BUDDYB

12 minutes ago, Fishfiles said:

I am not a Rubicon guy. But read a lot. I think the sputtering in reverse is par for the course.  It is a rev limiter.  I think there is a way to override the limiter. 

Yeah I'm learning as I go on four-wheeler found out put it in reverse and sort of roll it it actually goes all the way in reverse.

Just now, Fishfiles said:

I take it you got it solved.  Good deal.

 

I was thinking you have a foot shift 500 not a Hondamatic. 
 

 The forum don’t let  you type words that are considered bad words.  Replaces the words with !!!! Exclamation marks. Figured you were trying to say “ my a$$ “ didn’t have the 32 pin all the way pulled in —— lol.  

 

 

Yep. Shifting great no codes just sputtering in reverse.

Appreciate all the help my ! didn't have the 32 pin connector all the way plugged in.

1 hour ago, jeepwm69 said:

 

So it hasn't shown a gear position since you did that?

 

Luckily you can remove the gear position switch on the Rubicon without pulling anything else apart.    There should be a T coming off the gear position switch.  There should also be a (sometimes hard to see) N imprinted on the switch.  One side of that T will be slightly longer than the other.  The longer side of the "T" points to the N scribed on the gear position switch.  

 

Then make sure the shifter is in Neutral, and the shift drum should line up perfectly with the gear position switch set up as described above.

 

If you have that T 180 degrees out it will definitely cause issues.

Ok will check 

11 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

 

So it hasn't shown a gear position since you did that?

 

Luckily you can remove the gear position switch on the Rubicon without pulling anything else apart.    There should be a T coming off the gear position switch.  There should also be a (sometimes hard to see) N imprinted on the switch.  One side of that T will be slightly longer than the other.  The longer side of the "T" points to the N scribed on the gear position switch.  

 

Then make sure the shifter is in Neutral, and the shift drum should line up perfectly with the gear position switch set up as described above.

 

If you have that T 180 degrees out it will definitely cause issues.

Ok will check 

2 minutes ago, BUDDYB said:

Will try that it's a good batter showing 12.9 with unit off. I'll try disconnecting it seeing if that does anything.

What happens if I might have installed gear position sensor wrong. I took it off not knowing that it didn't need to come off when checking stator and when I put it back in I know I turned it to another position to get it back in and not sure unit was in neutral.

4 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

 

Well crap. 

 

It looks like (from the factory service manual) that you have to RETRIEVE the error codes on these (I've worked on the 05-up, but not on the 01-04 Rubicons).

 

And it also appears that if you start the initializing, but don't complete it, you'll get a stead -- on the dash.  You might try starting over again with that process, as I know when I've done it I sometimes had to do it several times to get it to take.  That was on my father in law's 06 Rubicon, and I ended up polishing the battery cable ends and putting a new battery on it and it stopped throwing codes.  Do you have a good strong battery on the machine?

 

I'd aslo try unplugging connectors, cleaning with CRC cleaner, and then putting back together with dialectic grease.   Start with the ECM, which appears to be up in the right wheel well above the rear tool box, which is a TERRIBLE place to put a computer with electrical connections on it!  On the 05-up they moved it up under the top headlight, under the front fender.

 

 

Will try that it's a good batter showing 12.9 with unit off. I'll try disconnecting it seeing if that does anything.

47 minutes ago, jeepwm69 said:

Try reinitializing it and see if you get any change. 

 

Go to page 23-4 of the factory service manual and it gives detailed instructions on this. 

 

Free PDF download of the factory service manual here, thanks to @balljoints

 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11L4ZAKwg_jjLgT5CsZYM-Dpcuw00nBCu

 

It's kind like getting unlimited men in Contra, so if you might have to try it a couple of times to get it LOL

Tried that yesterday and it did change then went right back to two dash's. Today it's two dashes that are just constantly on no blinking can't hear shift motor doing anything when I try it again.

On 4/3/2023 at 8:30 PM, toodeep said:

Is it flashing any code on the display? If you want your user name changed from your email just let us know EXACTLY what you want and we can change it for you.

Well got a meter on it and on gear selection it's just two dashes. Tried getting the codes but it's not pulling any up.

Just now, jeepwm69 said:

Yeah AKATV is the repair guy on the meters.

 

If your machine is throwing error codes you need the meter to work to see the error codes.

Ok thank you.

On 4/3/2023 at 8:30 PM, toodeep said:

Is it flashing any code on the display? If you want your user name changed from your email just let us know EXACTLY what you want and we can change it for you.

Is there any one who rebuild the display or is it best to try to buy a new one.

Well the display is not working at the moment. It lights up but shows nothing. Can you change it to buddyb

Finally got it running good after chasing down electrical issues now drives fine and was shifting then stopped shifting.