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| | | Re: MAINT REQD | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 | Oh geez I remember those things. I think the little box had a 9V battery in it. ???
I think it was an EGR maintenance timer.
Nate Breece | | | Re: MAINT REQD | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | Yes, the maintenance reminder module was designed to use a 9v alkaline battery to retain its mileage count while the ignition key was off. It's inputs were a black and a white wire which ran to a switch contact driven by a cam on the odometer tenths wheel. They intended for a 15,000 mile maintenence interval. To reset the lamp, you have to insert a thin screwdriver blade or rod into the hole in the maintenance reminder electronics module, to reset the switch inside. Please note that you have to remove the 9v battery before resetting the switch! They specify that the vehicle battery should not be disconnected while the 9v battery is removed. This is primarily due to the module resetting its mileage count immediately upon turning on the reminder light. They don't want to lose the new accumulated mileage count.
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | | Re: MAINT REQD | Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 109 Likes: 5 member | OP member Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 109 Likes: 5 | Interesting - I'll pull it off again and see if there is a place for a battery, I don't recall one but the blue box is pretty big for just that circuit board | | | Re: MAINT REQD | Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 109 Likes: 5 member | OP member Joined: Jul 2020 Posts: 109 Likes: 5 | Looks like I have got the Mk II version or something. There is space for a battery, just the right size for a 9v, but no holes in the box and no where on the circuit board a battery would connect to. Weird! It's possible there is a small battery built in on the PCB but I can't see it, otherwise I guess it maintains its memory some other way (but not my one, which won't reset!)
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| | | Re: MAINT REQD | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,463 Likes: 12 | I actually have a white one of them out right now, but I'm out of state. I'll take a look when I get home, perhaps Monday. I think mine might have one of those clips with wires, though I haven't looked at it in quite a while.
-It's been such a LONG TIME... BlueShift>> 1981 Dodge Ram B250 Custom Sportsman Maxi Van It's what you learn after you know it all, that counts... Are you living to work, or working to live? Learning from my own mistakes is good, learning from yours would be much better! | | |
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