Grounding DS shielding cable...

[streetknight]

I'm getting the code 42 with my DS cable hooked up. I got the shielding cable from Conley's and put it on. I'm still getting the same problem. Is there a way to ground this cable to the ecm? Just wrapped around the ribbon cable like I have it may not be doing the trick.

 

[BoostKillsStres]

It must be grounded to something otherwise its doing nothing. Mine runs up the back side of the ecm and I have a couple tight zip ties holding it against the ecm.
HTH

 

[streetknight]

I'll try some zip ties. What if I just lay everything in the floorboard for tonight at the track. I mean take the DS hardware out of the dash that way I can route the ribble cable in the opposite direction of the ECM. Will that help.

I just don't wanna waste another night at the track. They're to few these days.

 

[BoostKillsStres]

Well, just remember that unless you run a good ground from the shielding someplace or ground it to the ecm case then no matter where you put everything, it will still continue to act as an antenna for emi. You have to drain the emi off the shielding to ground to work at all. Good luck at the track.

 

[streetknight]

This is what I tried. I zip tied the cable to the ecm. Then I made a 12 gauge ground wire with aligator clips on each end. I put one on the shielding cable and the other on a ground on the firewall.

Code 42 still came back. I put the jumper in my T+ and the code went away.

I was able to make 4 or 5 clean passes, BUT then the car started the "pop" again, but no code. Did this on 2 consecutive passes, then I unhooked the DS ribbon cable and used my OTC and the pop went away and didn't come back.

My conclusion is the code 42 is something with the translator, but the DS must be causing the "pop" When I get the pop on DS all the sensors "drop" out and register zero.