1 Feb 2018 Cambridge to Newark and back

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jamescarruthers
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1 Feb 2018 Cambridge to Newark and back

Post by jamescarruthers » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:10 pm

Tomorrow afternoon, I am going to travel from Cambridge to Newark and back. This is to take a look at a Volvo ECU tester which should test the impossible to diagnose early cars.

On the off chance, are there any other 480 owners on the way who fancy a quick catch up?‎
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: 1 Feb 2018 Cambridge to Newark and back

Post by frenchfries » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:27 pm

You could push to Lincoln for a coffee :)
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else

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Re: 1 Feb 2018 Cambridge to Newark and back

Post by jamescarruthers » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:02 am

I'm going to PM you my phone number.

If I don't spend too long there, I should have time to head half-hour further north.

My idea is to be at Lincoln for about 1430-1530 and hopefully not stay more than an hour.‎
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Location: Cambridge

Re: 1 Feb 2018 Cambridge to Newark and back

Post by jamescarruthers » Fri Feb 02, 2018 10:58 am

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I did indeed manage to pop in to see David for a coffee.

Volvo System Tester purchased so ECU diagnosis can be done on (I think) all 480 ECUs and later cars with diagnostic port on the front L/H suspension turret.

It certainly read live data from my ancient B18E with Fenix 1. It does run diagnostic tests of the system also but it took so long and I had the engine running inside a garage so I gave up.

More details and pictures to follow later.
:hopping:
1987 Volvo 480 ES, 507274, 217 - Red (Ness)
2006 Citroen C6 Exclusive 3.0 petrol/LPG
2008 Mini Cooper convertible (Mau)

Previous 480's:
J123 CFU -- ES
J449 MNL -- ES auto
D864 CPV -- ES
L691 JFC -- Turbo
F70 MNR -- ES
H858 FGV -- Turbo auto
E981 KHM -- ES (509849)

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Re: 1 Feb 2018 Cambridge to Newark and back

Post by frenchfries » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:19 am

looking menacing enough ;)
1993 Turbo auto called Skip for the important stuff
2011 Juke 190 for everything else

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