1998rollover
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- 1998 Mountaineer
Got my VXDIAG VCXNANO IDS device working today and went looking around in the inner workings of my V8 swapped 2002 Sport Trac.
It's a clone of the Rotunda VCMII, a "clean" design in a smaller case than the knockoffs in plastic copies of the original's bulky die cast metal housing.
IDS says there's an update for the PCM but programming it failed with a FEPS communications failure. Don't know what the guy who did the swap may have left disconnected or connected wrong. It also cannot complete the KOEO and KOER tests.
The donor of the entire drivetrain was a 1998 Mountaineer. I set the new tire size, speedo reads 1~2 MPH fast. I could measure the circumference and input the exact revs/mile to get it closer.
One thing I'll find very useful and making the thing well worth the cost is installing the brand new ABS module and pump. Dunno how many hundreds of $ a dealer would charge, if they'd even do it. Ones around here I talked to were clueless about programming, and likely wouldn't touch a mongrel V8 swapped Trac.
I have another 1998 Mountaineer. I'm going to see if this will update it. If so, I should be able to swap the Mountaineer PCM temporarily from the Sport Trac to it to update it - but it would be better to have it working in the Trac.
I was hoping to see if I could make the rear window work or at least see what the system says is wrong, but since IDS see it as a "Mountaineer" there's nothing available in module programming for the rear window. (Bloody stupid to have a *computer controlled* window!) I tried the reset procedure before having the drivetrain swap done but that didn't fix it. It's crying out for a bit of brute force hacking to replace the control with a direct and simple system like it should've had. A limit switch for the vent position and some simple circuitry so that twisting the switch ignores the vent limit switch.
It's a clone of the Rotunda VCMII, a "clean" design in a smaller case than the knockoffs in plastic copies of the original's bulky die cast metal housing.
IDS says there's an update for the PCM but programming it failed with a FEPS communications failure. Don't know what the guy who did the swap may have left disconnected or connected wrong. It also cannot complete the KOEO and KOER tests.
The donor of the entire drivetrain was a 1998 Mountaineer. I set the new tire size, speedo reads 1~2 MPH fast. I could measure the circumference and input the exact revs/mile to get it closer.
One thing I'll find very useful and making the thing well worth the cost is installing the brand new ABS module and pump. Dunno how many hundreds of $ a dealer would charge, if they'd even do it. Ones around here I talked to were clueless about programming, and likely wouldn't touch a mongrel V8 swapped Trac.
I have another 1998 Mountaineer. I'm going to see if this will update it. If so, I should be able to swap the Mountaineer PCM temporarily from the Sport Trac to it to update it - but it would be better to have it working in the Trac.
I was hoping to see if I could make the rear window work or at least see what the system says is wrong, but since IDS see it as a "Mountaineer" there's nothing available in module programming for the rear window. (Bloody stupid to have a *computer controlled* window!) I tried the reset procedure before having the drivetrain swap done but that didn't fix it. It's crying out for a bit of brute force hacking to replace the control with a direct and simple system like it should've had. A limit switch for the vent position and some simple circuitry so that twisting the switch ignores the vent limit switch.