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Hi Robin .
Thanks for that , I may give him a call. Really frustrating , as today pscan gave me a supposedly good EKA but could I get it to work ............ Grrrrr . Nope .
Cheers again, John.

sworkscooper wrote: Hi Robin .
Thanks for that , I may give him a call. Really frustrating , as today pscan gave me a supposedly good EKA but could I get it to work ............ Grrrrr . Nope .
Cheers again, John.

That's really strange because the EKA you read off the BCU must surely be the correct one

Well that's what I thought . Just been looking at other forums and there is some folk saying that Longbridge released cars from the factory with the wrong codes , seemed to affect early cars and not the TF . Looks like I could end up spending money on sending off the BCU and the good fob to be paired up with a new fob. I have booked a ferry to France in June so there's time to sort it . I couldn't risk taking it that far with just one fob and no useable EKA .

John

But that must just be the wrong codes written on the security card that comes with the new car. The code you read off the BCU is the one that is programmed into it so should surely work.

I don't mean to be rude but are you sure you used the code correctly? The correct process is in the Owners Manual.

I've just been reading it again and I am sure I've done it right . Tomorrow is another day and I will attack it with renewed enthusiasm . The ZR I owned also didn't have a code until I asked the dealer for it , I had no problem with that code . Ho hum !
John

:broon:

Despite being old yet mainly and broadly technically astute ( I think, mainly,) I do not have a single clue what's going on here. I can follow input from a plug in OBD, which I had to buy due to increasing car complexity, but I must admit to being completely firked now. Interesting though. Hope it works out. I could figure it out I guess, but I really can't be arsed tbh.

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sworkscooper wrote: I've just been reading it again and I am sure I've done it right . Tomorrow is another day and I will attack it with renewed enthusiasm . The ZR I owned also didn't have a code until I asked the dealer for it , I had no problem with that code . Ho hum !
John

Big dumping of snow has put this on hold . :rant:

Big dumping of snow was on the melt by lunch so , once more I tried and failed to get the TF to accept the EKA . The Pscan is either lying to me or my car is not listening . Following the instructions to the letter while inputting the code via the door lock I find that the alarm system tries to lock the door as I am half way through the 3 rd number which in my case is 9 . This to me means that the code is being interrupted while I am trying to do it . All the other tests that the interface allows work fine and I can even see the good fob being accepted on the laptop screen . For those who don't have a clue what is going on here ( John and Sue ) , join the club as I am close to admitting defeat . :bat: I have fired off an Email to Technozen to see if he can advise and I presume the next move will be to remove the bloody Pektron unit and along with both fobs send them to him . Until then it's ..... Goodnight from me as I feel I need to get drunk ! That's VERY drunk ! :broon:

John

Hi all .
The final word on my dilemma with the EKA and this comes from the very knowledgeable, Paul at Technozen . He says the likely cause of me pulling what little hair I have left out is that the car's door lock is not sending a viable signal from the door lock micro switches to the BCU . There are three of these switches on the drivers door lock . One sends signals that the door lock is being unlocked , one for a signal for locked and the third one that the lock is vertical in the handle . If the Pektron BCU doesn't receive a clear voltage while the EKA is in the process of being done it won't understand what is going on and therefore will override the third number in the sequence and lock the door . It would seem that I have two faults ..... one is the fob that I already knew about and the second is possible corrosion in the multi plug on the inside of the door that feeds the lock switches or indeed the switches on the lock itself . Paul has told me if it is indeed the lock micro switches that they are not serviceable so, it will need a new lock mechanism .
So I will now relax in the knowledge that it is just an MG thing so , fix John , fix it !
Thanks for all the input guy's ( and girls ) and sorry if I have been boring you all .

John.
Ps Now I think at some point I mentioned the pub ! :pop:

I follow with interest as I do like to learn.

I do however hark back to simpler times when the man/machine interface problem consisted of... The ign terminal has dropped off the coil/the teeth have stripped off the starter bendix/I've locked me keys in the car... Again/I left my car at the pub and walked home. Can't recall which pub....

I too remember those days as a spotty faced oik of an apprentice . Was sent miles down the M1 on my first ever breakdown to a stranded Transit with a Perking diesel engine that' just stopped ' to find that the bleed screw at the top of the filter had broken off and was spewing fuel all over the engine . Wondering what I could do to fix it and there on the hard shoulder just in front of where I was stood was a bolt , same size and thread . Used the wrong end of a small file to extract the broken bit , wrapped a bit of string round the new bolt to seal it and job sorted . I still have the bolt in my box of bits . Good times .
John