Newb Setting up serial Wide band

[HellKnightHicks]

Great thanks for the quick response...

the sLC-1 cable is the one that fits the LC-1 controller.

LM-2 cable is for a different Innovate gauge.

Thx for pointing me to the right spot.

[joecar]

Ah, of course, LC-1... for some reasom I was thinking MTX...

No worries

[HellKnightHicks]

Hey thanks for your help i finally got the engine running and am working with the auto VE stuff right now.

LC-1 is doing its job apparently.

[joecar]

How does it drive...? Are you boosted...?

[HellKnightHicks]

It acutually doesn't drive very well right now I'm trying to get the auto VE stuff done and that LC-1 issue occurred and screwed the pooch lol.


I will be boosted. I have a Whipple sitting in the basement waiting for those headers to go on lol. I also have a smaller pulley which should get me back up to 6-7 paid with the 383.


Have already put a 2 bar map sensor in there and made the proper adjustments in the tune.
Should have it back on the road this week.

[Rich Z]

The quickest easiest thing to do is to order an LM-2 cable from here (check with him that this is the right cable for the MTX): http://taquickness.com/taqcables.htm

Heck yeah! I was hoping someone made a cable like this to bypass all the connections (which will be prone to working loose while driving). Just placed my order for one.

BTW, how are most of you hooking up your LC-1s power leads for temporary installs? I'm thinking about just splicing in a cigaratte lighter plug and calling it a day. Yea or nay?

[Rich Z]

Ah well, I got this interface cable mentioned in this thread and got a question about it. Has anyone else found the male end that plugs into the female serial OUT jack to be a tad TOO big to fit? The plug on the stock LC-1 harness measures 6.9mm, and the one I got on this TAQcables custom cable measures 8.1 mm.



You can see the obvious difference in diameter.

Here's the jack it needs to fit into. The female jack accepts the male end, and that plastic collar extending from the jack grips the plastic on the plug end to hold it tight in place.



That is not a soft rubber collar around that jack. I tried forcing it, but both ends are rather flat against each other, and I'm afraid of splitting that collar by doing a "damn the torpedoes" assault.

Here's how it looks with the terminator in the IN jack on the harness showing how it fits. Even with the correct diameter it was a pretty darn tight fit.



Am I being too picky thinking that this should just be RIGHT for the application? Or is this another case of a part having "minor fitment" issues?

[ScarabEpic22]

Mash it in, mine's been fine for ~3+ years now.

[TAQuickness]

I don't think picky is your problem. I've offered you a full refund twice. Please, return the cable and accept the refund.

[Rich Z]

I don't think picky is your problem. I've offered you a full refund twice. Please, return the cable and accept the refund.

Ah, I see. So tell me then, what exactly is it that you THINK is the problem here? I thought perhaps I had just gotten a bad cable, and wanted to check around to see if that is the case, but apparently that isn't the issue at all. You apparently don't use the correctly fitting male end on the cable. That should be plain from the photo.

Eh, so it's maybe $25 down the hopper. I'll whittle down the circumference on the end of it with a file or dremel to make it fit like it is supposed to, as I'm anxious to get my LC-1 hooked up. If that doesn't work, then I'll just use the kluge of original cables and null modem adapter, tape it all together, and call it a day.

Sorry if this has offended you, but I AM disappointed in your product and THIS is where I found out about it. And I am also chagrined that I held off hooking up the LC-1 waiting for this product to arrive. Take this feedback for what it is worth to you.

But thank you for the offer of a refund. I do appreciate at least that.