'94 Rodeo A/T probs. Computer?

[jmeyert4a]

Originally Posted by directory

no other code reader other than you counting the flashes and comparing them to to the codes on this page: trouble codes for your viewing pleasure

Oh My! I'm 403 FORBIDDEN!

[jmeyert4a]

Progress! (Well, perhaps, that is. )

I got a DTC 54 code, NOT the 51 code that my friend told me he got.

I was reading through some of the tech data at the AllData site and noted that the 54 code is also related to my backup lights. I had mentioned that they did not work, and that I didn't know if that was a related problem.... Well, it seems so, since there was a BLOWN FUSE.

(I had looked for a fuse for the backup lights, but did not know it was the one marked TCM.) (In fact, until I got into this project, I had no idea WHAT a TCM even was...)

OK, I replaced the fuse but it blew right away, so tomorrow I'll try to find the short.

[jmeyert4a]

FIXED!

It was a short on the backup light wiring. (and a blown 10 amp fuse.)
Thanks for a the tries!

JM

[jmeyert4a]

Lessons learned... (in no particular order... )

(1) If your friend says he read a 51 code, ask if he went to public school.
(2) If it's an electrical problem, CHECK THE FUSE!
(3) Before removing the "transmission mode switch" on the side of the trans, scribe a line or punch a mark so that it can be re-installed in its origional position... It has slotted screw holes to allow it to be rotated a few degrees for indexing/adjustment...
(4) On my '94 Rodeo, I have TWO, two-prong connectors inside the driver-side kick-pannel to choose from when looking for the place to read the code from. One is in a loom that runs along the carpet, and has four wires but only two connector pins. (It has a pair of Blue wires and a pair of yellow wires...) I don't have a clue what it does, but it DOES NOT help you read a code (51 or otherwise.) The real one, sort of dangled down from above. (I was so excited about getting the truck running again, that I put the kick pannel back on and forgot to note the color of this connector's leads... Sorry.)
(5) Disconnecting the battery does NOT clear the code. By luck, I found a note on the ALLDATA site that said to get the code blinking, and then push the "Power" and then "Winter" buttons within 3 seconds... THAT cleared the code!.
(6) Oh... Did I mention, CHECK THE FUSE?"
(7) It is hard to tell the difference between "stuck in Winter Mode", and "Safe Mode / Limp-In mode"

On now to the next project...

Cheers!

Jim Meyer
Paramount, CA

[knolty]

I have a '96 Honda Passport (3.2 L V6 4WD) that has a rebuilt transmission. It lost its shift indicatior lights some time ago and it often shifts very hard when it goes to its second gear. When I downshift L and 2 works, but 3 seems to be missing. Yesterday, after an oil change, it seems to be in the wrong gear when starting from a stopped positon and bucks a bit. Sparatically Winter mode comes on, but now my 4WD light has come on and and won't go off. Any ideas?