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Fordie Intro

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:35 pm
by fordie64
Hi all, I'm a Boomer with an electrical/controls background, have been messing with data from machinery and racecars for many years. Finally, decided I needed to get better information on what my tow wagon is doing?

Driving a 2016 PX2 Ranger 4x4 and regularly tow a 25' travel trailer, the package comes in right around 6 Tonne all up. On 90km service, I noted that auto trans fluid was a bit low (topped up 1lt), and see that I need to monitor trans temperature. Have ordered OBDLink MX+ from a local NZ supplier as my dongle, and understand that I need to write a PID for TFT... Guessing that will lead to further exploration :roll:

Thanks for the guidance, Dave

Re: Fordie Intro

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:07 pm
by RossPat
Hi.
If you are doing a bit of towing it is advisable to get the trans serviced every 40,000klms or so.

There is a tutorial here on creating custom OBDLink PIDs
https://www.saeb.net/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1459

The OBDLink PID calculator is here
https://www.saeb.net/viewtopic.ph?f=57&t=217