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  • Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:20:04 -0400
    ...Any Vanagon 022 ECU will work in a 2.1l Vanagon digifant. > Believe me I have tried every combination you can imagine over the...
  • Re: ECU q's
    Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
    Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:32:07 -0500
    ...The 1983.5 to 1985 vans use an ECU for their Digijet > fuel injection that is significantly different than the 1986-1991 Digifant > equipped...
  • Re: Spare ECU
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:36:29 -0600
    ...Bereil will confirm that most Bosch Digifant ECU's have serious cracks in the circuit boards and he was kind enough to tackle the...
  • Re: ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:39:43 -0500
    ...I'd like to know of experiences with a ECU power chip for the 2.1 Digifant vanagons. I have heard about these, what...
  • AW: Questions about DigifantII (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:37:24 -0700
    ...Any ideas? Is there a way to get a code out of the DigifantII ECU? The car has a code machine connector by the...
  • Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:37:25 -0400
    ...Eric Dana Morphew wrote: >I believe you would have to forego having a knock sensor (Digifant 2) >using the Digifant ECU. > >I did this...
  • Re: ECU reset, O2 voltage stability
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:31:09 -0800
    ...So > I am looking closely at the O2 sensor which was very recently replaced. > > My first question is about the Digifant I ECU. I...
  • Re: ECU?s
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Tue, 9 Nov 1999 23:11:12 -0500
    ...including a Digifant ECU. E-mail him at WEIRSTEF@cs.com -Karl > anyone out there know where to get an ECU rebuilt? i heard...
  • Re: '86 ECU (digifant) needed!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - K Miller
    Thu, 06 Feb 1997 11:38:32 -0800
    >No luck yet finding an ECU for my wifes 'new' '86. Checked everything and >indeed it is the ECU (thanks everyone for the help...
  • Re: digifant
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:48:29 -0500
    ...my spare ECU and >have you do that part too? Yes I would do the digifant ECU and the perfboard digifant tool for you...
  • Re: digifant ecu chip
    Historical mailing list - Tyrone Greene
    Sat, 9 Jan 1999 19:10:32 -0500
    Budd Premack wrote: > > Darrell, > > Thanks so much for working on my digifant ecu. > > However, your reference to "...fellow listee Budd Premack, who brought a...
  • Re: digifant issues ruining our trip!
    Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
    Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:14:45 -0400
    ...WBX AFM > cause VS with a Mk2 ECU? Does VS ever happen to the Mk2 Digifant? > > Neil. > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10...
  • FS: Digifant ECU and attached "Digitool"
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Conway
    Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:05:46 -0500
    ...Have a ECU from 91 Vanagon with attached "Digitool" made by Darrell Boehler. It is by Bosch, Part number is 025 906 022D. Digitool...
  • Digifant "22D" ECU upgrade chip purchase planned for Monday the 28th...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:18:33 EDT
    To any one still wanting to get in, if your money is here by Saturday the 26th you can get in on the purchase...
  • Re: ECU High Idle
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:16:44 -0800
    Hi guys, yet another observation, the Bently isn't specific on what year VW changed from Digjet to Digifant, it seems to be 1985...
  • Re: Digifant help!!! - NEW CPU?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 16 Dec 1997 17:55:59 -0800
    ...Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU >> >>I once took apart a digifant I ECU to see what PROM chip it used. There >>were no >>non-volital...
  • Sell me your 022D ?
    Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick
    Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:14:28 -0800
    ...re willing to part with-- I am looking for a Digifant 022D ECU (in excellent working condition) for my upgrade project. P-mail if...
  • Re: ? Different year Digifant interchangeable?
    Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
    Wed, 15 Jul 1998 17:48:13 -0500
    ...Subject: ? Different year Digifant interchangeable? I got an '86 Vanagon Digifant ECU from the local junkyard for cheap and was wondering if it'll...
  • Re: 2.1l ECUs new for $475
    Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
    Mon, 17 Mar 2003 20:32:14 -0800
    ...Digifant ECUs for $475. These are the latest and > greatest 025 906 022D ECUs that have the eprom socket for upgrading the ECU > with...
  • Looking for a couple of ECUs
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:37:22 EDT
    I am looking for a couple of ECUs for a customer. One is for a 89-90 Cabriolet convertible. It is a Digifant II...
  • Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Sun, 27 Apr 2003 13:33:03 -0700
    ...How about specifying WHICH of the ECU ground locations you >know to be the best one to use. Welll... that's a good question...
  • Re: Internal Pictures of ECU's and ISCU's
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:03:12 +0200
    ...David Kao reports his 1984 US Digijet ECU uses a Z80 (Zilog) uP. > >3. Jon Kenneke reports his Digifant uses a 6803 uP. > > > >I...
  • Re: Train YOUR vehicles to get better gas mileage (it's Fryeday)
    Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
    Fri, 30 May 2008 18:20:41 -0700
    ...scott Allan Streib wrote: > Does the Vanagon ECU (digifant) "learn"? I thought it was a pretty > dumb system. > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL > > David Kao <dtkao0205...
  • Re: 86 digifant running rich
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Wed, 2 Jun 1999 01:02:32 -0700
    ...86 digifant running rich > > > Here's my puzzler: 86 digifant. Runs good but: High CO emissions > at idle as well as at fast idle...
  • Digifant parts fs
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:54:56 -0500
    ...So I have a Digifant ECU (part number 025 906 022D) an Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (part number 251 907 393D) and three Air...
  • Re: Isolating an idle problem?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:26:17 -0800
    ...t recall Digifant on the 8V inline engine having that as a separate part. I think it's part of the ECU. Neil. On...
  • Re.: 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
    Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
    Thu, 13 Aug 1998 11:18:46 -0400
    ...This wire measures 182k ohms resistance to ground wit a vw ECU and 220k with a bosch ECU plugged to digifant cable. With the...
  • Re: 87 Westy Stuttering?
    Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
    Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:34:05 EDT
    ...This resonance causes the airflow meter to supply an intermittent signal to the Digifant ECU. � The ECU will then default to a "no-load...
  • Re: flooding digifant
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:33:18 -0800
    ...The path to earth was "forced" throught the ECU and caused the injectors to stay open. Alistair
  • NO spark 2.1L Digifant
    Historical mailing list - Sidney White
    Fri, 16 May 2003 11:19:17 EDT
    Me again, did all the test on Bentley, they indicated bad hall sensor and ECu, replaced both. Got rebuilt ECU from Ken, still no...
  • Re: DEAD in my garage on New Year's Day
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Sun, 2 Jan 2000 19:37:57 EST
    ...The pins at the ECU connector are 14&6 for Digijet and 6&9 for Digifant. Digijet Digifant TEMPI 14&6 6&9 TEMPII...
  • Re: MOD Re: wtf? lol
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
    Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:19:07 -0700
    ...1.9L tranny CV VC digifant ECU SVX FLAPS OEM speedo doka ATF... That's the most on-topic Vanagon post I've ever...
  • What voltage do injectors need to fire?
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:55:10 -0400
    With the Digifant system, does anyone know what voltage the ECU sends to the injectors to get them to open? I'd need an...
  • Digifant WBX ECU Power Chip Available
    Historical mailing list - Ken Hartz
    Thu, 12 Oct 2000 20:59:28 EDT
    ...Several weeks back I obtained the replacement power chip for the 022"D" Digifant WBX. When I attempted installation, I found my 89GL currently...
  • Digitool-type devices
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:54:20 -0700
    Looking around for a Digifant interposer connector I ran across this interesting site with pics of all sorts of "historical" Bosch Jetronic ECU diagnostic...
  • Fried ECU diode...
    Historical mailing list - Kevin Faison
    Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:11:08 -0500
    Hi All, So my ECU is blowing a zener diode on the ECU PCB. I noticed that one end of the diode connects to...
  • WTB or Borrow Digifant ECU (Vancouver, B.C.)
    Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
    Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:24:45 -0400
    ...Can anyone: -Loan me an ECU for a week? -Sell me a used ECU? -Direct me to a local wrecker who won't rip...
  • Timing theory
    Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
    Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:39:30 -0600
    ...But now I read what David wrote and he said the the digifant engines the ECU controls the timing (i.e. the exact moment...
  • Re: Sputtering Fixed!!
    Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
    Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:14:56 EST
    ...my response to Karl's digifant post, for anyone that didn't get my sarcastic in a light way voice, I'm sorry if...
  • Re: Cold start issue
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Mon, 6 Jun 2011 18:42:02 -0700
    ...bad solder inside the ECU. If that's the case the voltage > > across the sender will be low, but the ECU will think it...
  • Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:27:55 -0400
    That looks just like the ECU on my '84. When I did a parts search, I found it listed as an '84 Digijet ECU...
  • Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion, swapping harness/ecu
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:46:15 -0400
    ...it to me to take the extra time and swap the > digifant ecu/harness in when I put the 2.1 in. The only...
  • O22D ECU for sale
    Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
    Sun, 27 Jul 2003 21:17:32 -0400
    ...mile replacement ECU. Here are the numbers from the sticker: BOSCH 0 261 200 284 Made in Germany DF 1 Digifant I 025 906...
  • Re: Digifant & the Throttle Position Switch
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sat, 6 Mar 2004 06:27:00 EST
    ...Just wondering if the Digifant ECU ignores ALL sensors until the engine is warmed up or is it just the O2 sensor it ignores...
  • Re: Digifant dashboard analysis tool you are making
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Fri, 26 Jun 1998 12:47:22 -0500
    ...Are Digifant ECU's Y2K compliant? > >-- >><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> >Shalom >Mark B. Magee >87GL >91 Westy >96 Suzuki 4WD Sport >Kemah T* USA >John 14:6 > > * > * * > * * > * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * > * ><> * > * * * * > * * * * * * * * * > * * > * Hi...
  • Re: Digitool diagnostics
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:58:32 -0800
    ...Net result, no modifications to the ECU. I have one chipped > (AMS, Digifant II) ECU and one stock spare that I swap around during...
  • Re: Temp II (for ECU) Sensor: Voltage Range?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:15:45 -0400
    ...Temp II (for ECU) Sensor: Voltage Range? Hi all. With a "Luxemburg" Motronic 2.9 and Vanagon WBX Digifant coolant temp (for ECU) sensor...
  • Part nembers needed.
    Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
    Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:16:58 -0700
    ...Digifant ECU "D" model Digifant Harness Idle Control Relay Bosch Distributer that goes with the Digifant system Charcoal Cannister Valve Connected to the Charcoal...
  • Re: Questions about DigifantII (NVC)
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Wed, 4 Sep 2002 18:23:25 -0400
    ...Any > ideas? Is > there a way to get a code out of the DigifantII ECU? The car has a > code > machine connector by the...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
    Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:01:41 -0800
    ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)—replaces NLA Digifant ECU and ICU (idle control unit) There are only four connections to be made to...
  • Re: Cold start valve
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 1 Jun 2013 10:15:16 -0700
    ...of Digifant harness. In later years the idle control gets power from the Fuel Pump relay so it only buzzes when the ECU activates...
  • Re: high Idle / stabilization control question
    Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
    Sat, 10 Mar 2007 23:56:38 -0600
    ...90 Multivan On Mar 10, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Mark Keller wrote: > The idle stabilzation unit on the digifants is in the ECU.
  • Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:08:13 -0700
    Don't assume that ECU connector pin 6 is the same as frame ground. It is FI sensor common, and may be "ground" when...
  • Read before getting a new ECU for your vanagon!!
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 4 Oct 1999 12:29:36 PDT
    ...determine that you need a new ECU let Darrell have a look at it! He looked at mine and fixed a resister problem and...
  • Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
    Historical mailing list - John Bange
    Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:19:45 -0800
    ...Who will spearhead the effort to redesign the Digifant ECU? > Why work from scratch when all the heavy lifting has been done already? Build...
  • Used ECU for '87 Vanagon [WC]
    Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
    Tue, 3 Jan 95 8:55:34 PST
    So Gene Sady says: > Greetings, > I'm in dire need of a Digifant ECU for an '87 Vanagon. The > part number is "025 906...
  • Re: Arduino and Vanagons
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:03:06 -0800
    ...I suspect not on Difijet and Digifant. > > The ECU *could* calculate rate of change of *airflow,* but I don't > know whether it does...
  • Re: Digifant Electrical Experts: New Harness + 4 Pin Hella 53 Relay for ECU?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Mon, 28 May 2012 19:00:05 -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: ecu 025 906 022 d
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:07:04 EST
    ...I have rebuilt Digifant ECUs ready to ship for $200 (again FYI). I don't charge a core charge up front either, I just...
  • CAN code reader?
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:03:08 -0400
    ...m nearly certain this would be useless for my '91 because the DigiFant ECU does not store trouble codes.... right? Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL