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• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:56:23 EST
  ...to go is the digifant fuel injection from a Eurovan with the 5 cylinder motor. That would mean the ECU and wiring harness. But...
• Re: Visual Difference(s) between 1.9L & 2.1L Distributors?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 01:46:48 -0400
  ...Digifant has both a vacuum and mechanical advance mechanisms. The 2.1 Digijet is fixed as the timing advance is controlled in the ECU...
• Re: need dealer part # for coolant temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:23:34 -0400
  ...threaded 2 pin sender, VW 251 919 501, for input to Digifant ECU, is NOT threaded You can order these from the Bus Depot...
• Re: Mike Millered again!
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:33:00 -1000
  ...The Digifant ECU was AFU, I was SOL. To make things worse, my sliding door handle was BenT! I've since installed load D...
• Re: ECU NEEDED - me too!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:36:48 EDT
  ...bad ISV fried my ECU - > now my van won't start at all. Same type of van - 2.1L digifant '87 Westy > - > let me...
• Re: Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:07:37 -0400
  ...sure what engine management system you have but I thought the Digifant >ECU did all the idle compensatiing for the AC and PS. True...
• Re: WHICH ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:26:11 -0800
  ...Both also made the Digifant ECU as well. -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 73 K Ghia...
• Re: Digitool saves the day, again
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:38:43 -0600
  Yes, it is basically the same black box used for the Digifant but different enough to work with the Digijet - I think theDigijet version...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 10 May 2017 23:02:26 -0400
  I'm suspecting the ECU having gone into some kind of magical limp mode. I checked the timing at 2000 rpm with Temp 2...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:33:53 +0000
  ...answer.? Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > Mark, I was not aware that the Digifant ECU had any "knock sensor" input. What > control module would you use...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:48:13 -0700
  ...The relays will not work, even with tapping. > I plugged in a borrowed Digifant ECU but that did not help the > situation. I put...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:59:16 -0400
  ...design, but does > > anybody know if the firmware for our ECU's (Digifant or Digijet) > > resides completely on the 2732 EPROM or is part...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 17:44:37 -0800
  ...I am assuming that the ECU is the same Digifant-II system as the 88 to 92 setup. The tall block is a nice...
• Re: Headlight Alarm
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:04:55 -0700
  ...http://www.shoebox-electronix.com/id53.html > > Jim makes headlight alarms and DigiJet and DigiFant ECU monitor kits. > > The alarm looks to be just...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - madvws
  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:05:36 +0000
  ...Ok, following the digifant tests in Bentley 25.61, there are a couple issues so far. 1.   Probably minor - tps when fully open, infinite...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:17:26 -0800
  ...Digifant II would be a closer approximation, and iirc has nearly the same pin out as the digifant I ecu. However, the digifant II...
• Re: Octane
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:46:13 -0400
  Not the Digijet or Digifant systems -- no knock sensor. d At 04:14 PM 6/14/2001, Jennifer wrote: >Feed your car the wrong...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 10 May 2017 20:48:46 -0700
  ...a Digifant II section on that page. Neil. On 5/10/17, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm suspecting the ECU having...
• Re: Digifant FI System Pro Training Manual PDF
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:08:23 -0400
  ...Even has a drawing of the fuel map that > > the ECU uses for it's operation. > > > > Any ideas where to give this thing a...
• Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 20:20:37 PDT
  > >Mark, > They (Volks Motorsports) seem to sell this only with a set of rockers. > I tried several times >to buy only the chip and...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:14:26 -0800
  ...ECUs and other > > funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's > > embedded CPU technology. > > > > I pulled apart a bad ECU...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 06:43:26 -0600
  ...The digifant system will go out of closed loop when at full throttle or the full throttle switch is transferred. Listee Kay Fremgen from...
• Re: Tach drops fast when it cuts out
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:38:20 -0400
  ...The ignition drivers are high-current high-voltage high-stress components, and if they're in a Digifant-type ECU they definitely are soldered...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:02:20 -0500
  At 12:32 AM 2/28/2011, Old Volks Home wrote: >Digijet ECUs are abit more robust than the Digifant successor in my >experience...
• Re: idle/full throttle switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:18:07 -0400
  ...Bloss wrote: > I confirmed the death of my idle/full throttle enrichment switch on > our Digifant after Darrell's ECU tool found that, i...
• Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:22:34 -0700
  ...97.89 shows a "26" junction which is a "plus connection in Digifant harness". That junction also feeds fuel injector +, FP relay 86. The...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:20:43 -0500
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)—replaces NLA Digifant ECU and ICU (idle control unit)"* So, I would assume they kept that ECU in...
• Re: Digifant stock timing = poor performance?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 7 May 2003 11:23:19 -0400
  ...If the Timing mark moves around as you attempt to do this than the throttle switch is not working correctly so the ECU does...
• Digifant to carb, any thoughts??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Birk
  Tue, 15 May 2001 15:06:21 -0400
  I have an '89 2.1 which has a bad ECU, AFM and fuel pressure reg. (all verified with friends van), and have access...
• Re: Strange no start problem - still having issues
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 08:36:53 -0700
  ...Page 24.61 shows the Digifant 25 pin connector layout. Another possibility is a break in the wire from ECU pin 3 and fuel...
• Re: Capacitor fix - what year?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:26:12 -0500
  At 10:56 PM 2/22/2000 , David Hunt wrote: >Thomas Hanlon wrote: > >The "fix," if it is the AFM/ECU conflict/peculiarity, is...
• Re: hot chip
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:58:35 EDT
  ...I see from a browse of the archives that at least one list member tried a performance chip (022D) in the Digifant ECU. Then...
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:50:45 +0000
  ...Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:10:53 -0400 >> > > > > >> > > > >Has anyone tried to use a Digifant ECU for the same year VW Golf >>or >> > > > >Jetta...
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 01:16:11 -0800
  ...Digifant with the exception of an idle stabilization control relay . Digifant ll incorporates all control functions in one box. The components : are ECU, Cool...
• Engine cutting out
  Historical mailing list - HP
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:40:07 -0800
  ...This resonance causes the air-flow meter to supply an intermittent signal to the Digifant ECU. The ECU will then default to a "no...
• Re: '89 2.1i digifant cutting out. Really need some help on this one... ; NOT SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:06:19 -0400
  ...It only influences the ECU when warmed up (which is about 1 minute). When warm and water (from rain) gets on the O2 sensor...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:51:08 -0700
  ...You can see it on Bentley page 97.123 where it connects to the Digifant ECU pin 20 and to a dash MAL-IND...
• Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:35:25 -0700
  ...This is for a stock 2.1 WBX, Digifant. Took my Westy to a shop for the first time in years. Am still tracking...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:21:45 -0700
  ...digifant injection > Another post got me curious, and I read a bit about how Digifant works. > From what I read it seems that all...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:14:55 -0800
  ...ignition controller (which the Digifant also does not > have as a separate unit; it's built into the ECU). You can see a picture...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:28 -0700
  ...This thing is really killing me!! Everything has been changed yet the problem persists......ECU? Wiring harness? ____ /____\ Adam P (0\_|_/0) 81 Westy "The...
• More Ignition/ Stabilizer electonics ?'s(way long!)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:15:13 -0500
  ...Digifant had it built in to the ecu apparently, Digijet had an external model. Didn't want to buy The haltech model and the...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - -------------------------
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:18:42 -0500
  ...ECUs and other >>>funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's >>>embedded CPU technology. >>> >>>I pulled apart a bad ECU...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 10:34:30 -0700
  ...A 4-wire O2 sensor, with the ground connected to the same location as the ECU ground would eliminate O2 problems caused by slight...
• Re: 2.1 in my '84 with digijet
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 24 May 2007 19:24:52 -0700
  ...it to 5� ATDC as you're using the > 1.9 ECU and distributor which has the vacuum advance and retard. > > Mike > > > > Giasson, Pascal...
• Air-Fuel Ratio fluctuation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:36:33 -0700
  Been fiddling with tuning the Digifant on my Boston Engine rebuilt 2.1 (650 miles on it and the ENGINE, at least, runs GREAT...
• half-lilley becomes quarter lilley
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 17:29:43 -1000
  ...In spite of my mechanics insistence (without checking) that we had an 022D Digifant ECU in my 89 Syncro Westy, it ends up that...
• Re: WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:12:59 -0600
  ...The DJ wiring harness is in two pieces, > one main ECU and a secondary ECU which controlls O2, and other functions. > They both sit...
• No spark in the Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Kevin McCaig
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 20:04:31 -0300
  ...I rang out wires to the ECU, cleaned the coil connections tested the coil as per bentley OK. brings me to the Hall sender...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:58:32 -0800
  ...It regards the input of the various > sensors to the ECU and the way > the ECU determines fuel/air mixture. > > Let's say you...
• Re: 86-91 2.1L Vanagon Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list - Ross Cupples
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:25:08 -0500
  ...Hi all, Just wanted to give a heads up, I put a 2.1L Vanagon ECU up for sale on eBay. Starting bid, $1...
• Re: WHICH ECU?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:19:36 -0800
  The 2.1 digifant is the same way. There are at least three versions available. For the USA market, there were units made by...
• afm tuning
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:55:53 -0500
  ...ecu out of 3 would correct the mixture. I had adjusted afm main springs on L-Jetronic but never had to on a digifant...
• Re: Idle Relay - Idle Valve match?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:04:30 -0700
  ...relays and valves > > and ECUs: Are there certain sets that were designed to go together? > > For the 2.1 Digifant in NA, there's...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:02:15 -0700
  ...Digifant ......... nothing about those two systems is fundamentally different from each other ............and, sure the Difigant has the ingniter incorporated into the ECU, aloneg...
• TWO TDI motors in stock!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 21:39:16 -0700
  ...Comes with complete wiring harness and ECU. Missing is the throttle padal assembly and the intercooler setup. $3500 USD 2000 Jetta TDI motor - this...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine / Digifant Conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 2 Sep 1999 13:45:23 EDT
  ...I then went to AMS in Costa Mesa and had my spare ECU chipped ($200)- remember this is a Digifant II unit and AMS...
• More rant on grounds and vanagon syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:58:11 -0700
  ...Good design practice would dictate grounding ALL of the EFI components including the ECU to the engine ONLY. (and most modern EFI systems go...
• Digitool saves the day
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 06:25:08 -0800
  ...ignition > module digijet and by the distributor ecu on vanagon digifant. > Fi led indicates the ecu is pulsing the injector. > ...... > You mention the digitool...
• Re: Looking for some Vanagon wiring harness parts
  Historical mailing list - gburgin
  Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:30:51 -0400
  ...I am looking for some parts of the digifant wiring harness. We > need the ECU plugs and also the plug for the large idle...