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• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:33:00 -0400
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > > Isn't the 112HP ECU also open loop only or is my memory copying/pasting into > the wrong places? > > Jim...
• What a difference an ECU made
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:12:35 -0700
  ...So working on the theory that the ECU was the problem, I asked them to tune the engine with their working ECU, and pop...
• Re: vanagon difficulty
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:03:12 -0700
  > . ) . > > also ..........I don't know everything at all about ecu's in cars. > but I do know one thing from reading trade magazines.............comparing...
• Re: ecu 025 906 022 d
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:07:04 EST
  There were two different companies that made ECUs for the Vanagon during a few years in the 86-88 range. Bosch and Triumph Adler...
• Re: 84 not refiring , still flooding ?
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:51:12 -0500
  Steve Cotsford wrote: > When I had a similar problem a couple of years ago, it turned out to be the > ECU. > Apparently when the...
• Identifying ECUs
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sat, 2 Aug 2008 15:27:07 -0700
  Bryan Feddish sent a clean loaner ECU for me to try in my 84 1.9L. It looks like this one: http://gowesty.com...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:36:13 -0700
  This link does not contain much that pertains to stock Vanagon ECUs. The historical and technical inaccuracies make me wonder if it was written...
• Re: vanagon misfiring after 30 mins
  Historical mailing list - John Thomas
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:53:22 -0700
  ...But thanks fo the advice of Joel, Kyle and others on this list, I > conquered it when I cleaned the computer (ECU) connections, i...
• Re: ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:11:02 +0100
  ...I also imagine that the ECU for this engine is somewhat different than that for the MV ... but again, am not certain. Just some...
• Why doesn't fuel shut off?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:06:22 -0700
  ...I know the switch is working and that it is connected to the ECU because I have an LED which I can see while...
• FW: looking for used ECU for '84
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 13:56:53 -0400
  ...looking for used ECU for '84 Two of us traveling to BBTA Labor day want to take an extra ECU for our vans. Anyone...
• Re: FS: ECU and Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 04:38:57 EDT
  In a message dated 8/30/02 7:27:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, james_adams@YAHOO.COM writes: > I have an ECU and...
• Drowning van part II wrath of VW salvage yard parts
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:25:52 -0800
  ...of Rastfalia & stretch van fame loaned me a known good ECU to try in place of the "known good" ECU I bought from my...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:20:18 -0700
  ...If it flashes............the ecu is firing the injectors. Cranking it on a remote starter switch is much better since you are right there...
• WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:30:33 -0800
  So in reading Bentley, I see 50 from ignition switch also goes to the ECU (to energize it while cranking?) Symptoms: turn key to...
• Re: WTB: 1.9 WBX ECU or AFM
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:09:37 -0700
  I have 1.9 ecu's for sale. AFM's ...........have those two, but there's a big difference between a used one that...
• Help! need a used vanagon 86 ECU for 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Al Barsketis
  Sat, 25 Aug 2001 22:43:05 EDT
  Anyone willing to sell a working ECU for a 86 2.1 Vanagon Synchro. Mine is fried. [text/html]
• Re: Jetta swap: Check Engine Light Install Electrical Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:20:29 -0700
  re "No continuity is shown between new wire from > ECU and vehicle ground ign. on or off. " if you actually mean what you have...
• ECU weirdness with Cabriolet that may apply to a Vanagon or 2 (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave C
  Sat, 13 May 2000 19:35:07 -0400
  ...I also cleaned up the grounds for the ECU and the contacst points for the housing mounts. As soon as I had everything back...
• Re: Fwd: STRANDED
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 2 Apr 2014 05:50:12 -0700
  The ECU fires the coil. The ECU controls the fuel pump relay. The ECU can't work if it isn't getting power. There...
• ECU
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 19:13:40 -0800
  I'd like to thank everyone on the list that responded with offers to help me out on the spare ECU I wanted to...
• Re: ECU relocation / new 1.9 harnesses
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:36:38 -0800
  ...I even take the 86 and alter 2.1 metal ECU cover and use them to mount ECU's in, looks factory, etc. Just...
• Re: Any list members in Richmond / Mechanicsville area??
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:56:08 -0700
  ...Stephen --- Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > That would be willing to let me swap in an ECU into > their 2.1 Vanagon to...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving - RESOLVED for now
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 6 Apr 2018 21:07:33 -0400
  ...Normal operation is a couple seconds or so when the ECU boots, and then during cranking and any time the ECU is getting timing...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:08:52 -0500
  ...He stressed that the digi-jet ECU is grounded through the ECU housing, through the ECU mounting bracket, then through the screws that hold...
• Re: Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:45:08 -0800
  ...eeeeeck! This Ground-Wire exits the ECU, separate from the Main ECU Cable if memory serves me right. Just enough wire to snip and...
• Re: VW relay #53, 141 951 253B
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:22:34 -0700
  ...On 6/1/16, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote: > "the ECU "supplies" negative > to fuel pump relay 85"That's correct, Neil. > The...
• Re: ECU for CA
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 23:27:32 -0700
  NO! The california ecu is NOT exchangable with the federal!!!! Your Cal model has an O2 sensor and federal models don't. You also...
• Re: ECU Testers for sale- proceeds to PIF Fund. "digitool"
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:37:03 -0800
  ...Sunday, December 13, 2009, 7:14 PM > Folks, > Shoebox Electronix and Van-Cafe have donated two ECU > testers- one for 83-85 and one...
• Fwd: ECU's
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:55:01 -0500
  ...I also have what I believe is a Tiico (SA) ECU RSU 906 258A. Both worked correctly when removed from vehicles when said vehicles...
• Re: does anyone have a 85'ECU to try swapping and or purchase
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:35:13 EST
  ...issues with the 85' I'm pretty much left with the ECU > ......looking to buy and or try to see if it is that...
• Re: Dem ole Vanagon blues
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 25 Feb 2017 09:26:44 -0800
  may be this http://www.van-cafe.com/8691-ecu-electrical-diagnosis-tool or this http://www.van-cafe.com/8691-shop-ecu-monitor...
• AMS ecu upgrade??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:45:04 -0800
  ...It has digifant I and AMS has a ECU upgrade. Any suggestions or advice? Thanks
• Re: more information on engine swap/fuel pump woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:08:11 -0700
  You should have someone turn the key on and off a few times while you hold a finger on the ECU power relay. It...
• Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:24:54 -0400
  The electronic ignition control module is NOT the same as the fuel injection ECU. The ignition module is a dinky little chip in that...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:32:18 -0800
  ...A few years back, by Digijet 1.9 ECU took a dump in the Texas Panhandle. I always carry a spare :) Digijet ECUs are...
• 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...
• Re: FS: ECU and AFM for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Bob Allen
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:26:05 -0400
  If I am replacing 1.9 in an 84 with a 2.1 from an 87 do I need to change the ECU and...
• Where do I stick this?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:01:11 -0400
  ...In the early 80s VW utilized a secondary emissions ECU, usually made by a company named "HJS". This HJS ECU had its own wiring...
• Re: ECU's - don't ask me the hard questions!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 20 Aug 2017 11:46:25 -0700
  > The 022 and 022 D ECUs operate interchangeably. < snaps fingers > Oh well. Figured they were but..... On 8/20/17, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal...
• ecu swap / seats
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 05:40:09 -0600
  -------------------------- Hi Volks, A friend and fellow listee Budd Premack would like to swap a digijet ecu with digitool cable installed for a digifant ecu...
• Re: Spare ECU
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:23:24 -0500
  At 01:32 PM 2/27/2011, Don Hanson wrote: >It's my understanding the ECUs seldom fail..so seldom that while I have...
• Re: ECU q's
  Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 21:32:07 -0500
  > > Does anyone know if an ECU from an '84 with a 1.9L and a/c will work on an > > '86 with a 2...
• Re: ECU Rebuilds
  Historical mailing list - Steve Arbaugh
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:28:13 -0700
  ...I replaced the ecu in my '85 some years ago with a rebuilt box from Fuel Injection Corp (or Inc, not sure now). It...
• An ECU Thing I Learned Today
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:42:10 -0700
  On one of my Digijet ECUs, the engine bogs sometimes when pulling away from a stop. With the other, it does not. -- Rocky J...
• 87 ECU, ALT, DIST for sale
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 18:44:34 -0400
  ...these parts for sale, can get other engine parts if needed, engine has cracked piston. ECU is for digifant, can supply part # if needed.
• FS: ECU for late model
  Historical mailing list - (Christopher j. Pierce)
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:58:44 EDT
  I am selling a 110000 mile ecu that work perfectly.$500 Out of a 1988, 4 speed. ANd a couple of fuel pumps. 75...
• ECU: manual vs auto
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:05:01 -0500
  Hey Listers, Can anyone tell me if the ECU's for air cooled Vanagons differ between the automatic and manual transmissions? Thanks, Jake 82...
• Re: engine theory, ECUs , AFMs and whatnot
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:38:54 -0700
  Sorry guys, Use http://www.jagweb.com/aj6eng/ for the rest of the ECU / AFM information, interspesed in the articles on performance and repair.
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:07:20 -0500
  My '84 7-passenger has ECU behind left taillight and Idle Stabilizer and ICM are on left side of engine compartment just ahead of...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:16:10 -0400
  ...O2 sensor >disconnected from ECU input and meter input. Meter input and ECU >input still connected together, meter sat steady at midscale. >Unless, as...
• Re: No Start Scenario
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:47:21 -0700
  ...ECU supplies > ground to FP relay which energizes relay. > I'm unclear as to whether or not + at ECU relay 86 is supplied to...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?--failure prevention
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Johnson
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:51:50 -0800
  ...Darrell's discussion got me thinking of the market for spare ECU's. A reconditioned ECU with the resolder work, inspection that Darrell mentions...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:25:41 EST
  ...These instructions imply that the ECU will set > itself up for the type of driving that is being done. That further implies > that there...
• Shoebox ECU Monitor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:55:49 -0500
  I spoke to using mine to identify a bad ECU, and couldn't remember the details, but it came to me later. That montor...
• Re: ECU 022D error codes?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:16:54 -0500
  ...ECU 022D error codes? Dear Volks, Does someone out there know the error codes for the 022D ECU, and how to invoke them? Thanks...
• Re: testing 84 ECU into 85?
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:33:25 -0700
  I have successfully used every Digijet ECU for testing with every Digijet model. Coby Valley Wagonworks "Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959" Volkswagen...
• 1.9 ECU wanted
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:03:43 -0400
  ...I tried to take my beloved Brown Betty out of storage this weeken and sometime over the winter the ECU gave up the ghost...
• anyone have an extra ECU plug? Don't need the whole harness...
  Historical mailing list - Adam Behle
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:06:15 -0800
  Hi, Does anyone have an extra ECU plug laying around with 12 inches or so of wire still attached? I don't need the...
• Ecu question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:25:43 -0700
  Vano savants, Do all syncros [with stock engines] use the same ecu? I think there are different iterations of it but don't all...