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lol. You may laugh, but did you know that on OBDII and above ECUs, when power gets cut on them, they reset back to the OEM base timing/fuel maps. Then it reuses the O2 sensor feedback after driving to tailor the maps based on your driving style to give you best gas millage and power. Turbo cars tend to do this a lot more then NA, but NA cars do it as well in some respects. Newer transmission control modules (TCM) in auto cars do the same thing based on your accelerator input to gauge when to shift down and how quickly.Do a battery pull on your car. Should fix the problem
So, a battery pull does work on a car as well.
Oh and as to the OP's problem... I think the term "home made" might have something to do with it.
If you ghetto rigged the power connections, that's probably your problem. If you simply meant "home made" for the physical cradle itself and none of the power adapters or connectors, then it's probably not connected. But I would still look at an issue with whatever you're using to draw power from the car. BTW, on some new cars there's a temp sensor built into the auto climate control on the dash of the car. Looks like a small grille somwhere around the climate controls. If you are by chance blocking that or if the heat coming out of a vent is bouncing off the back of your cradle and into that port, that might be why your heat turns off. It cannot sense the proper temp in the car (ambient) because every time the heater comes on, it gets thrown back into that temp sensor port. Just a thought.01-15-09 12:41 PM - lol. You may laugh, but did you know that on OBDII and above ECUs, when power gets cut on them, they reset back to the OEM base timing/fuel maps. Then it reuses the O2 sensor feedback after driving to tailor the maps based on your driving style to give you best gas millage and power. Turbo cars tend to do this a lot more then NA, but NA cars do it as well in some respects. Newer transmission control modules (TCM) in auto cars do the same thing based on your accelerator input to gauge when to shift down and how quickly.
So, a battery pull does work on a car as well.
Look at that...fun fact! Learn something new every day I guess.01-15-09 12:44 PM - LOL you're right. I do remember to reset an OBDII ecu you can do a "battery pull". speaking of which I have a check engine light, checked the code and it looks like I need to swap out my exhaust o2lol. You may laugh, but did you know that on OBDII and above ECUs, when power gets cut on them, they reset back to the OEM base timing/fuel maps. Then it reuses the O2 sensor feedback after driving to tailor the maps based on your driving style to give you best gas millage and power. Turbo cars tend to do this a lot more then NA, but NA cars do it as well in some respects. Newer transmission control modules (TCM) in auto cars do the same thing based on your accelerator input to gauge when to shift down and how quickly.
So, a battery pull does work on a car as well.
Oh and as to the OP's problem... I think the term "home made" might have something to do with it. If you ghetto rigged the power connections, that's probably your problem. If you simply meant "home made" for the physical cradle itself and none of the power adapters or connectors, then it's probably not connected. But I would still look at an issue with whatever you're using to draw power from the car. BTW, on some new cars there's a temp sensor built into the auto climate control on the dash of the car. Looks like a small grille somwhere around the climate controls. If you are by chance blocking that or if the heat coming out of a vent is bouncing off the back of your cradle and into that port, that might be why your heat turns off. It cannot sense the proper temp in the car (ambient) because every time the heater comes on, it gets thrown back into that temp sensor port. Just a thought.
. looks like I'll be spending a few hours with the lift this weekend.01-15-09 12:46 PM - That depends on which sensor it is and on what car. If you've messed with the CATs at all, it could be due to that, but that tends to happen within a few miles... I'm sure you would have made the connection in your mind if that's the case.LOL you're right. I do remember to reset an OBDII ecu you can do a "battery pull". speaking of which I have a check engine light, checked the code and it looks like I need to swap out my exhaust o2. looks like I'll be spending a few hours with the lift this weekend.01-15-09 12:51 PM
