Stark Varg DIY Trailside Repairs

[leadingedge]

I was thinking about this the other day, and I reckon it's necessary for us to have a good in-field "MacGyver" repair thread for Stark Vargs.

If anyone has any insight and trailside repair stories with solutions, please post them here.

As an example, one possible trailside repair I was thinking of:

Control switch failure - how to try get a EX, MX and SM switched on and select a mode (by just using the wires of the switch) when the switch is busted.

Please add ideas and trailside repair solutions to this thread.

 

[Katoom]

bubble gum, wrappers and paper clips at the ready..............

 

[drehwurm68]

how to try get a EX, MX and SM switched on and select a mode (by just using the wires of the switch) when the switch is busted.

You need to learn CAN Bus code, just like the morse code, and then "talk" to the VCU using the CAN low and high wire

Seriously, if you break the control switch your only chance is a spare one - plain and simple.

Michael

 

[leadingedge]

Seriously, if you break the control switch your only chance is a spare one - plain and simple.

Good to know, I was hoping that the wiring would be such to allow selection of a mode by shorting and opening one of the circuits.

The control switch module itself is no more than just switches as far as I can tell (I could be wrong) Does it not purely send an on/off switching signal for each button via the control wiring?

 

[drehwurm68]

The control switch module itself is no more than just switches as far as I can tell (I could be wrong)

You are wrong. There is actually two separate circuits in there - the on/off button is a simple switch with separate wires that is independent from the rest of the other buttons which will trigger CAN bus messages sent by a separate CAN bus controller inside the switch. That CAN bus controller will also operate the LED according to the CAN bus messages received from the VCU.

Michael