RE: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question

["Nelson, Allan" <abnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nonsense.  Corvettes have not come with spare tires for over 15 years.
There aren't even any provisions for one.  There are probably other cars
as well.

 

Al

 

From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of content22207
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:31 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question

 

  

I got in shortly after 3:00 this morning. Had I gotten a flat tire on
the way home, *ALL* tire shops would have been closed (except the truck
stops of course, which deal in 22 inch rims).

AAA is what it is, but what it isn't is a substitute for a usable spare
tire -- a piece of emergency survival gear that has been standard
equipment on every single automobile ever built since the Model T
forward.

Bill Robertson
#5939

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"DarkStar Media" <darkstarmedia@...> 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%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
> content22207
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:21 AM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> 
> Subject: Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question
> 
> 
> 
> 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>
<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>
<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>
<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%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > > > [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>  <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com> 
> > > > ] On Behalf Of
> > > > content22207
> > > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:31 PM
> > > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmcnews%40yahoogroups.com>
<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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