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  • digifant ecu still needed :-(
    Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
    Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:52:09 -0500
    ...So, I'm still in need of a digifant ECU from the years '86-'91. A couple of you said you may have one...
  • Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:35:53 -0400
    ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > Is the only difference in the eurospec ECU the ROM chip with the programming? > > If so, I wonder why nobody...
  • 87 ECU, ALT, DIST for sale
    Historical mailing list - PAT
    Fri, 3 Jul 1998 18:44:34 -0400
    ...ECU is for digifant, can supply part # if needed.
  • Want the Aussie Digifant Power Chip? You will need this...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:20:39 EDT
    An 022D Bosch ECU. I have one, the ECU that is, for sale. It is a 1995 Bosch ECU, tested for several months to...
  • Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
    Historical mailing list - mike and shari
    Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:39:16 -0800
    I want to sell my Digifant system to someone here on the list. I don't know how much they should be worth, he...
  • I-4 ecu woes?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Atkins
    Wed, 24 Oct 2001 23:34:50 +0000
    ...pwr. #4 BR/G #3 digifant ter #85 fuel pwr. to injectors + pump relay Fuel pump W/BK #12 ecu fuel injectors injector neg...
  • knock sensors
    Historical mailing list - David Bayer
    Sun, 7 Jun 1998 14:28:44 -0700
    ...be the only real deterant from replacing the digifant ecu with a digifant II ecu (one of which I was given with a single...
  • More Digifant testing, "Das Boot"
    Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
    Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:09:23 -0600
    ...It appears your digifant ecu has a problem in the coil circuit. Maybe some kind listee will drop by and plug their digifant into...
  • Re: digifant issues ruining our trip!
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:32:02 -0700
    ...WBX AFM cause VS with a Mk2 ECU? Does VS ever happen to the Mk2 Digifant? Neil. On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10...
  • Re: digijet tool testing
    Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
    Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:58:30 -0400
    ...The 6 LEDs , rotary switch, a db 25 pin female connector for > probing digifant / digijet ecu pins and the LCD volt meter are all...
  • digifant ecu chip
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Fri, 8 Jan 1999 08:11:21 -0600
    --------------------- Hi Volks, I need a chip for a digifant ecu and I am unable to cross reference it. The chip a TI (texas instrument...
  • Re: Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
    Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
    Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:36:05 -1000
    ...Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........ > I want to sell my Digifant system to someone here on the list. I don't > know...
  • Re: Digifant help!!!
    Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
    Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:28:55 -0800
    I once took apart a digifant I ECU to see what PROM chip it used. There were no non-volital chips other than the...
  • Re: ECU Recall?
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Sun, 09 Feb 1997 17:54:34 -0800
    ...digifant ECU's. > > > > > > I've confirmed that VW did revise the digifant several times throughout > > > each production year and that all Vanagon Digifant ECU...
  • Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:41:12 -0800
    ...reset > the ECU. > > I found a note in the VW Pro Training manual ( > http://members.verizon.net/blumax/protrainingdigifantvanagon.htm ) on > Digifant I that...
  • Need Digifant ECU (how about Golf ECU?)
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:15:46 -0400
    ...On an aside, I'm wondering if the real late 25 pin Jetta/Golf Digifant 1 box will work, pinouts from Bentley appear very...
  • FS: 022 ECU
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:24:55 EST
    ...ECU from a 88 Wolfsburg that is for sale. It was rebuilt by Darrell Boehler and has the cable installed for the Digifant Tool...
  • Re: Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
    Historical mailing list - --------
    Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:06:37 -0400
    ...David Kao reports his 1984 US Digijet ECU uses a Z80 (Zilog) uP. >3. Jon Kenneke reports his Digifant uses a 6803 uP. > >I...
  • ECU numbers
    Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
    Mon, 19 May 2003 08:14:04 -0400
    What is the difference between a Digifant ECU with the part number "025 906 022 D" and "025 906 022"? What is the significance...
  • are the green sticker Digifant ECU the high performance ECU'S????
    Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
    Sat, 6 Aug 2005 21:56:07 -0400
    I found one at a pull-a-part and hooked it up and it seems to have a higher idle? is it in my...
  • Re[2]: My Digifant Opinion
    Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
    Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:28:47 -0400
    ...Digifant I came before Digifant II. In fact if you check the wiring diagrams for a golf/Digifant II and Vanagon/digifant I you...
  • Re: Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less...
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
    Sat, 12 Aug 2000 02:09:39 PDT
    ...Digifant ECU Chip source located...$260 or less... >Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:52:01 EDT > >After months of tracking the source for...
  • Vanagon (Digifant ) ECU 2.1 MV
    Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
    Fri, 1 May 2009 19:05:59 -0300
    Question does this ECU have 'memory'�in it that records specific operating parameters. If so what is the method to return it to 'default...
  • Is Digifant FI Y2K Compliant???
    Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
    Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:58:27 -0500
    Volks, Anyone know if the Digifant ECU keeps a date anywhere. I don't believe it stores -anything- after engine shutdown. Are we Y2K...
  • Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Mon, 2 Apr 2007 09:33:36 -0700
    Frank - John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an awful lot for a Euro DigiJET...
  • ECU needed
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Mon, 5 Oct 1998 08:31:12 -0700
    I need a late-model Vanagon digifant ECU, with part number ending in 022D. Please email me directly if you're parting out a...
  • digifant ecu chip
    Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
    Sat, 9 Jan 1999 23:43:01 EST
    The ECU chip and hp kit can be purchased from Kyle Wade at Volks motorsports. See www.volks-motorsports.com or call 408 426...
  • DIGIFANT ecu
    Historical mailing list - Ron Komoroski
    Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:33:02 -0500
    Vanagon list, My '87 Westie recently had a Digifant ECU go bad. I located a used one & we're running fine again, but my...
  • Re: Vanagon Starts, Dies....Fix Coming Soon?
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:15:52 -0500
    ...After months of frustration, one day, out of anger, I banged the ECU and it worked!!! We purchased a used Digifant and all was...
  • Re: Scratching head over ECS-Mal Indicator Light wiring
    Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
    Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:07:49 -0700
    I have been able to blink out the codes from different 022D ECUs I have seen many of the Digifant I codes over the...
  • ECU NEEDED
    Historical mailing list - Sidney White
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:17:58 EDT
    For a 2.1L digifant, 1987 Westy Sidney in New Orleans
  • Re: Digifant & Digijet
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:44:15 -0600
    ...as it sometimes generates more heat than the ecu can reliably dissipate. The excess digifant heat causes bad solder connections. Darrell ----- Original Message ----- From...
  • Re: amusing, perhaps intriguing ECU auction
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:39:50 -0800
    ...PART #037 906 022 BE Far as I can tell, that's a VW Fox Digifant II ECU part#. Picture matches number too. So...
  • Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 28 May 2012 18:15:27 -0700
    First of all, there are serious errors in that ECU/FP relay part of the 88/89 Bentley Digifant diagrams, with connections shown wrong...
  • ECU Repair
    Historical mailing list - Barry Mercer
    Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:37:24 -0500
    ...the ECU tool that has created so much chat re connectors et all - how does one read the digifant ECU tool? Would this be...
  • AFM, ECU, Wiring harness, tail light on eBay
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:14:57 -0700
    ...ITEM eBay Auction Number Left Side Tail Light 596781157 2.1L engine harness 596780439 2.1L Digifant ECU 596779294 2.1L Digifant AFM 596778146...
  • Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Mon, 28 May 2012 18:27:06 -0700
    ...ECU/FP relay part of the > 88/89 Bentley Digifant diagrams, with connections shown wrong. Second, > the change to the more complex ECU relay...
  • Re: Digifant circuits
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sat, 23 Jun 2001 20:47:45 -0700
    ...Pin 23 seems to be a way for the ECU to know that the Digifant Control Unit Relay is supposed to be enabled. This...
  • ECU Connector Compatibility
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:47:54 -0400
    Hi, Does anyone know which ECUs have the same connector as the Digifant (2.1L) ECU? I'm trying to make a plug-in...
  • Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:20:17 -0400
    ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > Yes it is. I have it installed on "Ole Putt" with my Digijetted 2.1. > Mileage figures compiled so far...
  • Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
    Historical mailing list - Todd Last
    Mon, 2 Apr 2007 17:19:37 +0000
    ...Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM> > Frank - > > John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. > > $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an...
  • FS: nearly new Digifant 022D ECU
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:12:34 EDT
    I still have my Digifant ECU for the 2.1L Vanagon for sale. It is made in 1995. �It is the 022D version of...
  • hot chip
    Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
    Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:07:55 -0400
    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: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:21:08 -0700
    ...ECUs digjet USA digijet Euro Digifant USA wont do you much good they are complex and non transferable to one another the digifant program...
  • Re: A favor...
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:29:19 -0800
    ...Bentley what pins, on the ECU, goto > the TEMPI and the TEMPII sensors. This is for a DIGIFANT system. I am away > from my...
  • Re: ECU Repair Post Needed!!
    Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
    Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:49:14 -0700 (MST)
    ...me again, the frantic ECU guy :-( > > Tim Smith tells me somebody posted a repair procedure for the digifant ecu. > If anyone has this, could...
  • Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:59:12 -0400
    At 12:39 PM 6/12/2012, Alistair Bell wrote: >How I understand it, digifant I came after Digifant II. Was >modification used in...
  • Re: Question About ECU Programing
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:31:39 -0600
    ...and nowhere in the Digifant or Digijet literature or test manuals does it mention anything about learning or relearning. the ECU's on the...
  • Re: Chip upgrade for Digijet?
    Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
    Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:19:11 +0200
    ...I assume it would involve replacing the ECU, AFM, and the wiring harness for the ECU. What about the distributor? Does the Digifant control...
  • Re: ECU Question.... Same ECU in a 1987 as in a 1990 Vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 25 May 2005 15:56:36 -0700
    ...Basically, any 86-91 Vanagon Digifant ECU should interchange with any other from the same period. > Is the ECU in a 1987 the same...
  • Re: digifant ecu chip
    Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
    Fri, 8 Jan 1999 13:18:49 -0600
    Darrell, Thanks so much for working on my digifant ecu. However, your reference to "...fellow listee Budd Premack, who brought a lot of cold...
  • Re: high Idle / stabilization control question
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:31:07 -0800
    The idle stabilzation unit on the digifants is in the ECU.
  • FS: ECU and Wiring Harness
    Historical mailing list - James Adams
    Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:27:09 -0700
    ...The ECU is a TA DIGIFANT. $150 for the set, plus shipping. Please email james_adams@yahoo.com if interested. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo...
  • Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:38:04 EDT
    ...Anyone know where I can get my filthy paws on a euro-spec Digifant ECU? I still have 1 left in stock. From my...
  • Temp II (for ECU) Sensor: Voltage Range?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Fri, 27 Sep 2013 10:49:26 -0700
    ...With a "Luxemburg" Motronic 2.9 and Vanagon WBX Digifant coolant temp (for ECU) sensor in hand, I noticed each had a different voltage...
  • Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 28 May 2010 11:08:37 -0700
    ...Digifant timing/tuning help needed > > On the Digifant, the ECU has absolutely nothing to do with spark advance. > Problem is in the distributor. The...
  • Re: running problems, 2.1
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:44:37 -0800
    ...I'm sure "open loop" mode on the Vanagon ECU compares unfavorably with the same vintage euro-spec Digifant, which had no O2 sensor...
  • FS: ECU and wiring harness (CHEAP !)
    Historical mailing list - James Adams
    Mon, 2 Sep 2002 17:07:53 -0700
    ...The ECU is a TA DIGIFANT. $150 for the set, plus shipping. Please email james_adams@yahoo.com if interested. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo...
  • Re: Digifant circuits
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:59:19 -0500
    ...Digifant I/Digifant II diagnosis book (published in 1988), pin 23 DOES show up ... as a ground wire from pin 23 on the ECU...
  • Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:39 -0800
    ...Seems to me > that the amount of volts to the Digifant ECU is controlled only by the > alternator regulator. (or is there some other...