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Another interesting instalment Jaffman!
Did you not consider fabricating a new lip for those rear brake dust shields? Fairly straightforward for man of your calibre.
Oh, and I take it the hairdresser didn't turn up? Didn't turn up here either!
Did you not consider fabricating a new lip for those rear brake dust shields? Fairly straightforward for man of your calibre.
Oh, and I take it the hairdresser didn't turn up? Didn't turn up here either!
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good job, looking forward to the drive out the garage
Another interesting instalment Jaffman!
Did you not consider fabricating a new lip for those rear brake dust shields? Fairly straightforward for man of your calibre.
Oh, and I take it the hairdresser didn't turn up? Didn't turn up here either!
i did but I can’t be arsed lol.
If i had the tools (bender shaper?) then I might have made one. Certainly not buying new at £140 though!
ill take the sharp edges thanks!
bloody hairdressers Gonna make a mint when this thing is over! Gonna have to pay them 18times to fix my mop!
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i did but I can’t be arsed lol.
If i had the tools (bender shaper?) then I might have made one. Certainly not buying new at £140 though!
ill take the sharp edges thanks!
bloody hairdressers Gonna make a mint when this thing is over! Gonna have to pay them 18times to fix my mop!
Ha ha, fair do's!
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chopped my own hair other day , too darn hot working on the truck , whats the differance between a good hair cut and a bad one ??
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about 3 weeks thats how long it takes to grow out
LOL! to be fair i normally go a while without cutting my hair but i rarely go this long!
starting to get on my nerves.
on a brighter note, took the car up and down the road just now, only 1/2 a mile but it got into 4th gear and fingers crossed all seems good so far. few steering issues to sort, one of them being putting fluid int he system lol
starting to get on my nerves.
on a brighter note, took the car up and down the road just now, only 1/2 a mile but it got into 4th gear and fingers crossed all seems good so far. few steering issues to sort, one of them being putting fluid int he system lol
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Ye , good on you ,excellent news
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So, gets through the gears quick enough?!
not very smoothly lol, needs some adjustment to the selector and the clutch is heavy. But serious quick shifting and it got up to 4th so probably about 30mph
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Hi Jaffman,
Another great video, really enjoyed it.
I ran out of expertise in about 1980 when instruments went electronic!
I will confess however, that at 15:15 I thought you were about to say ' I'll remove the lenses and swap them around into the right holes on the binnacle'. I'm guessing there is a reason you can't do that and I have completely missed it!
Another great video, really enjoyed it.
I ran out of expertise in about 1980 when instruments went electronic!
I will confess however, that at 15:15 I thought you were about to say ' I'll remove the lenses and swap them around into the right holes on the binnacle'. I'm guessing there is a reason you can't do that and I have completely missed it!
I can do that, but I’d need to rewire the car plug to the correct pins on the back of the instrument cluster for the correct light to turn on. Plus there are some lights that are soldered into the board, and there are some on the focus binnacle that’s not on the cougar one. It’s all a mess and realistically I need both instrument clusters to do the different functions.
however... YouTube videos have come in handy in this case as I’m chatting to a bloke on Instagram now about how to run the dials so I don’t have to mess about with multiple clocks. He seems to have managed it and he seems to be happy to help out so watch this space!
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@Jaffman - Do you have something lying around that will drive the original Focus ST clocks?
Didn't really pay that much attention to the video (was running in the background) but all the "inputs" to the instrument cluster from the Lexus drive-train are basically analogue? But in order to drive the ST cluster you need to send it information in J1850-PWM format?
If you've got something that will drive the instrument cluster on the ST then it won't be particularly difficult to sniff the wires to figure out what the messages to drive the cluster are.
The alternative is we could make you a custom circuit board to do what you want? I.e. we can etch in-house a circuit board that provides you with a header on the back that provides the wires you want? Might be a simpler solution long term?
Didn't really pay that much attention to the video (was running in the background) but all the "inputs" to the instrument cluster from the Lexus drive-train are basically analogue? But in order to drive the ST cluster you need to send it information in J1850-PWM format?
If you've got something that will drive the instrument cluster on the ST then it won't be particularly difficult to sniff the wires to figure out what the messages to drive the cluster are.
The alternative is we could make you a custom circuit board to do what you want? I.e. we can etch in-house a circuit board that provides you with a header on the back that provides the wires you want? Might be a simpler solution long term?
ive got a whole car if I need to lol.
yes analogue inputs from the Lexus stuff, ST clocks use J1850PWM protocol
I know what pins on the clocks are the data bus and I know where they terminate on the old ST ECU. I’m speaking g to someone currently who might be able to help me, he seems to have made some great progress, I might copy him lol.
if I was going as far as custom circuit boards I’d be putting a custom digital screen in there lol
