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Method for diagnosing faults in electronic fuel control systems

  • US 4,557,141 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1984
  • Issued: 12/10/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of troubleshooting, with a test set, a fuel control system in an aircraft which has interfacing connectors with an engine on one side and airframe instruments on the other side, a plurality of LRU'"'"'s in the engine, specific conductors connected, at one end thereof, to each LRU, the other end of said conductors forming an engine harness, said engine harness being split into an engine/airframe interface portion whose connectors are connected to separate positions of a multiposition interface plug, a mating multiposition interface receptacle being connected to said multiposition interface plug to airframe instruments;

  • said fuel control system comprising an electronic engine control (EEC);

    said engine harness being further split into an EEC harness portion connected to a separate position of a multiposition EEC plug connected to a mating multiposition EEC receptacle mounted on said EEC;

    a trim plug mounted on a mating trim plug receptacle on said EEC;

    said test set comprising a first harness, respective connectors of said first harness being connected to a first test receptacle for mating engagement with said multiposition bulkhead plug, and other connectors of said first harness being connected to a first test plug for mating engagement with said mating multiposition bulkhead receptacle;

    said test set further comprising a second harness, respective connectors of said second harness being connected to a second test receptacle for mating engagement with said multiposition EEC plug, and other connectors of said second harness being connected to a second test plug for mating engagement with said mating trim plug receptacle;

    said method comprising;

    disconnecting the mating multiposition bulkhead receptacle from said multiposition bulkhead plug and connecting said first test receptacle to said multiposition bulkhead plug and said first test plug to said mating multiposition bulkhead receptacle;

    disconnecting said multiposition EEC plug from said mating multiposition EEC receptacle and connecting said second test receptacle to said multiposition EEC plug;

    connecting said second test plug to said mating trim plug receptacle;

    testing the circuits of said fuel control system one at a time by sending signals from said test set through said connectors of said first and second harness one at a time and receiving signals to determine if a fault exists in the respective circuits.

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