Dave & Teds Most Excellent Adventures 2013

[CyncySpyder]

Pics of the Red Plasti-Dipped wheels on Teds Red Sled completed 7/29/2013

 

[NancysToy]

Sometimes one fault will cause other modules to fault.
This is known as fault cascading.

True, but those would be related faults. Brake failure along with other VSS faults like DPS or ABS faults would be an example. The brake level sensor, O2 sensor, and crankshaft sensor are not related except for wiring...not even through the ECM. Other than low voltage, it is unlikely they would appears together wexcept from coincidence or wiring problems.

 

[CyncySpyder]

Thanks for the input and feedback

C0049 = Brake failure - low brake fluid level
P0335 = Crankshaft Position Sensor - damaged CPS, damaged damaged circuit wires, damaged connector or damaged ECM output pins
P1030 = HO2S heater control circuit sensor 1 - blown fuse, damaged or disconnected O2 sensor, damaged or disconnected circuit wires, damaged ECM output pins

Multiple, unrelated faults usually point to a serious wiring problem...damaged wires, disconnected connector, short circuited harness, etc.

Sometimes one fault will cause other modules to fault.
This is known as fault cascading.

True, but those would be related faults. Brake failure along with other VSS faults like DPS or ABS faults would be an example. The brake level sensor, O2 sensor, and crankshaft sensor are not related except for wiring...not even through the ECM. Other than low voltage, it is unlikely they would appears together wexcept from coincidence or wiring problems.

I'm hoping its a simple case of a loose connection, and will be checking everything I can once I get home from work today. If I can't resolve it on my own however and it has to go to the shop :sour: Teddy & I won't be able to make the Inagural SpyderQuest New York trip :shocked: and just the thought of that has me depressed But I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best ray: Thanks again guys for your input & feedback :bowdown:

 

[CyncySpyder]

SpyderFest2013 The NEW Adventure-Chap 28- FRIDAY- Oh what a journey Continued again++

Sorry for the delay on finishing our SpyderFest 2013 Adventure folks, just been having alot going on and my heads just not been in the game, so to speak. Really frustrated with what's going on with the sled, as it would seem that its from something I've done pps: and we just can't afford another trip to the shop. Guess that's one of the major perills of doing your own maintenance and mods :lecturef_smilie: ........ if something messes up, you only have yourself to blamepps:

But I have to admit, considering I had never even learned to change the oil in a car before owning the Spyder, with Teddy's constant Supervision and most importantly ....... :bowdown: All the sage advice and help we've recieved over the past 3 years from so many of y'all :bowdown: I think I've said it before, but honestly, we'd never had been able to afford to keep the Spyder with the maintenance costs being so high when done at the dealer :chill: So we say :firstplace:Thank You, ALL of YOU that have helped us along the way and continue to do so ..... THANK YOU!!!:bowdown:

With that said, I'll try to get us back on track with our SpyderFest Adventure ...... now where were we :dontknow:

Dang it ............. TBC .................. work work work ..................... sorry ...................:banghead:

 

[NancysToy]

That's a big hole in the diagnostics of the Spyder and why some problems are so hard to find and fix for service techs. The other thing that is odd and I don't know how it works in BUDS but the first error code presented on the screen isn't necessarily the first error that occurred.

I think that has to do with the reaction times of each module being different.

I believe that the occurred faults register does show the faults in order, and that they are date/time coded in some way. I suspect a bit of the order for the cascading warnings is due to the order in which they appear in the programming....the VCM gets an ABS fault, shuts down associated functions as it is programmed to do, then shows those warnings as they are initiated, or as they are listed in the program. Just my guess.

 

[lookerjdc]

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looks great Dave!!!

sorry to hear you are continuing to have problems

take it one step at a time

breath......

 

[CyncySpyder]

UGH !!! Its one of THOSE Days

Only 17 minutes into the shift, and its gonna be a really bad day here at work. Doubt if I'll get much time to update our story today ....... sorry folks, but as soon as I can, I will. Hope y'all have a better day than I ray:

 

[MarkLawson]

Only 17 minutes into the shift, and its gonna be a really bad day here at work. Doubt if I'll get much time to update our story today ....... sorry folks, but as soon as I can, I will. Hope y'all have a better day than I ray:

I understand. Just this morning, during my morning prayers, I was giving thanks for all the things that I am tasked with doing as a part of my job. Keeps me busy with employment!

 

[CyncySpyder]

SpyderFest2013 The NEW Adventure-Chap 28- FRIDAY- Oh what a journey Continued again++

So there the 4 of us (+ Teddy) were at Genes and we're all taking a few snap shots of Teddy pose'n in that cute Wags Trailer and the Owner or Shop Manager was just as taken with Teddy as every body else usually is and after a bit of chat'n & Teddy schmooze'n, we get down to business, the reason we were there in the first place ........... an antenae that would fit the RT Spyder...... Sure, as we'd been told, if anyone in town had one, it would be Gene's & that's where we were ................ so????

Jeff explained our need to the guy running the shop and much to our surprise, we come to find out, that we had once again .................................... been misled :sour: as Gene's did NOT carry that type of antenae that we needed :banghead: OMG :helpsmilie::cus: surely there's a hidden camera somewhere and this is just a really bad joke, right:dontknow: I mean, c'mon, how difficult could it be to simply find an antenae that would fit an RT Spyder :helpsmilie:

In doing it our way ...... much more difficult than any of us ever woulda guessed ................ :lecturef_smilie: At the end of this story, if I don't say it, remind me to tell you how Teddy ended up getting his antenae ..... spoiled dog

TBC ...................... :banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[CyncySpyder]

SpyderFest2013 The NEW Adventure-Chap 28- FRIDAY- The search is on - a tid-bit recap

I think I need to backtrack a bit, cause I just realized I left out a pertinant tid-bit to our story about our search on Friday for 2 antenaes and those dang Ice Fishing Gloves that Mike had shown me. Ok, yeah, I had to go back and reread what I had written, as this story is just getting drug out way too long for me to remember everything pps: but anyways ...... about our visit to WalMart in which we struck out on both, antenaes and those pesky to find Ice Fishing Gloves........ Believe it or not, 4 guys and a dog, and between us all, one or more of us actually had the gumption to ask for help :helpsmilie: from my understanding ...... not a popular trait among most men .... but then again, looking at our Motley Group........ I don't think anyone in their right minds would lump us in the same catorgory as "MOST MEN" .................. :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

Anyways, someone (might've even been me:dontknow actually asked one of the WallyWorld associates about the Ice Fishing gloves and we actually got a some what amusing reply from the girl. Something to the effect of "Ice Fishing Gloves, here in Missouri, in the middle of April?" with a hint of disbelief coming thru....:shocked: "Ummmm, no sir, don't think we carry them Ice Fish'n Gloves, but we do have many different types of gloves in (so in so) aisle. But you know what? Your probably the 2nd or 3rd group that's come in here today asking about those ...... wierd huh?"

I had to laugh at her last statement, cause I realized then what was going on Everyone around at the pik-nik tables that heard Mike showing and so boisterously telling me about how great those dang Ice Fishing Gloves were, they all were doing the same thing we were....... they all were having their own rainy day adventure, searching for Ice Fishing Gloves in the middle of Missouri in the middle of April ............ :dontknow: ....... & I'm sure, they were all having the same luck that we were having ........................ :banghead: NONE :banghead: ...................... :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

Funny how now, I can recall this and laugh at myself for being such an idiot, but at the time, it DID seem plausible that we might actually be able to find Ice Fishing Gloves in the middle of Missouri in the middle of April, cause hey, Mike had them, (never mind the fact that Mike lives in Vermont:lecturef_smilie I saw them and I tried them on, and I liked them, and I wanted them ....... just like so many of those other idiots that were out there just like us .......... fruitlessly searching for Ice Fishing Gloves in the middle of Missouri in the middle of April...............

I'm wait'n for Jeff Foxworthy to chime in here with his sign......
You might be a redneck if you actually think you can find Ice Fishing Gloves in the middle of Missouri in the middle of AprilHere's yur sign.... :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[CyncySpyder]

SpyderFest2013 The NEW Adventure-Chap 28- FRIDAY- The search is on

So after striking out at Genes (STRIKE 7 & 8) we were all getting a little deflated, not to mention ........... hungry. So we all rifle thru the spitting drizzle and pile back into Jesse's truck and quickly the mention of food is brought up. With that, and with Jesse once again behind the wheel, he interjects,
"I tell ya's, I know one of the Best Places in AMERICA that has the BEST STEAK :bbq:YOU'VE EVER EATEN while your out on the road!"

Well now..... really???? Please, do tel ???................:bowdown:

Have to admit, he got Teddy drooling a little bit with that statement ...... and probably one or two of us human passengers as well and I can't speak for Jeff nor Jim, but my mind started wondering around Jesse's statement, & instead of thinking about finding antenaes & Ice Fishing Gloves my mind started trying to figure out Jesse's little teaser.

Hmmmmmm....... he made sure to add the tid-bit of "while your out on the road" so that immediately made me think that it had to be a nationally known restaurant chain, so I started thinking along the likes of OUTBACK, LONGHORNS etc...... but something along thos lines.

Then a wierd thought (just how my brain works I guess) but I realized for the first time, that I didn't think a company called STEAK & SHAKE actually served STEAK, I mean real steak, but only steak-burgers.... huh.... My head, what can I tell ya, its a scary place ........ :shocked: .........:roflblack:

Mind you now, even tho Jesse is local to Teddy & I, and we've been at a few Spyder get-togethers and he's been over to our place a few times, this was the first time we had ever done a road-trip together ........ so we ALL were learning alot about the character that is known as Jesse ................. ............ :roflblack: & Oh, what a character he is .............. :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

"So, the Best Steak in America huh?" "What might this fantastic place be called?" was asked of our sage chauffeur..... :dontknow:

TBC ........................... :banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[lookerjdc]

at this point of our 'quest into Mordor' for gloves and antennas' (which isnt finished yet, we still had hours to go... I think this was about the mid-point of our 5 hour ordeal), when Jesse said that about steak, there was a moment of "screw the gloves and antenna, lets eat', but then my mind, like Dave's, went to 'where can we find the best steak in Springfield? oh god, lets not do what we are currently doing to find the best steak.....'

back to Dave:

 

[CyncySpyder]

SpyderFest2013 The NEW Adventure-Chap 29- FRIDAY- The search is on .... for steak

I'm just guessing here, but I'd say Jesse is either in his late 60's or early 70's but I could be way off :dontknow: but I'm just trying to help paint a mental picture for you, all of Teddy's fans that are following along, of whom we're talking about, since he isn't on SpyderLovers that I'm aware of at least ....... :lecturef_smilie: as it may better help you understand some of these situations that we end up finding ourselves in ......... pps:

In the above pic, you can see (not very clearly...sorry) Jesse, as he's the guy walking toward the camera with his cell phone glued to the side of his head ............ That's our character known as Jesse ...........

TBC .......................... :banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[eddieshep999]

I'm just guessing here, but I'd say Jesse is either in his late 60's or early 70's but I could be way off ...... pps:

That's our character known as Jesse ...........

If he is that old was he a member of the James gang ?

 

[coz]

how old?

last year he told me he was 72 yrs. old
this year he said he was 70.:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack: w t h . he might be 65.:dontknow:

 

[CyncySpyder]

SpyderFest2013 The NEW Adventure-Chap 29- FRIDAY- The search is on .... for steak

So there we were, with Jesse at the wheel pensively driving thru the drizzling rain on unfamiliar roads. Me in the front seat, at times white knuckling the trucks passenger grab handle for my life ray: and all the while, he's obliviously teasing all of us about knowing where to find the Best Steak in America when your out on the road....

I tell ya, Jesse has a way about him, and if you've ever seen the tv show "Betty Whites ... Off Their Rockers" then I think you understand all to well just what I'm talking about ... :shocked: .............:roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

While waiting for Jesse to enlighten us with his secret knowledge as to where the Best Steak In America could be found while out on the road, I came to a horrible realization that lodged a knott in the pit of my stomach. Even tho I was hunrgry and salivating after Jesse's tantalizing teasing, I realized it mattered little, cause I had no funds to be able to afford eating at what I figured had to be some outrageously expensive steakhouse:dontknow: Remember, Teddy & I left home with no cash, minus a $20 bill I keep hidden for emergencies and only our credit card for fuel ups. Having our camper, we had packed a cooler with lunch meat and bread and other odds and ends to eat to get us thru the week, so we didn't have to spend any money that we didn't have on food. And now, I'm thinking we're going to be going to an expensive steakhouse that I just can't afford:lecturef_smilie:

Cr*p!!!pps: Talking about feeling embarrassed, and I didn't know what to say or do about it. Then I figured I could probably just bluff my way thru it, and say I wasn't really hungry and just get a soda, or .......... do something worse, and use Teddy as an excuse .......... :lecturef_smilie: something like, 'You guys go ahead, and I'll just stay out here in the truck and keep Teddy company, cause I'm not really all that hungry.' Which isn't something I usually do, cause with Teddy being certified, he can go where-ever I go, but sometimes, its just easier not to take him in some places, because of all the attention he garners can just make it more of a PITA than its worth. So, at times, I have left him, but I've never used him as an excuse, and doing so, just didn't sit well with me ..... pps:

Its funny, as I'm typing this, I'm being open and honest, and some of these things that I'm admitting here, no one in our group was even aware of, that is til now ......... as I've said before, it can be a struggle of knowing what to and not to write, here in an open forum, but what you see is what you get ...............

Anyways ............... so I was actually starting to feel sick, even a little nauseous, from that embarrassed knot in the pit of my stomach and also, cause I hadn't eaten anything yet and I really was hungry. When I go too long without eating, I usually start getting a bad headache and that turns into sweating and chills, and then I just get wiped out, guessing from low bloodsugar or something, even tho I'm not diabetic. Being broke tho, sometimes you just have to go without something until you can afford it, and reality is, sometimes, that's food ....

So Jesse finally relents after our fruitless guessing and poking & prodding and we soon find ourselves pulling into the parking lot, of what Jesse claims to be, 'The Best Steak In America When Out On The Road.'

TBC ........................... :banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[lookerjdc]

you're right - I had no idea, and I'm sure no one else did.... lol

so The BEst Steaj in America according to jesse is..............

 

[boomerkc]

Remember.................

we drove by this place on the way out to the the new Yamaha (or whatever) dealer. Didn't give it a second thought. Just one of Jesse's great surprises for the day.

 

[CyncySpyder]

Oh what a Frustrating Weekend. Living & learning more than I'd care to

Almost 2 years ago, one of our fellow SpyderLovers Members had sold his RT-Limited and since Teddy & I had commented on the lift that he had made for servicing his Spyder was such a great & inovative idea, he had PM'd me & asked if I was interested in purchasing it, since he sold his Spyder, he no longer needed it.

WoW, definitely, yes .............. one thing lead to another, and since he had to deliver the Spyder to its new owner, he would be traveling right by our place heading north on I75 so he could drop off the lift for us on the way, if we'd be willing to let him crash at our place for a few hours rest on his long journey. Definitely..... no problem at all, and everything went on without a hitch, and he delivered all the metal ramps, bolts, braces, everything he had put together to make the rack work for his Spyder. Even made the lift so it would fold up along his side wall in his car-port, so it would be out of the way when not in use, very creative guy and a really innovative idea.

I allowed the ramps/lift to collect dust for a while, knowing I would need my buddies assistance in getting everything put together & installed in Teddy's 1 Spyder garage, and getting it set-up and mounted along our back wall instead of the side wall like he originally designed, cause we have racks on both sides of our garage. So the ramps set, gathering dust and getting moved from one place to another.

Last summer, I had the ramps standing along the side racks when I reorganized the garage, and that's when I had left the door open about 6 inches over night so the hot air could flow out, and a coon got in & tried climbing up some of the ramps, (leaving behind obvious tracks that he was there) causing 2 of them to topple over, right into the side of Teds Red Sled, causing multiple scratch marks all along the right side.

Anyways, my buddy finally got time to assist me, but sometimes, he can kind of be like Tim Allen from Home Improvement, and he's a MillWright by trade, so everything he does has to be spot on. But sometimes, it can be overkill. Like when we first started looking into how we could set-up everything to work in Teddy's 1 Spyder garage, he noticed our garage floor wasn't perfectly level (are any???) so the first thing he set off on doing, is making some adjustable feet that would screw into the bottoms of the floor braces so they could be perfectly level.

That's when we did some measuring, and found out that this lift, designed the way it was, would not work in our garage. It was originally made to fit inside the gentlemans dome shaped car-port, I'm guessing that was 12-15 foot tall, and here we are trying to shoe-horn it into a tiny garage with an 8 foot ceiling, with many things hanging lower than the 8 foot height, like the garage door opener, not to mention the ceiling fan that we installed to have some type of air flow & ventilation. UGH!!!

After doing some more measuring, with the height of Teds Red Sled at the time with the 2010 larger windshield being the tallest point, and the length of the legs on the brace, it just wouldn't work, just not enough room. UGH!!!

Frustrated, it sat in storage til two weeks ago, when I realized that since we now have the Cal-Sci shorty wind-shield on, that those extra few inches just might let it work, and I took some more measurements, and low and behold, as long as I held my breath and didn't sit up, but crouched over the handlebars, we could make this work. However, if I forgot and sat up straight in the saddle, I would most definitely be getting a hair cut if not totally knocked unconcious :shocked: BUT ...... we could make it work damnit !!!!!!!!!! .................

We had to mount it to the front wall & if something happened with the brakes, and we went to far, well ........ our garage is built the same as our condo, up in the air sitting upon 40 foot piers, so there's nothing behind that drywall, besides a 60 foot drop over the side to the hill below ......... so make sure to not over-shoot.

Great, my first attempt to drive the sled up upon the lift & I'm doing so with the LCD screen blaring orange with the BRAKE FAILURE fault code flashing and my buddy standing back with his video camera in hand hoping I'm going to make him 10 Grand richer with the next winning America's Funniest Video :yikes::yikes::yikes:.................. and he's suppose to be my best friend .... :shocked:

To say I was a little scared to do this first attempt ...... well, I think its obvious & goes without saying. I had to remove Teddy's sun-canopy and made sure the shorty wind-shield was all the way down, and when Teddy saw me prepairing the sled for its inagural ryde up the lift, he let me know that I wasn't going alone....... he wanted to go to .... :shocked: I didn't think he should, but then thought, well hell, if something does go wrong, might as well we both go together kinda like Thelma & Louise ...... right? :cheers: So I strapped the little guy in as well, making sure he was nice and secure, then I took a quick measurement to make sure, even if he stood up-right that he wouldn't be hitting the ceiling fan, and it looked as if he would have right at one and a half inches ........ close, but safely doable ....... for an insane person ........... :shocked:

Got the sled lined up, both my buddy & his daughter had their camera phones poised and ready hoping for a $10Grand outcome, and there we went .......... up ......... up ......... and away ................... :cheers:

I had made sure to test out the brakes, and had just replaced both front pads and rotors and tested them out, so even tho we were getting the brake failure code, they still worked as they should, with no noticeable difference from normal, so this wasn't totally insane for me to be doing, just mostly ....................




















But I have to admit, it worked ........ we made it .......... & I was able to stop well short of going thru the back wall & I had made sure to shut OFF the ceiling fan & I'm glad that I did. As thought, sitting up in the saddle, if the fan were on, it'd surely crack my skull wide open, if not throw me down to the concrete floor below .......... :yikes:

So, with all this said ..................................................................... :shocked:

Is anyone interested in buying a home-made Spyder Lift designed for the RT width (tho I'm sure it could be modified to fit the RS/ST) & can be folded up and out of the way, as long as you have a garage or car-port that is over 10 feet in height??? :dontknow:

 

[CyncySpyder]

Teddy says we've gotta earn some $$ to get his Spyder fixed & make SpyderQuest, so...

We've listed our Spyder Work Rack in the For-Sale section of the forum. For someone that has a larger garage, this would be really useful for doing your own service......................

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...-Should-have-garage-carport-over-10-feet-tall