A RENIX CODE SCANNER!?!? Not A DRB II or MS1700

[asheets934]

I'll fed ex you some sort of colateral if you can fed ex me one of them to borrow, I swear i'll send it back. NO ONE around here has one. i checked every garage around . . .

 

[dizzymac]

you can do about the same with an FSM and a good mulitmeter and a lot cheaper. We paid over $1200 a piece for these.

 

[langer1]

Really the Renix system is so simple to work on there no need for a scan tool.

 

[wilcharl]

The whole reason to find a renix drb is because its always been a m ystery out there for me... i know the DRB-2 works and the snapon but there is just soemthing about the renix history and the renix system and the design and just to have the ability to have access to soemthing like that seems tight to me... i just left france today and found the renix era xjs that were a dime a dozen just a few years ago to be gone along with most other suvs im guessing the high gas prices took their toll.. in 5 days i saw 2 xjs 2 wjs and one fsj ... i want to research the french knowledge out there but its def. dwindling and taken a major drop...

 

[Bounty Hunter]

Yes, its on the passenger side, usually covered by two little yellow caps. The trouble is finding the snap on tool. I've been around to all the local shops, auto parts stores etc. I even went to the stealership and they said they don't even bother to keep one around anymore . . .

My mechanic uses a snap-on scanner on my Renix MJ, has many adapters and one fits the '88 diagnotic ports perfectly. Used it recently to adjust my TPS through the 'puter.

 

[langer1]

The CP9150 SUPER AutoScanner Kit allows the user to retrieve and read OBD I and OBD II trouble codes, as well as display and read live vehicle data for faster diagnosis. Designed to be user-friendly, the tool can be used on all OBD II-configured cars and light trucks sold in the United States from 1996 to present, says company. Additional cables retrieve Non-OBD codes and live data for older vehicles, including 1984 to 1995 Ford; 1984 to 1995 General Motors (GM); and 1989 to 1995 Chrysler applications.

 

[lawrence]

Additional cables retrieve Non-OBD codes and live data for older vehicles, including 1984 to 1995 Ford; 1984 to 1995 General Motors (GM); and 1989 to 1995 Chrysler applications.

Not for Renix.
http://www.actron.com/media/categories/Chrysler_SCI_LH_Charts_CP9129_CP9130.pdf

 

[87manche]

sweet, you registered and your first post brought up a five month old thread.
Good for you

 

[lawrence]

A thread that never came to any conclusion, in my estimation no one's attempt at back engineering the ecu in lieu of figuring out the data streams have come to fruition...........So I thought I'd rekindle the topic, rather than starting from scratch, I thought I'd see if anyone has gotten any further on the subject. Sorry, I guess no one is ready for Renix on Linux.

 

[87manche]

you need to talk with 5-90.
I believe he's stil looking into reverse engineering the little box.
Quite frankly, if I were to go through all the trouble I'd just built a megasquirt ECU and be done with it. They've got I6 ignition down already using DIS, and you could use a crank mounted ring to get the timing.
Lots of fellas with older i6 BMW's are going to megasquirt.