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davidbooker · 31st May 2021, 15:09

I finally got my TOAF fully functioning on my laptop today. I am using a KKL cable with pins 7 and 8 bridged. I was originally sold an identical cable by the same seller, but "unbridged". It barely worked at all, despite being described as fully TOAF compatible!

Anyway, I am trying to find out why my ABS is very patchy. On startup, the ABS light comes on, then shortly afterwards, makes some ABS type noises, and goes off. Sometimes it stays off for about a mile, then I get a whistling noise, and it comes back on. My garage, on the advice of a pricey generic reader, changed the offside rear sensor first, and then the offside rear hub. In both cases, the ABS light went out for a short time, then returned. My friendly AA Man kindly plugged in his very advanced reader, and the faults are still showing as 5): Faulty offside rear speed sensor or inlet valve and 24): Incorrect gear wheel on offside rear, wrong number of teeth. This is echoed by TOAF on Windows 10, except that it does not specify which hub is faulty.

My question is: why are these faults not being shown on the Android TOAF, using the same cable, and could these faults be something deeper, like an ABS inlet valve, as suggested.

I have acquired a double ended blue plug/socket rig, and I will try swopping the connector from the nearside twisted pair to the the offside connection. If the fault transfers over, then the hub/ sensor must be faulty. If not, I will have to dig deeper!

Any advice, please?

31st May 2021, 15:09	#21
davidbooker Gets stuck in '51 Rover 75 2.5 V6 Conn. Purchased 02/05 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Whitby Posts: 571 Thanks: 8 Thanked 33 Times in 22 Posts	I finally got my TOAF fully functioning on my laptop today. I am using a KKL cable with pins 7 and 8 bridged. I was originally sold an identical cable by the same seller, but "unbridged". It barely worked at all, despite being described as fully TOAF compatible! Anyway, I am trying to find out why my ABS is very patchy. On startup, the ABS light comes on, then shortly afterwards, makes some ABS type noises, and goes off. Sometimes it stays off for about a mile, then I get a whistling noise, and it comes back on. My garage, on the advice of a pricey generic reader, changed the offside rear sensor first, and then the offside rear hub. In both cases, the ABS light went out for a short time, then returned. My friendly AA Man kindly plugged in his very advanced reader, and the faults are still showing as 5): Faulty offside rear speed sensor or inlet valve and 24): Incorrect gear wheel on offside rear, wrong number of teeth. This is echoed by TOAF on Windows 10, except that it does not specify which hub is faulty. My question is: why are these faults not being shown on the Android TOAF, using the same cable, and could these faults be something deeper, like an ABS inlet valve, as suggested. I have acquired a double ended blue plug/socket rig, and I will try swopping the connector from the nearside twisted pair to the the offside connection. If the fault transfers over, then the hub/ sensor must be faulty. If not, I will have to dig deeper! Any advice, please? Last edited by davidbooker; 31st May 2021 at 17:43..