Cool. Thanks.

Sam

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I put the 10MfD capacitor in the circuit this morning, and drove the Dart to work. The error code did NOT show up. At least for now, this seems to have helped. If it works for awhile and then fails again, I suppose I can assume the Radio Shack part failed. However, it is not on the hot side of the engine compartment, and it is near the fender vent for that side.

Thanks for the tip. Hopefully this will do it. I did not calibrate it with the engine running yet. That is another thing I can do if this fails to be a real fix.

Sam

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Good luck and keep us posted.

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50 chrysler,54 Plymouth, 64 Valiant conv 4 speed, 66 Valiant V8 wagon, 70 Challenger R/T 440+6 conv 4 speed,80 Colt, 98 Neon ACR,84 Honda V45 Magna
Taking care of 57 300C conv,48 T&C conv. Missing my 67 GTX and 36 Ply coupe

ON the trip home everything was fine once again. Warmer weather will be the real test perhaps. It seemed like such a simple thing to do. It kind of seems like magic to me, which of course is how I view all things electronic. I made a nice assembly with spade connections at each end, and both leads protected with shrink tubing, and then the entire thing enclosed in shrink tubing.

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Got pics of your wide band setup ??

-Mike

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I am the Guardian, I hate helos, everything leaks.......

YOu want pics of gauge mounting, or sensor?

SAm

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were you mounted the 10mfd cap, and mounting the o2. does it matter where in line you mount the 10mfd cap ??


-Mike

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I am the Guardian, I hate helos, everything leaks.......

Mike, I did like 4spd said, and simply hooked one lead of the capacitor to the 12V feed for the controller, and the other lead to ground. I insulated each lead with shrink tubing so the two leads would not short together. First I soldered a wire to each lead of the capacitor. and each of these wires has a crimp connector at the end. One end has a spade connector for the 12v connection, the other has a terminal eye for a screw to ground it.

In every communication I had with Inovate, they kept saying the best connection for the Batt 12+ was direct battery connection. I think upon reflection that is their approach to smoothing out the current to minimize spikes. However, the capacitor seems like a simpler, and more effective solution to this problem. If it continues to work, you kind of have to wonder why they not mention this. The jury is still out, but it looks promising.

Sam

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Went to the plumbing supply house today, and was there only about 5 minutes. Came back out and started the Dart, but it took about 3 tries to get it to keep running. It runs extremely lean for the first minute after a very hot, heat soaked start. This time, it did throw the e-code 8 immediately upon start-up.

So, I went home, and calibrated the sensor with the engine running as Ed suggested. However, the feed back I was getting from the gauge was nothing like the recipe in the above post by 4spd.

Started it up with sensor unplugged and out of the exhaust and waited the recommended 20 seconds. Then shut it all down. When I plugged the sensor back into the controller (sensor hanging in the air) and started it again the gauge displayed a count down of some kind that took about 30 seconds. I pushed the button anyway and held it for 30 seconds as advised. When I released it, it proceeded to alternate between what looked like an AF ratio of 20 or so, and an e-2 code. Sort of an e-2 code. Anyway, I went ahead and shut it down, and reinstalled the sensor, and when I started it back up it proceeded to deliver reasonable looking AF ratios.I have no idea of knowing if they are accurate. I drove it back to the Plumbing supply house to get a can of glue, (dummy me for not getting it the first time), and it seemed fine. NO error codes. And in the past it would have shown one.

I would still like to know if there is a simple, cheap voltage regulator that could be used for the controller supply. Maybe for the ECU too for that matter. That sounds like an elementary electronics project.

Sam

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OK I am confused-feedback from the gauge was nothing like the recipe in my post? Which post?

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50 chrysler,54 Plymouth, 64 Valiant conv 4 speed, 66 Valiant V8 wagon, 70 Challenger R/T 440+6 conv 4 speed,80 Colt, 98 Neon ACR,84 Honda V45 Magna
Taking care of 57 300C conv,48 T&C conv. Missing my 67 GTX and 36 Ply coupe

Sorry, It was me who was confused. Gun Pilot made this post.

Sam

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