I vaguely remember when I used to think 2-week vacations were "short"... Then I moved to the US.
GAP Diagnostic– new products / IIDTool update announcement 12/2013
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I vaguely remember when I used to think 2-week vacations were "short"... Then I moved to the US.
Just quick update.
Thanks to the GAP guys for their timely responses to my enquiry on their website.
Best I can tell, the failure message was somehow caused by my depressing the brake pedal the first few times I tried the routine. I tend to have a foot on the brake when in a vehicle and not in motion, so I was doing this out of habit.
The reset routine does cycle the ignition, so I assume something related to the brake pedal switch/ignition interlock was interfering with the routine.
Anyway, tried it without my foot on the brake and it executed successfully and updated the battery replacement service count. Not sure how that subsystem works, but I also noticed that the reported voltage on the iidtool increased by aproximateli half a volt after the reset.
Thanks guys and GAP.
Thanks to the GAP guys for their timely responses to my enquiry on their website.
Best I can tell, the failure message was somehow caused by my depressing the brake pedal the first few times I tried the routine. I tend to have a foot on the brake when in a vehicle and not in motion, so I was doing this out of habit.
The reset routine does cycle the ignition, so I assume something related to the brake pedal switch/ignition interlock was interfering with the routine.
Anyway, tried it without my foot on the brake and it executed successfully and updated the battery replacement service count. Not sure how that subsystem works, but I also noticed that the reported voltage on the iidtool increased by aproximateli half a volt after the reset.
Thanks guys and GAP.
SteveMfr
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I am the Capo - I make the vacation schedules.I vaguely remember when I used to think 2-week vacations were "short"... Then I moved to the US.
Actually, I meant short relative to the distance: Cappadocia is over 3500km from here. It was 4 days there, 6 days in Cappadocia, 4 days back. Lots of seat time.
oradba69
Observer
Quick question. Is the following possible with the IIDtool?
Hi Rushdi
Like Alwyn I also broke a track rod and I think the reason was both of us were always in super extended mode meaning stretched to the limit. Mine broke late in the afternoon in sect 18 in a very rocky river bed. Carrying on through some hairy obstacles I had now issues apart from the clunking noise. On my way back towing my Comfort van my suspension kept on dropping to bump stops, thanks to the Hawkeye I managed to clear the faults every 5 kms. These were red light faults and with my muds I was rubbing in the wheel arches. Then I remembered when I bought the MudTech controller from Anthony at the Landy festival the Italian guy with him explained that with this system you could lock the suspension height should you have critical suspension faults. So I tried it out. You set the height in P mode and then move the switch to S and the lights go off, So there after when the red suspension light came on the car did not lower.
Hi Rushdi
Like Alwyn I also broke a track rod and I think the reason was both of us were always in super extended mode meaning stretched to the limit. Mine broke late in the afternoon in sect 18 in a very rocky river bed. Carrying on through some hairy obstacles I had now issues apart from the clunking noise. On my way back towing my Comfort van my suspension kept on dropping to bump stops, thanks to the Hawkeye I managed to clear the faults every 5 kms. These were red light faults and with my muds I was rubbing in the wheel arches. Then I remembered when I bought the MudTech controller from Anthony at the Landy festival the Italian guy with him explained that with this system you could lock the suspension height should you have critical suspension faults. So I tried it out. You set the height in P mode and then move the switch to S and the lights go off, So there after when the red suspension light came on the car did not lower.
Something like this would be handy.
I recently had a fault that dropped me to the bumps. Using the IID tool, I could clear the fault and get the compressor to come back on but only for a second before the fault recurred, meaning I couldn't get the truck off the bumps and it was nearly undrivable (32" tires + full load = mild rubbing). Turns out I had a wheel sensor give a false reading that sent me to the stops, but with my Johnson rods I was now putting all the sensors out of range so even after clearing the initial fault I couldn't get it back to normal. Had I realized it at the time, I likely could have jacked the truck up and blocked it a little so that the wheels would droop a bit and get back within 'normal' sensor range, then cleared the faults, then been OK.
The take-away is, it would be nice to be able to force the compressor to come on so I could have lifted the truck slightly off the bumps. Perhaps this is possible with the IId tool and I simply missed it. My Jedi IId tool powers are weak.
Just a data point.
(also waiting patiently for the nav-on-the-move update)
I recently had a fault that dropped me to the bumps. Using the IID tool, I could clear the fault and get the compressor to come back on but only for a second before the fault recurred, meaning I couldn't get the truck off the bumps and it was nearly undrivable (32" tires + full load = mild rubbing). Turns out I had a wheel sensor give a false reading that sent me to the stops, but with my Johnson rods I was now putting all the sensors out of range so even after clearing the initial fault I couldn't get it back to normal. Had I realized it at the time, I likely could have jacked the truck up and blocked it a little so that the wheels would droop a bit and get back within 'normal' sensor range, then cleared the faults, then been OK.
The take-away is, it would be nice to be able to force the compressor to come on so I could have lifted the truck slightly off the bumps. Perhaps this is possible with the IId tool and I simply missed it. My Jedi IId tool powers are weak.
Just a data point.
(also waiting patiently for the nav-on-the-move update)
Jwestpro
Explorer
That would be a really nice addition.
I have attempted to silence the rear parking sensors with no luck yet. It's a bit annoying that Kaymar would build in the sensor mounting holes that place the sensor in a useless location having them just alarm all the time. This is due to the carrier swing arm release handles or the carriers causing the sensor activation.
It's a bit maddening.
Jwestpro
Explorer
I wonder if the LLams tool I have could have worked differently in that situation. It seems to simply lower or raise regardless of the vehicle computer. For example, if I need the absolute lowest possible height for a parking garage, I first use the factory control to lower and lock in "access" mode. Once locked, I use the LLAMS to lower another -20mm. For the very lowest results, I can also already have the baseline height be at -10mm by way of the IIDTool and then drop the -20mm using LLams. This still allows driving the way you would in a parking garage.
A message comes up saying you should raise the vehicle but it does stay locked down.
Conversely, I can use a combination of these to really extend to the very limits on demand although I do not use either extreme very often of for too long, especially the highest.
Jwestpro
Explorer
And how would I do that in just a couple minutes? I don't think it's actually on the stops yet though as there is still a small amount of sway if I pull on the rack to try rocking the vehicle. Granted it hardly moves but it feels like there is still a little movement.
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Also, I think I had calculated/measured about an 8" range from bottom to top using the above methods. Part of the purpose was also to create a stable roof platform for long exposure photography on a tripod. There are some other ways to achieve this but the air system also solved the garage issues.
The most stable, and fairly quick, solution I found for the photography was to put my two wheel chocks under the sill slider, turn engine off, lower vehicle onto them. This is seriously stable, with virtually no rocking at all, but a little cumbersome to set up.
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cannonball55
Adventurer
with the iidtool... you can deflate all bags under i believe the test menu... obviously not on the fly like the LLAMS, but still only takes a few seconds once you know where to find it in the menu.
Jwestpro
Explorer
Really? Well that's interesting. Any idea what sort of cryptic wording it might be?