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Zeke



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Newbie GAP success, but some questions
I purchased a GAP 4 tool when they were on sale at Lucky 8 and have been intimidated to try anything. Yesterday I took the plunge and successfully made 2 simply one step changes. (Seat belt reminder disabled and rear door remote activated)
The 2 changes I would like to do next appear to involve multiple steps for each.
Adaptive cruise control and global opening. My question is am I assuming correctly, that each of those changes require multiple steps, where each step will be similar to those single changes that I already made? Just one after the other?
Thanks
Post #1057354 14th Jan 2025 2:17pm
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ruben



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Good topic opened, maybe it is the step for other "newbies" to decide to take the longed-for step, I will be attentive to your concerns and their answers. Thank you Defender 110 SE I6 D250 23MY
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Post #1057363 14th Jan 2025 3:49pm
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Zeke



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Yes, I am an old school car guy. Give me a set of SU carbs to rebuild and not a problem, but this computerized stuff is daunting. I will say with some research, YouTube videos and just following the steps slowly on the GAP tool I was quite proud to have had success. Just not sure about the “multiple step” operations with the GAP tool.
Post #1057366 14th Jan 2025 3:58pm
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I'm in the same boat. I've had my tool since before New Year, but it's still sat on the coffee table. Not plugged it in or done anything with it. 110 D250 SE HT
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Post #1057367 14th Jan 2025 3:59pm
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Retroanaconda



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You can change multiple values in one operation no problem. Just keep a note of what you’ve changed each time.
Post #1057373 14th Jan 2025 5:00pm
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lightning



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I believe the GAP tool stores the original settings so if you mess up, you can just hit "RESTORE" and everything will go back to factory settings.
Post #1057380 14th Jan 2025 6:26pm
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pjeski



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I've mentioned this in other threads. You can email your complete CCF to yourself. I did this before my first modification, and after every modification since, as well as any time the vehicle is in the shop. A good text compare utility can help you keep track of what has changed.
Post #1057382 14th Jan 2025 6:33pm
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DC-Defender



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This is the way. Email yourself a copy of the CCF before performing changes so you can later compare it to your current one (post changes) if you ever want to change back a previously changed setting, instead of doing a full restore of the CCF to the original configuration backup the GAP tool takes when you first plug it in.

I email a copy of my CCF before every change, and I used NotePad++ with the ComparePlus plugin to compare the two.
Post #1058941 30th Jan 2025 2:28am
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Eric Caterpillar



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lightning wrote:
I believe the GAP tool stores the original settings so if you mess up, you can just hit "RESTORE" and everything will go back to factory settings.


I've just received my new GAP tool and went straight to check it with the car. Do I need to do something in the app explicitly to make it save the original CCF file, in case I need to restore it back to the factory spec?
Post #1059106 31st Jan 2025 1:55pm
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The tool automatically saves you original set up so you can revert back to it at any time Thumbs Up Cheers Ian
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Eric Caterpillar



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Thank you for confirming this for me Hairy Dan!
Post #1059273 2nd Feb 2025 12:10pm
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