STE/ICE diagnostic port, Atlanta area

[CycleJay]

Hi guys,

Does anyone in the Atlanta area have one of those STE/ICE-R kits?
That you plug into the STE/ICE port on the CUCV to test the
eletrical system?

If so, please let me know. I have a question or two to ask you.

Thank you...

 

[319]

Ask away, maybe someone not in the Atlanta area can answer them.

 

[CycleJay]

Hi guys,

The reason I mentioned the Atlant area is.
Because I was wondering if anyone in the Atlanta area that has one,
can hook it up to my STE/ICE port, to check for any issues I may not be aware of.

I would be willing to pay them to test it, as long as it did not cost me an arm and a leg,
or my first born (especially since I have no children of my own.)

 

[Warthog]

Very few people have a working unit. Even if they do the units really don't tell you much.

They are NOT like the ODB-II units on the new cars.

 

[Keith_J]

It monitors fuel pressure in the filter housing, engine speed and alternator voltage. Nothing you cannot measure with simple tools.

STE-ICE was a great idea but terrible implementation. It was the least used tool in the shop set, I never heard of it being used.

 

[jdknech]

It monitors fuel pressure in the filter housing, engine speed and alternator voltage. Nothing you cannot measure with simple tools.

STE-ICE was a great idea but terrible implementation. It was the least used tool in the shop set, I never heard of it being used.

I may be stepping out on thin ice... but if you could monitor engine speed, does that mean theres a way to hook in a tach?

 

[cpf240]

I may be stepping out on thin ice... but if you could monitor engine speed, does that mean theres a way to hook in a tach?

The STE/ICE port has a connection to the tach output of GEN1, passed through a tach buffer. There is at least one SS member who was able to find a tach that would run off that signal.

 

[319]

I'll have to read my manual again but I believe it states in there that a tach adapter is needed for the CUCVs. It's been a couple of years, but I've hooked my STE/ICE-R to my CUCVs and the only reading I could get without connecting adapters and transducers and what not to the engine, was battery voltage.
Mine was virtually "new" when I bought it, actually still is, looked as though it's never been used, and checked in 2004 or 6 or so. Self tests good and I have all of the adapters......except for the elusive CUCV tach adapter which was never part of the kit.
You're better off buying off the shelf automotive test equipment, because it's universal, has a warranty, and can be repaired.

 

[CycleJay]

Hi guys,
No big deal, it was just a thought to see what I could find out, if anything.

319: Since you have one of those STE/ICE-R kits, please let me know if
you ever want to sell it.

Thanks guys

 

[zout]

here ya go - for sale in SS classifieds right now

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/tools-misc-sale/93306-usmc-ste-ice-complete-maual.html

 

[CycleJay]

Hi Zout,

Thank you.. for the information. I will pm him and make an inquiry.

 

[319]

Mine won't be sale for a long long time. It's under lock and key and guarded by an Ex-GL employee driving a fork-lift.

 

[CycleJay]

Good morning,

319: LOL, okay, gotcha..

Thank you

 

[Castle Bravo]

I'll have to read my manual again but I believe it states in there that a tach adapter is needed for the CUCVs. It's been a couple of years, but I've hooked my STE/ICE-R to my CUCVs and the only reading I could get without connecting adapters and transducers and what not to the engine, was battery voltage.
Mine was virtually "new" when I bought it, actually still is, looked as though it's never been used, and checked in 2004 or 6 or so. Self tests good and I have all of the adapters......except for the elusive CUCV tach adapter which was never part of the kit.
You're better off buying off the shelf automotive test equipment, because it's universal, has a warranty, and can be repaired.

When I had mine, I tested my tach reading on my CUCV with just the W-1 cable and the STE/ICE itself. It doesn't need anything else to work, provided you've got your tach wire hooked up on the back of the GEN 1 alternator.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/72625-ste-ice.html#post1123244

 

[CycleJay]

Castle Bravo:

Gen one is the drivers side alternator, is it not?

I do not remember.

Thank you

 

[Castle Bravo]

Castle Bravo:

Gen one is the drivers side alternator, is it not?

I do not remember.

Thank you

Yup, thats correct. GEN1 is driver's side alt and forward battery and GEN2 is passenger side alt and rear battery.

 

[Skinny]

If you have a good multimeter, this diagnostic device is useless. It was stated before, it isn't like an OBDII car. Even older cars pre 95 have computers with serial data that will talk to a scan tool. The CUCV's have nothing. Save your money for a good fluke meter and an infared temp gun. Money better spent...

 

[319]

When I had mine, I tested my tach reading on my CUCV with just the W-1 cable and the STE/ICE itself. It doesn't need anything else to work, provided you've got your tach wire hooked up on the back of the GEN 1 alternator.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/72625-ste-ice.html#post1123244

Thanks for the info, i'll check it out again soon. I know the wire is attached, I just remember reading about an adapter.

 

[Uglet90GT]

Does anyone how to use the diagnostics port without STE/ICE tool.
I remember you can... Just not how