Re: [T3] Strange VW ad campaign

[Constantino Tobio <ctobio@gmail.com>]

<x-flowed>Russ Wolfe wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 21:54, Constantino Tobio wrote:
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> > By the way, I have some of those electronic service printouts from the 
> > early 70's. Quite interesting that the state of on-board diagnostics was 
> > at that level 30 years ago.
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> You would be surprised how big the unit was did that diagnostic's. The
> video display cabinet was about 24" x 48" x 24" deep. It was hung on an
> swinging are from the ceiling. Most of the electronics were in console
> along side the service bay for diagnostics.
> The dealer had to put in a special hoist and bay just for this. And it
> only lasted for about 3 years.
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Yeah, after looking at the printouts, it seems like the bulk of what it 
does from an electronic standpoint could be replicated with a 
multimeter. This thing had to be a big investment for the dealership, 
and to have it last only 3 years... ugh.

I know this thing interfaced with a connector block in the engine bay 
and took readings on, uh, stuff. Was items like cylinder compression, 
alignment, dwell punched in manually into the system, or were the 
devices that measured this stuff interfaced with this system somehow?

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