and then smooth out the face with it in place (may get a friend to do the smoothing). Then its off to be flocked in the grey / silver I had before.

Only little niggle is I feel paid a small fortune for the ecu and the dash and neither come with the correct CANbus cable to plug the dash into the ecu !

Shaun

[C J R]

Shaun, "Only little niggle is I feel paid a small fortune for the ecu and the dash and neither come with the correct CANbus cable to plug the dash into the ecu !"
What language are you talking :Talking1 :p :rollin

[shaunwil]

Talk about technology ! The dash has a datalogger as well and connects to the Link ECU to show all what it is seeing, the cable connecting them is a 5 wire jobbie that has some darn weird ends on (dash is a 712 5way and the link needs a altw mini cable from link)

The dash will datalog too and I\'m drooling over the GPS add on for the dash to show where you where on track in the datalogging

Don\'t worry, you know I\'m a jiggering wreck with stuff like this :p

Should be a fun year if it all comes together !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Did I mention I\'m from Lancashire (up North !) :p

Shaun

[grinder]

Stupid question here Shaun , but is the ecu ODBII compliant ?

And if so , does it have an output to it ?

Or is that just in everyday cars these days ?

[grinder]

it would seem not

http://www.linkecu.com/forums/G4Forum/860897503

[Grant Monkhouse]

Hey Sean in your quest for new plugs did you get new CAS sensor plugs? The white and the grey ones?

[shaunwil]

Stupid question here Shaun , but is the ecu ODBII compliant ?

And if so , does it have an output to it ?

Or is that just in everyday cars these days ?

Only the G4+ have the obd2 function on them ! The dash is designed to talk to the ecu directly over the CANbus network. Unfortunately the standard doesn\'t specify a standard plug to allow for an off the shelf standard cable ! Amazingly you go in the config software and just tell it you have a G4 Link and it adds all the data layers the G4 sees. Should all be gravy !

Found out the dash is a Binder 712 plug, so ordered that on ebay and Link sells a CANDASH cable that has the right plug on the other end and 2m of cable. Bit of soldering and I\'ll have the correct cable !

Getting there in a round about way !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Hey Sean in your quest for new plugs did you get new CAS sensor plugs? The white and the grey ones?

Bought them from USA , http://tripointengineering.com/product_info.php?products_id=4154&osCsid=3ac5cfaad05782fcf63914ab72811fdd

Shaun

[marcusd666]

OMG Shaun, looks like you are going to have a lot of work this winter can wait to see the results.

When you say that you are rewiring the loom in the pictures are they the old one next to the new one ?

That\'s a good find for the connectors as well "tri-point engineering" I think a lot of us will be using them.

Hope it all goes well mate see you soon.

:Thumbsup!

[shaunwil]

They are just the new loom for just the basic stuff in the car, the engine loom is separate and there is a dash and sensor loom too !

Got a lot done, still loads to do too !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

With the joys of the English Weather (and half of Britain under water) I\'ve been doing indoors stuff since the car isn\'t inside (garage isn\'t big enough ). Frenched the Digi Dash in to the 2nd hand gauge cluster.



Done the first rough smooth and I\'m going to pass it to a friend to finish off (he has much greater skills and tools).



Once they have smoothed it I\'ll send it off and get it flocked to the grey with silver fleck I have on the matching parts (may get the others redone too). Dome still needs the rubbery finish taking off and flocking in black (original had lost all its clip points).

Cable and plug has arrived for the CANbus. Just going to use the whole 2m length cable and soldier the plug in the right config.

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Note to self - Read instructions at least once, digest and read again :rolleyes:

Only needed the Linkecu digidash cable and not the Binder 712 plug for the CANbus ! The power feed cable is connected to the rest of the CANbus connector ! All tidied up ready to go in (just used the whole 2m of the cable)

Shaun

[Casey]

Note to self - Read instructions at least once, digest and read again :rolleyes:

:Hammer:Hammer:Laugh:Laugh I\'ve never made that mistake............

[shaunwil]

Took me a good hour to figure the bloomin thing out, they just didn\'t make the most sense !

Shaun