What company has the GPS speedo conversion?
03-17-2018, 11:40 AM
#42
Aaaarrggghh... That's a lousy deal. I also appreciate your posting your experience with this, since I'm wondering if it might be useful for my swap.
Here's hoping for a speedy & complete recovery!
Here's hoping for a speedy & complete recovery!
03-17-2018, 11:55 AM
#43
TECH Senior Member
Hang in there Michael! Here's to the surgeon doing a neat AND complete job!
03-17-2018, 02:33 PM
#45
Good to hear that they could do a lapro procedure, I've had both types done, & it's a night & day difference. Thanks for providing the update, sounds like you'll be back out in the garage in no time!
03-18-2018, 05:23 PM
#46
Laparo was actually a robot -- Docs sat behind a console 20 feet away looking at a screen. High Tech!
Got this little bit done while the gall bladder was killing me Thursday afternoon. Box will sit down in the 'chassis' rail at driver's front right beside the radiator/behind front fascia. And you can see the firewall grommet (turned 'sideways' - follow the loose wires back to the firewall) -- the cable and a few wires will come through that. The frayed fabric cable cover will be shorted appropriately once I have the grommet in place.
Got this little bit done while the gall bladder was killing me Thursday afternoon. Box will sit down in the 'chassis' rail at driver's front right beside the radiator/behind front fascia. And you can see the firewall grommet (turned 'sideways' - follow the loose wires back to the firewall) -- the cable and a few wires will come through that. The frayed fabric cable cover will be shorted appropriately once I have the grommet in place.
03-18-2018, 06:22 PM
#47
TECH Senior Member
Gotta love lapro! I had gastric bypass 10 yrs ago. 5 "puncture wounds"...
03-26-2018, 03:59 PM
#48
Healed enough to at least lean in under the hood for a bit. I tell you, no pain relievers, if you can do it, is the way to go. MUCH quicker over all recovery. Was on the bike in the gym on Tues after being discharged on Sunday - with Doc's blessing. Just no heavy lifting for 4-6 weeks -- don't want no hernia.
Got the back up light wires, oil temp sensor and GPS wires routed through the grommet with the speedo cable.
Cut the fabric cover on the cable to length, re-loomed the wires that go down the firewall (reverse light, oil temp) and got them headed down below and got the cable/GPS wire routed to the box. The frayed fabric cover isn't really noticeable when you're standing, looking under the hood. I had to get the camera 'down in there' to get the pic below.
Covered the metal spring/loom that's on the last 18" of the cable with some black plastic wiring loom for cosmetics - and routed the GPS wire inside the loom - you can see both connected to the box.
Still have to connect the switched 12V+, the ground and bundle up the excess GPS cable under the dash. With that -- I can roll the car out of the garage and let it try to satellite connect for the first time. That will allow me to complete the calibration process.
Got the back up light wires, oil temp sensor and GPS wires routed through the grommet with the speedo cable.
Cut the fabric cover on the cable to length, re-loomed the wires that go down the firewall (reverse light, oil temp) and got them headed down below and got the cable/GPS wire routed to the box. The frayed fabric cover isn't really noticeable when you're standing, looking under the hood. I had to get the camera 'down in there' to get the pic below.
Covered the metal spring/loom that's on the last 18" of the cable with some black plastic wiring loom for cosmetics - and routed the GPS wire inside the loom - you can see both connected to the box.
Still have to connect the switched 12V+, the ground and bundle up the excess GPS cable under the dash. With that -- I can roll the car out of the garage and let it try to satellite connect for the first time. That will allow me to complete the calibration process.
03-30-2018, 07:09 PM
#49
Well, just about got 'er button'd back up today. Fabbed a little plate to cover the hole in the tranny where the speedo cable used to go. Flat plate bolted on with some high temp/high oil resistance RTV to seal. No ATF is in there when the car is sitting still/level - but some gets in there when shafts are spinning. Temporary fix as without the speedo cable, I now have room to put a VSS in there and use that to send a more reliable speed signal to my ECU than I'm getting with my homemade reluctor on the pinion flange.
The dark gray fabric cover I'm pointing at is the speedo cable - routed from firewall under the booster and down to the box. You can see the box in the second picture at the base of/to the right of the radiator.
Everything is powered up/loomed, backup lights and oil temp sensor hooked back up, etc. Gently (still lifting limited post surgery) got the wheels/tires back on - I set the car height so that the tires weren't more about 1/8" from being able to roll them into place and push them onto the studs. In the morning I hope to take it off the stands and go for a ride/calibrate the unit.
The dark gray fabric cover I'm pointing at is the speedo cable - routed from firewall under the booster and down to the box. You can see the box in the second picture at the base of/to the right of the radiator.
Everything is powered up/loomed, backup lights and oil temp sensor hooked back up, etc. Gently (still lifting limited post surgery) got the wheels/tires back on - I set the car height so that the tires weren't more about 1/8" from being able to roll them into place and push them onto the studs. In the morning I hope to take it off the stands and go for a ride/calibrate the unit.
04-01-2018, 09:07 AM
#51
That looks awesome! I was looking at this unit last year, but had a few questions nobody could/would answer.
Have you tried it in a city setting yet? When I drive through downtown wherever with tall buildings, my GPS stops working due to loss of signal. Nobody would tell me if it happens with this unit.
Have you tried it in a city setting yet? When I drive through downtown wherever with tall buildings, my GPS stops working due to loss of signal. Nobody would tell me if it happens with this unit.
04-01-2018, 09:21 AM
#52
05-16-2018, 05:41 PM
#55
While the GPS speedo is working great -- the other operation had a complication. Late April started running a fever -- turned out to be E Coli blood infection - sepsis - related to the first endoscopic procedure in March. 6 days in Hospital at the end of April - and a month's worth of antibiotics through a PICC line in my right arm. Wife has become a pro at injecting them. They aspirated an abscess in my liver -- hoping that my most recent CT scan shows the abscess resolved -- and then I'll be off the antibiotics with a clean bill. Ironically - have felt completely normal except for the little bit of time I had a fever. Go figure....
Operation of GPS - flawless!
Operation to remove gall stone from bile duct - not so flawless!
Operation of GPS - flawless!
Operation to remove gall stone from bile duct - not so flawless!
05-16-2018, 05:44 PM
#56
TECH Senior Member
Stay healthy man!
05-16-2018, 06:37 PM
#57
Well, I'm doin' my part.
What are you gonna do? Can't say no to the procedure when the bile duct is blocked. And I get to be the 1 in every 100-200 where some E Coli from my gut hitches a ride on the endoscope and manages to find its way up the bile duct and into the liver, sets up shop with a little infection/abscess and a month later begins to kick out a bit of E Coli into the bloodstream. Lucky me!
What are you gonna do? Can't say no to the procedure when the bile duct is blocked. And I get to be the 1 in every 100-200 where some E Coli from my gut hitches a ride on the endoscope and manages to find its way up the bile duct and into the liver, sets up shop with a little infection/abscess and a month later begins to kick out a bit of E Coli into the bloodstream. Lucky me!
05-16-2018, 08:41 PM
#58
TECH Senior Member
Well, I'm doin' my part.
What are you gonna do? Can't say no to the procedure when the bile duct is blocked. And I get to be the 1 in every 100-200 where some E Coli from my gut hitches a ride on the endoscope and manages to find its way up the bile duct and into the liver, sets up shop with a little infection/abscess and a month later begins to kick out a bit of E Coli into the bloodstream. Lucky me!
What are you gonna do? Can't say no to the procedure when the bile duct is blocked. And I get to be the 1 in every 100-200 where some E Coli from my gut hitches a ride on the endoscope and manages to find its way up the bile duct and into the liver, sets up shop with a little infection/abscess and a month later begins to kick out a bit of E Coli into the bloodstream. Lucky me!
05-17-2018, 09:41 AM
#60
TECH Senior Member