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• Re: O2 Sensors need grounding? (was STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!)
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:38:08 EST
  ...Digifants ground through pin 19 of the ECU, through a brown wire that emerges from the same bundle as the distributor wiring. This system...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 10:12:50 -0800
  ...ECU know when to fire the injectors? > > 3 Any thing else that I should do? Electrical tests. Mechanical > tests. Stuff that all Vanagon Digifant...
• Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 20:16:13 +0000
  ...Or  an error? Though this is a 86 Digifant, it names the ECU relay as a "Digijet" . Hmmm-I'm not familar with the...
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
  ...On the Digifant system the distributor simply reports rpm and TDC to the ECU. From these and other inputs the ECU computes ignition advance...
• Re: Train YOUR vehicles to get better gas mileage (it's Fryeday)
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 30 May 2008 19:15:18 -0700
  ...David --- Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Does the Vanagon ECU (digifant) "learn"? I thought it was a pretty > dumb system. > -- > 1991 Vanagon...
• digijet tool need help
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:48:06 -0500
  ---------------------- I need to know what voltage the digijet ecu 83.5-85 supplies to the idle and full throttle switches. The switches return ground...
• (NVC) Re: Who is Mike Miller???.....
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:01:03 EDT
  ...writes: << I thought I'd gotten comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- and now I am bemused by this new term...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:09:02 -0700
  For what it's worth, here's some images of Digifant ECU from my 1988 WBX 2.1 It worked fine. I see at...
• Hall Sensor TEst 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:28:11 EDT
  On Digifant the Bentley test # 28.43 refers to using a US1115 voltmeter( not a multimeter). The test says if LED flickers, hall sender...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:23:04 -0400
  ...On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 2:08 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The various label later Vanagon Digifant ECUs store trouble...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:50:28 -0500
  This response is from Darrell Boehler, long-time Listmember and originator of the Digitool ecu readout. The digifant models go into closed loop much...
• Re: 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 08:14:49 -0500
  ...This wire measures 182k ohms resistance to ground with a vw ECU and 220k with a bosch ecu plugged to digifant cable.With the...
• Re: What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sun, 5 Sep 2004 17:14:22 -0400
  ...What is Function of temp sensors? (Digifant) > The blue one provides temp data to the ECU and is the more important one > when you...
• Re: Our beloved digifant
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:32:40 EDT
  ...a clip in, could could be giving incorrect voltages to the ECU. >> Robert, I have been following this thread because it may turn on...
• ECU Campaign Details Requested
  Historical mailing list - Vance Gist
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:52:28 +0000
  ...Regards, Vance Please e-mail to J316@msg.ti.com. '86 Westy with dead ECU. Previously owned 411 and '69 bus. If I'd...
• Re: 2.1l ECUs new for $475
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:27:33 -0500
  ...Digifant ECUs for $475. These are the latest and > greatest 025 906 022D ECUs that have the eprom socket for upgrading the ECU > with...
• Re: Digifant II O2 sensor....My questions answered...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 6 Aug 2014 21:40:26 -0700
  ...The internal ground for the O2 is connected to the ECU, not the vehicle frame ground. Unlike the Digifant O2, The Motronic O2 is...
• Re: Are waterboxers junk?ECU CHIP.
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 01:10:44 EDT
  ...Whoa there! VW made the switch from the 1.9 with Digijet fuel injection to the 2.1 with Digifant for the 1986 model...
• AFM related Vanagon Syndrome - occurs in both Digifant and Digijet
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:19:31 -0400
  ...The Syndrome effects both Digijets and Digifants. The following information was found in the archives of the Vanagon.com list or on its web...
• Re: Digitool diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:47:16 -0500
  ...This is actually more work >than just swapping in a digitool equipped ECU. The only advantage this would Ken, the "shunt connector" would simply...
• Re: STILL BUCKING & KICKING!!!
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:12:46 -0400
  ...This was causing our Digifant ECU much confusion. 2) the injectors are supposed to be seated and sealed in the head by small rubber...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:52:40 -0800
  ...My only question on the Vanagon would be does the O2 section of the Digifant I ECU depend on timing signals from the distributor...
• Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled? complexity?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:01:49 -0700
  ...The ECU will tell you what is wrong and what part to replace. This ECU function is required by law. Just my opinion. Gary...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:08:32 -0700
  The various label later Vanagon Digifant ECUs store trouble codes and they can be displayed if you hook up a led and switch as...
• Another call for dead ECUs
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:14:33 -0800
  Hello Listmembers, I was wondering if there were any dead ECUs floating around out there? Digifant, Digijet... i don't really care, but i...
• No Juice to ECU -87
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:46:09 -0800
  sorry - its an 87 syncro digifant. thanks for the quick replys im checkin it out now. Folks, The van wouldn't start out of...
• More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:16:31 -0800
  I have made great progress in reverse engineering AFMs, ECUs and other funny business in the Digifant injection system. It's classic 80's...
• Re: opendigifart
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:55:54 -0800
  > or other ECU hacking related goodness the list would like to share. > My brother's roommate has a late 80's Scirocco and he...
• Re: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 17 May 1999 00:27:01 +0200
  ...Marshall Ruskin wrote: > Hi Per: > > Well, there are two versions, one for digijet, and another for digifant. > > I was under the impression that an...
• Re: Send in the Grounds...
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 22:00:14 -0500
  ...This is a critical ground on both ends for the digifant 86 -91. the one inside next to the ecu rarely gives problems. On...
• Re: '89 2.1i digifant cutting out. Really need some help on this one... ; NOT SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:57:00 -0400
  Jamie; Give the ECU a couple good raps while the engine is idling. If it cuts out you have the infamous solder fatigue problem...
• Re: NO spark 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 16 May 2003 09:53:28 -0600
  ...Got rebuilt ECU from Ken, still no spark. I smell fuel >but no start. I have power to coil. Coil tested good, replaced anyway...
• Re: hesitating when warm? - UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 2 May 2003 08:31:27 -0700
  ...from the O2 connector to pin 2 of the 25 pin Digifant ECU connector. The use it to see if that O2 signal wire...
• Re: Green Fuel injector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Oct 2000 20:47:33 -0700
  ...The wrong coil will cause excessive current flow through the ECU and eventually cause it to fail. I found this out the hard way...
• Headlight Alarm
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:50:40 -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: ECU Wire Corrosion relative to Length and Load (and?)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:39:13 -0800
  ...harvest yet some more parts of the 1.8 Digifant harness but the ECU pins are larger, I think. This is a hard lesson...
• Re: Fwd: Re: ECU Testing
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:41:40 -0700
  ...Admittedly, compared to some, I'm still somewhat of a hack at Digifant trouble shooting but I've found a VOM quite useful. But...
• Re: Cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:18:56 -0400
  ...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: AFM operation query was Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:15:30 -0800
  ...it seems to me.............to get a useful input on a digifant ECU from an air mass meter.. there would have to be an...
• Re: Wow, disaster anytime now ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:14:54 -0500
  ...Bad ecu, mostlikely. One of these days let's have a good , and simple , discussion of how Digijet ( or Digifant ) basicaly works. It's...
• Re: Mailing from Japan
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:31:07 -0700
  ...The ECU is different in late Vanagons.Cost more,too. > > Many issues can be thought to point to the need for a new ECU...
• Re: No start '87 Digifant WAS fuel lines R & R
  Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:21:25 -0500
  ...What are the odds that a relay or ECU would fail at the same moment I decide to replace the fuel lines? What could...
• Re: 1.9 ECU wanted
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:57:09 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Wasserboxer Digijet or Digifant ECU's installed at the factory, just take a look-see in...
• Looking for some Vanagon wiring harness parts
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:38:21 -0400
  Right now I am looking for some parts of the digifant wiring harness. We need the ECU plugs and also the plug for the...
• Re: Weak..... so weak
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:05:53 -0700
  I am going to guess that it relates to what the ECU thinks the AFM is doing. Is there a damaged pin in the...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Sep 2018 22:56:18 -0700
  ...It’s an external computer that was integrated into later year Digifant ECUs for other VW engines. It controls every aspect of closed throttle...
• Re: No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:24:32 -0600
  ...Still no start. > > So this morning I started doing most the ECU/Ignition > test in the bently - everything seemed to check out > ok. I...
• Persistent running rich problem finally fixed. Here's how.
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 01:04:01 -0500
  ...The solution: * On the Digifant ECU terminal 19 there is a brown/black wire that grounds the green O2 sensor outer wire jacket. It...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:32:04 -0500
  ...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: I need advice/help - Elecrical
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 16:11:19 -0500
  ...the ECU. > '88 Carat, Digifant, with some jury-rigging done to the wiring in the > engine compartment. Only have Start signal from ECU. no...
• Re: WBX Digifant Ground Check. No Continuity Between Some Points.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:57:28 -0700
  ...It is FI > sensor common, and may be "ground" when ECU is plugged in(I don't know), > but without the ECU plugged in...
• Re: ECU - 1988 Van
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 09:29:08 -0400
  ...The original ECUs had manufacturing defects (digifant) and they aren't getting better as they age. Rebuilt units we sell repair the known defects...
• Attn: Bruce Conway re: sale items
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:40:35 -0700
  ...Digifant ECU and attached "Digitool" > I sold my Vanagon. Have a ECU from 91 Vanagon with attached "Digitool" made > by Darrell Boehler. It is...
• Oil dripping
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 01:58:56 -0700
  ...and was surprised when they say "bad ECU for that year". Does anybody else having a Digifant experienced problems when driving in the mountains ?
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:25:53 -0400
  No http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/VanagonProTraining/DigiFant/ (page 42-43) I hope the ignition switch was check/replace! Ben On Mon, 23...
• Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 27 May 2010 17:35:33 -0400
  Hi Volks, My 1.9L digifant engine has been sluggish ever since I put it into the bus back in September. It doesn't...
• 87 Double-cab FS, $2500 CDN!
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 21 Oct 2000 23:43:07 -0500
  ...47:27 (EDT) 2.1L digifant, grey in colour with some seam rust, 4speed, front bench seat, recent ECU c/w temp sensors,exhaust...
• Re: '90 Carat Runs Rough...the epic continues...help??!!
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 14:09:40 -0400
  ...was loose on my ECU connector. Van was staling for nothing!!!! Link: http://www.loam.org/vw/Vanagon/VanagonProTraining/DigiFant/ (see page 40) Cheers...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:16:39 -0500
  ...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: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:31:56 -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...