Do "X" links go bad?
01-10-2013, 06:54 PM
#14
[QUOTE=DrX;5049807]Is this the X-Link 1.0 with the long pink wire connected to the AC 5V reference? If so, check that connection.
The only pink wire I see comes out of one side of the X box and goes back in on the same side. On the other side of the box the pink wire does the same thing. I know that's a horrible description, but that's what it does. All the wires coming out of the box go to a coupler except the pink one. It comes out of the X box, makes a loop, and goes back in. Same thing on the other side.
The only pink wire I see comes out of one side of the X box and goes back in on the same side. On the other side of the box the pink wire does the same thing. I know that's a horrible description, but that's what it does. All the wires coming out of the box go to a coupler except the pink one. It comes out of the X box, makes a loop, and goes back in. Same thing on the other side.
01-10-2013, 07:34 PM
#17
Thanks for chiming in Doc. We installed a three bolt t'body from a 4.8L and it worked fine....no codes. Hooked up the original LS2 t'body (silver blade) with X link and it threw 0120, 0220, 1516, and 2135. The X box doesn't have any writing on it. Square box with one mounting stud on the bottom and four small screws holding the back on. My son checked ohms through the X link wires and all show something except the purple wire.
01-12-2013, 02:31 PM
#19
Found the problem. There must have been a wire inside the box shorted to the box. We covered the box in electrical tape and zipped it to a hose and it runs fine. I'd given up. My son (good mechanic
) kept after it until he solved it. Thanks for the help DrX and the rest of you guys too!
We were able to isolate to the box by taking my t'body and X link to a friend's '05 half ton and installing it. As soon as we turned the key on in his truck, it threw the same codes. That isolated it to the X link. We had already eliminated the t'body to swaping my vette's t'body in with no change. Took a while, but we got it.
) kept after it until he solved it. Thanks for the help DrX and the rest of you guys too! We were able to isolate to the box by taking my t'body and X link to a friend's '05 half ton and installing it. As soon as we turned the key on in his truck, it threw the same codes. That isolated it to the X link. We had already eliminated the t'body to swaping my vette's t'body in with no change. Took a while, but we got it.