Thread: Disco 2 Traction control and Coil Pack relocation questions

Originally Posted by onebob

.......The switch is there to break the wire between the CDL and SLABS computer that detects if the CDL is locked.

** That same wire also is responsible for illuminating the CDL locked light on the dash........

Re ** above - actually the cdl engaged light function is independent of the ETC (electronic traction control) state. One is not reliant on the other.

The CDL wire leaves the transfer and then splits with one wire leading to the CDL light on the dash and the other split leading to the SLABS computer so that it knows if the CDL is engaged from which it can act to enable or disenable ETC on start up for the earlier setups.

But yes, which is why a momentary switch is a good solution as startup is the only critical time and then after start up with ETC disable you can still have the CDL locked light on the dash as designed.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

The CDL wire leaves the transfer and then splits with one wire leading to the CDL light on the dash and the other split leading to the SLABS computer so that it knows if the CDL is engaged from which it can act to enable or disenable ETC on start up for the earlier setups.

But yes, which is why a momentary switch is a good solution as startup is the only critical time and then after start up with ETC disable you can still have the CDL locked light on the dash as designed.

Here’s a demo of my solution that i posted some years back. However, since I upgraded the SLABS computer earlier this month (Jan 2020) to deal with the TC isses I’ll be re-purposing the momentary switch to momentary trigger my rear camera sometime soon.

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Originally Posted by onebob

Here’s a demo of my solution that i posted some years back. However, since I upgraded the SLABS computer earlier this month (Jan 2020) to deal with the TC isses I’ll be re-purposing the momentary switch to momentary trigger my rear camera

YouTube

Thats an awesome setup, as good as it gets!

Factory switch??? Did you switch the wire before it entered the SLABS?

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Thats an awesome setup, as good as it gets!

Factory switch??? Did you switch the wire before it entered the SLABS?

Thanks
I did the black/blue wire cut at the SLABS connector C0506 pin 9. Then used a factory non latching switch installed in a vacant port in the binnacle (ie a cruise control switch) and ran 2 wires from it back to the SLABS and connected to the cut wire ends.