Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question

[Stephen Rice <stevedmc@xxxxxxxxx>]

The driver can deny to tow your car.  I've been there and I canceled
AAA shortly after that incident.

-Steve Rice
#16510

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:04 AM, DarkStar Media
<darkstarmedia@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually AAA will tow you wherever you want to go.  If you elect to have
> yourself towed to a closed tire shop, who's fault is it?
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> content22207
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:21 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question
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> As I explained in Message #84549 I have two ignition modules in my car: the
> Duraspark module that is my primary ignition controller, and the original
> Bosch unit which is currently sitting idle. Because no wiring mods were
> made, I can switch between them at will: if the Duraspark unit ever fails,
> all I have to do is plug the Bosch module in and get right back on the road.
>
> Duraspark modules are of course stock items at all parts houses, but that
> wouldn't do me any good after hours (like now: I've just gotten in from a
> nocturnal drive back to North Carolina).
>
> I also carry a full size 50,000 mile steel belted radial spare tire. If I
> ever get a flat tire in the middle of the night (or during daylight hours on
> a weekend), I can get right back on the road. I could drive through state
> after state after state on my spare, at highway speeds, if necessary. I did
> drive all over the DC area on it once looking for an in stock 235/60-15 tire
> (sliced sidewall -- no way to repair that). Note that AAA will only tow you
> to one tire shop and leave you there -- if the shop is closed, or if they
> don't have your tire size in stock, you're screwed. Any owner who doesn't
> carry a usable spare tire is just asking for trouble, especially with
> pavement coming apart these days (the jagged edge of a pothole claimed my
> sidewall). There also is a lot of crap on the roads that can puncture a tire
> (does AAA plug tires on the side of the road?).
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> , "Owen"
> <omalbec@...> wrote:
>>
>> What is your contingency plan today should your stock Ignition Control
> Unit craps out (it is 30+ years old after all)? Or your stock RPM relay? Or
> your fuel pump? Or.... we can play this game all night. It doesn't matter
> one iota if your fuel delivery is mechanical if your spark control is
> electronic.
>>
>> I for one believe that whether one is K-Jetted, carburetted or EFI'd, AAA
> or classic insurance with towing package is probably a prudent investment. I
> don't care what your fueling mechanism, if you lose your spark control,
> you're screwed.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "content22207" <brobertson@> wrote:
>> >
>> > I mean controller replacement. My little brother had to replace the
> onboard computer in his Oldsmobile not too long ago. For some reason the
> thing died while he was at work.
>> >
>> > Onboard electronics do die. I helped a DeLorean owner last year whose
> Bosch ignition module had died (his dead ECU donated the harness connector
> for the adapter my Duraspark module is using).
>> >
>> > All electronic devices are subject to failure. It is unrealistically
> optimistic to claim that one's own devices will never fail. If I was totally
> dependent upon an onboard controller for my fuel delivery, I would
> definitely have a contingency plan.
>> >
>> > Bill Robertson
>> > #5939
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "DarkStar Media" <darkstarmedia@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Define "dies"...
>> > >
>> > > If the computer shorts out it's dead anyway and no laptop or phone
>> > > will do anything about it, just like any ECU.
>> > >
>> > > Baring that they are extremely reliable and once setup just run and
> run.
>> > >
>> > > If there is a re-boot while running (usually only if you are
>> > > screwing with
>> > > it) you see a hiccup but the MS ECU tends to recover before the
>> > > engine drops more than 100rpm (think slight stumble).
>> > >
>> > > Richard
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>
>> > > [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>
>> > > ] On Behalf Of
>> > > content22207
>> > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:31 PM
>> > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>
>> > > Subject: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > If the onboard controller dies, do you have to reload all the fuel
>> > > maps from scratch? If so, is there a smartphone interface so you
>> > > don't have to upload them from a laptop?
>> > >
>> > > I'm thinking about what happens if the controller dies while
>> > > you're on a trip.
>> > >
>> > > On my own car I am only dependent upon the ignition ECU, and I
>> > > carry a spare for that (Duraspark is my primary ECU and the
>> > > original Bosch unit is my backup).
>> > >
>> > > Bill Robertson
>> > > #5939
>> > >
>> >
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