Brigante Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 For the last few months I have had my modified elm327 cable in the boot of my mondeo Typically, now that I've gone to use it I can't find it anywhere. Nowhere to be seen and I've completely emptied the boot twice and it's definitely not in there. Nowhere else it could be so now I need to buy a new one. Preee made my original for me but he doesn't seem to be on the forums any more. There are countless sellers of the modified cables on eBay but I don't really trust them. I don't wanna buy a cable from a random supplier and it have duff soldering which ends up raping my car. Can anyone suggest the best place to acquire one from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The soldering won't harm your car mate worst case scenario it just won't read it. Just go with one off eBay, I found one for just shy of 13 quid which had some good reviews. Full 500k speed too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace1969 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 http://www.spanglefish.com/TunnelratElectronics/index.asp Got mine from here,they sell them on eBay through a person and it works ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace1969 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Black-USB-Modified-ELM327-Elmconfig-Forscan-Ford-Focus-Mondeo-Kuga-S-Max-/221683275184?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item339d5a55b0 Found the eBay link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 theres that many different sellers on eBay all claiming that theirs is the best and that all others are inferior copies who to buy from?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace1969 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 theres that many different sellers on ebay all claiming that theirs is the best and that all others are inferior copies who to buy from?? Mate i tried 3 sellers on eBay and this the only one that was ok,james on this post helped me a lot with the problems i had. The others i had the switch didn't work or didn't fit into the connector right on the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Jack I think you forgot to include the Link lo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace1969 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The link i added were the one i had good feedback from when i sent them a message on there main page ( first link ) and they said some will pop up on eBay soon as they sell so fast ( 2nd link ) so i had one and worked fine on FORscan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I'll have to bite the bullet and buy another one then. No doubt as soon as I do my original will turn up I never even got to use the thing as I bought it for the focus to use with elm config but had already tweaked everything I needed with the one Lenny once loaned me. After returning Lennys, Preee made me my own but it spent its life still in its envelope in a bedroom drawer. Bought the mondeo I put it in the boot ready to use and now it has vanished. I intend to do a forced dpf regen with it using forscan as well as tweak various things on elm config like auto locking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace1969 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 As soon as you pay for one you will find it after,it's always the same. I never got elm config to work as i have a fiesta but forscan was spot on and a few more out there. Just for basic code reading i have the cheap hand held thing that i have used loads of time on all cars. I have a box full of stuff,from op-com to about 10 programs on disc that i never use lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 great.. i just went to buy one from the eBay seller you linked dude and they have all sold out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jace1969 Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 great.. i just went to buy one from the ebay seller you linked dude and they have all sold out.. I did think that as he sells a nice few,go onto the main site and e-mail him as i did and he will give you a rough idea when he will re list some or buy it direct from the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sorted now, day or 2 after I saw theyd sold out I saw the seller relisted another batch under a new listing Purchased one and it seems to be working ok. My old cable had a 3 position switch, this one just has a 2 way. only needs 2 though i spose. The one preee made me was definitely better build quality but as long as it does the job. On the mondeo it is quite worrying as loads of warning messages such as engine system fault, no key detected, immobiliser active and headlight malunction pinges up and beeps like mad when reading/writing to the bcm but I've read on other threads that this is normal. After its finished and I've unplugged everything, the first time I start the car the esp and abs warning lights stay on, but if i turn the car off and start it again they go out. So far ive just enabled auto locking. I wanted to disable the seatbelt bonger but it doesnt appear to work for the driver seat. Also enabled the shift up indicator but this doesnt do anything either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I found the same things when doing mine. I must have set something wrong as I always get a bcm error saying invalid configuration lol. At the end of the day at least you have a cable and can get on with stuff :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Cant quite get on with stuff as the thing i wanna do wont work :( In the manual, it says not to park on grass/leaves etc when doing a regen as it obviously gets hot and can cause fire Next to my parking space, about 2ft away from my car is a short hedge. Will i be ok to do the forced regen in my parking space with other cars around it and next to the hedge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yeah as long as you keep the exhaust pointing outwards It just doesn't want you to start a fire by doing a regeneration over dried out grass and leaves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Right ive successfully got the mondeo to start a forced regen, currently on 37% and i'm just sat in it looking a right naana while it makes an almighty racket Feel quite embarassed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Haha, oh dear... On a plus side you needn't do it often, but it anyone asks your saving the world lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Also did a scan and found a LOT of dtc codes, mostly duplicates of about 4 different codes Seem to relate to warning messages that pinged up when reading the bcm with elmconfig Would the dtc codes just be from that and be nothing to worry about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Probably, unless of course they repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 They was listed a load of times each in forscan but then they did ping up a load of times after using elm about 5 or so times I'll do another scan tonight n read into em in more detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Bcm gets reset whilst being read by the ecu, that's why you get the errors coming up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 These are the codes that pinged up from reading the bcm Code: U0100 - Lost Communication With ECM/PCM ACode: P1635 - Tire/Axle Out of Acceptable RangeCode: U2100 - Initial Configuration Not CompleteCode: B1115 - High Mounted Stop Lamp Control, Incorrect Current Consumption, Suspect Incorrect Bulb FittedCode: U0515 - Invalid Data Received From Remote Function ActuationCode: U2101 - Control Module Configuration IncompatibleCode: B1C15 - Righthand Up/Down Mirror Motor Feedback CircuitCode: B1C16 - Righthand Left/Right Mirror Motor Feedback CircuitCode: U0208 - Lost Communication With Seat Control Module ACode: B1C13 - Lefthand Up/Down Mirror Motor Feedback CircuitCode: B1C14 - Lefthand Left/Right Mirror Motor Feedback CircuitCode: U0140 - Lost Communication With Body Control ModuleCode: P1607 - MIL Output Circuit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Ouch matey! Have you disconnected battery and reseated everything on the gem board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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