Initial D card reader : Card Draw Error

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After swapping Griffo's faulty Initial D card reader for a working one, he gave me his old reader to me as part of a deal. I compared his faulty one with my card reader and managed to see what the problem was.

The problem is related to a sensor gate, in my case the tiny bracket was missing causing the error. When that bracket is missing the sensor thinks it's not being made and rotates the cam a few times to make/clear the gate, then it gives a Card Draw error message in diags.

Here's some pics to show you what bracket was missing and the gate it makes when the transport goes up and down.

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I swapped the bracket over to the faulty one and it solved the problem, that Card Reader now reads/writes fine.

Hope that's of use to someone.

Now I need to find a bracket!

Cheers.
 
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