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Hi i have my megajolt all built but i cannot get the computer to recognise its there! i have got a gender changer and a known to work serial cable. However i have noticed that the male and female connector pin arrangements are different. i have a male connector installed on the board, is this right ...

well that is a bit reasuring at least! my cable is a bit complex as i have a male connector on the controller and it was not until i got ready to test it that the computer has a male one too! looking around for adapters meant that it its a female D9 cable going to a female D25 connector with an adap...

Hi i have got my controller up and ready to test, i have checked all the voltages etc and everything seems fine. I have it hooked up to a 12 volt supply, it is ok just to have one of the 12v and ground connected? however my main prob is when i run the megajolt program, it comes up with the error mes...

Hi, have got my megajolt jnr all assembled and ready for testing, however when i run the tuning software it comes up with an error saying that the buffer is 1 when it expected 128, i would like to hear ideas about resolving this, i can put on the complete error if that will help. I really hope this ...

Hi, have been building my Megajolt and so far so good! however, i am at the stage of soldering in my transistors. I am unsure which way round they should go, i know the three legs are called the collector, gate and oops forgot the other! anyway can anyone confirm which why round they go, am pretty c...

thanks very much! was abit worried about what to do, back to RS's website!

Hi, have brought all the bits for assembling an megajolt jnr, however after checking all the bits i have a oscilllator that is the right speed but only has 2 prongs compared to the 4 holes in the pcb. Is this oscillator useless or can it be wired in, is abit annoying having to send it back. the RS n...

Finally got it to load up! the jar file downloads as a zip file so i was unzipping it! is alright now thi just told it to open with java instead of winzip. is all good! just need to get the PCB built now!

Hi, am trying to install the Megajolt tuning software, i have followed the instructions on the website, but am getting stuck in that there doesn't appear to be a jar file to open in the downloaded software! is it hidden somewhere as am unable to find it! the comm.jar file has been put there but i ne...

Yeah i am hoping it does have timing marks otherwise it will be abit hard working it out. From experience i can easily get the pulley off but will need to allign it to TDC as it will only go back on a certain way. When TDC is referred to which piston is it talking about? does it matter? any ideas of...

Have asked someone in the know and the balance sharf does indeed run at crank speed but it turns the opposite way to the crank, is this a problem? otherwise i can atcually do this now!

That doesn't sound good, the belt has notches in it, but i don't think its a toothed one. I don't think mounting it inside the front cover will work as it is inside the engine and had lubrication behind it, lubricating the timing gears. back to the drawing board i guess!

Have been looking at my engine and think i have a solution, will need work tho, the balance shaft pulley drives a belt which powers the water pump and alternator, but it also drives a mechanical fan mounted on the front cover, if i replace this fan with a electric one, i plan to do this anyway. i co...

not sure about the flywheel, will have to look into that. But it could be possible to fit the wheel behind the cover, there may be enough space, buts its a fair bit of work doing that! will have a look and see if its possible to mount between the flywheel

well, this is a saab V4 which is atcually based on a german ford v4 engine so it will be different to the ones u find in transits etc! it has a pulley on the balance shaft that drives the alternator and fan and water pump. The crankshaft is hidden behind a front cover, it has a gear on the end of it...