{"id":764,"date":"2008-10-08T07:21:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T07:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/?p=764"},"modified":"2016-02-21T02:50:05","modified_gmt":"2016-02-21T02:50:05","slug":"its-always-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/mega-squirt-efi\/xj550\/its-always-something\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s always something&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, after running a couple of errands and doing a couple of household chores, I got started on Buzz about 8PM.<\/p>\n<p>First order of business, get those grayed out tuning tables back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I brought home the lead I need to remote the software reload jumper on the MS-II board, but I neglected to procure a suitable switch. I will just leave the box out for now until I get the switch, probably tonight. I did, however, get the short DB9 serial cable extender, so that will be handy once I put it all back together.<\/p>\n<p>It seemed that perhaps the best way to do this would be to wipe out all the history and install MegaTune and the embedded software fresh. I found that my MSDownload 2.00 didn&#8217;t *have* the File\/Updates menu item. I looked around for a later version, but failing that, I downloaded another 2.00 and installed it. Poof, File\/Updates was there.<\/p>\n<p>I also saved a couple of my .msq files and uninstalled all my MegaTune stuff. I&#8217;d used DIYAutotune&#8217;s all-in-one package, so removing it was just as easy.<\/p>\n<p>I downloaded a fresh copy of the same version of DIYAutotune&#8217;s <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.diyautotune.com\/softwarelinks.htm\">package<\/a> and installed that. I then ran MSDownload and ran the update. Ran MegaTune and did all the basic setup and all the tables are there now!<\/p>\n<p>After getting the basic stuff in there and getting back to my very rough surgy backfirey idle, I started troubleshooting that.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred to me that MegaSquirt can only affect the advance, not the basic timing, on the EDIS module, so I started tweaking the trigger wheel position. My current mounting scheme for the wheel is not very adjustment friendly, but by repositioning the trigger wheel about one tooth at a time, I was able to dial in a much better idle, though it had a bad miss to it.<\/p>\n<p>I checked the downpipes and found that #3 was cool to the touch. I pulled the #3 wire and plugged it onto an old plug and verified that it has a strong spark, so I assume that the problem with #3 must be fuel. It was an interesting coincidence that #3 was also the only air filter I hadn&#8217;t pulled back off, but pulling it off made no difference, nor did I expect it to.<\/p>\n<p>Even knowing that, I was able to play with the tables and affect the idle a little bit. I got it where it would continue running, albeit roughly. Before I&#8217;d tweaked the timing, it kicked and bucked so much that it wouldn&#8217;t run for very long. It would restart easily enough, but it was struggle to keep it running.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the #3 cylinder issue is the hurdle to clear. I suspect that the fuel problem on #3 may be a clogged injector. I will also check to ensure that the coil has not gone open. Since I need to pull the throttle bodies to put in the silicone intakes anyway, I think I can do all that off the bike.<\/p>\n<p>Just guessing, it will probably be a couple days before I can start him up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; So, after running a couple of errands and doing a couple of household chores, I got started on Buzz about 8PM. First order of business, get those grayed out tuning tables back&#8230; I brought home the lead I need to remote the software reload jumper on the MS-II board, but I neglected to procure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/mega-squirt-efi\/xj550\/its-always-something\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s always something&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xj550"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1061,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.n5hrk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}