Any way to test one of these? I'm picking one up for 275 tomorrow from a guy on Craigslist, and I dont know him. Speedy answer is appreciated!

I was thinking wire up the 12v and gnd, then see if a laptop could see it?

 

Hey yes you can do that you will also need the connection to the laptop.

It will power on does not mean it works, etc inj drivers, map etc.

It will be a risk you will have to take but 275 sounds a bit on the cheap side

hybrid

 

He wanted 350, but i told the guy that I'd have to scrounge up some more money... he fired back with 275 if I pick it tomorrow.... I said "deal."

Now I just want to make sure it will read with the laptop, if thats the best test I can do. Is it USB or old school 9 or 13 pin serial? Guess I need to pre-load the haltech software and drivers and whatnot...

 

What model? E6K, E6X? E8? Platinum?

 

its an E6K, i'm still trying to get pics of the harness(es)... whatever he still has.

 

E6K needs DOS and a serial port. all the diagrams are still on haltechs website

 

Damn... guess testing is out of the question. I havent seen one of those ports in years! I wonder if I can find some kind of adapter...

 

it's best to also use an old laptop that runs real DOS. newer OS's with DOS emulators may not work, and the usb/serial adapters also may not work.

 

the E6K is really primitive

 

I just d/l the haltech software, and got it running using a dos emulator called "DOSBOX" and all seems good so far.

Found the cable on the net for about 15 bucks, but the issue is goingto be getting one by tomorrow.

 

When i had an E6K it worked fine with Dosbox.

OP, you can send it to haltech to have it tested repaired I believe...but it probably takes a while.

 

after doing some research, i've read that people have got the e6k to work with win7 and dosbox. i certainly wont be able to test... as i dont have the rs232 serial port on any of my computers.

after doing some MORE research... haltech doesn't support (repair) e6k's anymore

its only 275... thats not much to lose, and i know where this guy works, and what he drives!

 

I have a USB to serial adapter if you'd like to use it. The only issue is that you'd need to download a driver for it. Otherwise, I have an old *** laptop that has a DB9 connection, but you'll need upload the haltech software on a 3.5" floppy to get it on the laptop. Once again, don't worry, I have floppy discs and an external floppy drive. I won't be needing this stuff until the weekend, as I use it to tune the MS2 on my convertible

Check your pm for a phone number.

 

you would need to send it to haltech to have it tested...only way to know for sure. you might be able to connect to it on a laptop but that doesn't mean everything else will work.

 

I am in Palm Bay, FL and I think I may have a DB9 to USB adapter you can use if you want to come get it. Anywho, PM me if you are still in need and I'll make sure that I can put my hands on it for you.

 

I ended up buying the e6k and the mostly complete harness. Still working on finding a 3 bar MAP sensor, and temp sensors etc. It isn't in bad shape actually, but I did spend the better part of 3 hours trying to get it "online."

The only two wires I hooked up are red and black... 12v/gnd. No dice. I want to try this on an old laptop before i call it busted. Agreen, I might come bug you this weekend, if you let me use the laptop, you could teach me some tuning stuff.

 

i have one of my cars that stills runs a e6k... if you wanna drive down here to ocala one weekend we can load the map on it and plug it in and test it on a car? pm if interested

 

And then 20 minutes later... I GOT THE HALTECH ONLINE! Finally... now I just have to hunt down the sensors that I need.

 

Man... would have taken you up on that if I didnt just figure it out! I just loaded up the base maps, still gotta do the install!

 

Or a laptop with ME or earlier. (Yes I still have one)..

Can run in windows environment as long as its not XP or later.

 

I just got it running on win 7 64-bit (in DOSBOX). Even sent a map to it.

Sensors... gotta find SENSORS now.

 

Thats cool! I never tried, I just kept my tuning laptop at ME.

 

ehh... c'mon Mr. Rat, help me out! I've read that I need a bunch of "generic" Delco sensors, but I dont know exactly which ones. The harness didn't even have the relays in it! I had to jumper the 12v constant to the unit.

its an s5, so I assume I can retain the TPS, though its a JDM, I dont know if that matters.

I dont ever see myself going to 30psi, so can I stick with the 2bar MAP sensor?

 

Why would you even keep that crappy TPS? and a 2 Bar map only goes to 14.xx PSI.

As I recall, you can buy sensor kits for the K, or I can look around. Most of the sensors are generic GM style.

 

I wish dell kept putting db9 in their laptops. I am not really motivated to get an e series when my latitude d630 still has db9