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• Trade spare digijet ecu for digifant ecu?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:56:19 -0500
  Is anyone interested in trading a digijet ecu (from an 84 GL) for a digifant ecu? Sorry, but I really don't want to...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 17:42:10 -0800
  ...I didn't think there was such provisions in the Digifant ECU... On another note, does anyone know if the Digifant and Digifant II...
• Re: ECU
  Historical mailing list - Carol Premack
  Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:48:46 -0600
  AFAIK, all digifant ecus (1986-1991) are compatible and all digijet ecus (1983 1/2-1985) are compatible. You just can't mix digijet...
• Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:52:26 EST
  Does anyone have a schematic diagram of the internal components of the digifant ECU for an 87 Vanagon? Rico Dagastino Munford, TN
• Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:25:41 -0700
  Anyone know where I can get my filthy paws on a euro-spec Digifant ECU? -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"
• Disconnect O-2 sensor>>Digifant II: Son of Digifant? Tell Me More
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 22:16:31 -0600
  ...Be still my heart! Can this be true? Please tell me 'tis so, and specifically which Digifant II ECU (is there only one Digifant...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:11:47 -0700
  ...I could-should dig out a jetta ecu I have and see if it says 'Digifant II' on it .. wouldn't surprise me if...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:50:09 +0200
  On 9/16/07, Jerry Baker <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Bob, > Does the EURO ECU (13 HP GAIN) work with Digifant > USA 2.1...
• ECU Recall?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Fri, 7 Feb 1997 10:03:01 -0500
  Hi All, I have yet to turn up definitive proof that VW actually recalled the digifant ECU's. I've confirmed that VW did...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:52:42 -0700
  ...ECU firmware location > On 9/16/07, Jerry Baker <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Bob, >> Does the EURO ECU (13 HP GAIN) work with Digifant...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 10:14:01 -0700
  > > John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. > > I think maybe I am asking for something that doesn't exist. Upon closer examination...
• ECU Chip Upgrade and Digifant Tool
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Danrich
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 18:30:29 -1000
  ECU Chip Upgrade and the Digifant Tool: So hear I go on a learning journey of the use of the Digifant Tool and what...
• Re: ECU Recall?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 15:15:35 -0800
  Tony Moore wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have yet to turn up definitive proof that VW actually recalled the > digifant ECU's. > > I've confirmed...
• 90 Jetta ECU Digifant II for sale
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 15:51:36 -0700
  ...90 Jetta ECU Digifant II for sale, $50. It is nice to have a spare one. Bobby Folsom CA 82 Westy http://www.jps...
• Re: Digifant ECU - Difference in Yrs 86-91???
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:30:09 -0400
  ...Digifant ECU - Difference in Yrs 86-91??? > > > I have an 86 Van that has a bad ECU. > > It runs fine with a borrowed ECU...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:46:20 -0700
  ...Wiki entry for Digifant. > The author is not very Vanagon focused ...but more Golf/jetta focused. > he talks of the ECU havinga knock sensor...
• Digifant ECU - Difference in Yrs 86-91???
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 11:54:19 -0400
  ...I thought all the 86-91 Digifant motors the ECU's were interchangeable... Am I right???.... which would mean my 90 ECU is bad...
• Digifant ECU question ....Suffix D or not
  Historical mailing list - "Scott Daniel - Turbovans (by way of Rob )"
  Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:57:55 -0800
  ...what year vanagon with digifant 2.1 engine and fuel injection system uses the 'Suffix D' ECU ? can a non suffix D ecu and...
• Re: Digifant circuits
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 08:29:45 -0500
  ...will find the 022d ecu will blink out codes. The codes appear to be the same as some digifant 2 units that were used...
• Re: ECU Recall?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Sun, 9 Feb 1997 11:19:44 -0500
  ...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 firmware location
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:48:41 +0200
  ...ECU firmware location > > > > On 9/16/07, Jerry Baker <jbvelo@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Bob, > >> Does the EURO ECU (13 HP GAIN) work with Digifant...
• Wanted: Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 18:16:36 -0400
  This chap is faced with a CDN$1000 bill for a new ECU. Does anyone have a Digifant ECU they can part with for...
• amusing, perhaps intriguing ECU auction
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 23:16:36 -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 ECU - Difference in Yrs 86-91???
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:08:45 -0500
  ...ECU. > > I thought all the 86-91 Digifant motors the ECU's were > interchangeable... > > Am I right???.... which would mean my 90 ECU is...
• Chip upgrade for Digijet?
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:18:37 -0400
  ...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: Digifant Tool
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:07:14 -0800
  ...The Digifant tool has 6 LEDs that help in the diagnosis of Digifant ECU and its sensors / controls. LEDs are used where... URL: taos...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:33:00 -0400
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > > > > Frank - > > > > John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. > > > > $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an awful lot...
• DIGIFANT ECU FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:15:29 -0700
  I have a BOSCH Digifant I ECU removed from my '89 Carat for sale. Part Number 025 906 022D. This ECU looks/works like...
• Digifant ECU housing wanted
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:35:56 EDT
  I am thinking about getting an extra ECU housing to make it easier to change ECUs during dyno tests. Anybody have a spare laying...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:04:38 -0400
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > Frank - > > John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. > > $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an awful lot...
• # ECU / Digifant tool connector questions
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 22:23:07 MST
  Hello again, I was thinking about playing with the Digifant tool (designed by Darrell Boehler) discussed on this list several times (I seem to...
• digifant ecu core needed
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 11:00:00 -0500
  Hi All, I need your old broken digifant ecus (86 -91) for parts and rebuilds. Paying $25 for triumph adler and bosch, or $50...
• Re: ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:59:35 -0500
  ...liter gas Digifant I believe (should be just like an MV motor only more power).I also imagine that the ECU for this engine...
• NEED '87 Digifant ECU
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:15:23 -0500
  ...need an ECU for the '87, mine does not fire the injectors, is my '90 ECU compatible, are all Digifant ECU's essentially compatible...
• Re: Does the ECU remember? Learn? Or simply React?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:13:30 -0500
  Robert, AFAIK the Digifant ECU has no memory. -Larry Robert Lilley wrote: > <snip> Does the ECU remember the signals that it received during operation...
• Re: digitool and ecu service
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:19:56 -0400
  ...This makes it necessary that the ecu be shipped to me for > installation of the cable. I make a digitool for both the digifant...
• Re: Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 22:40:19 -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: FilmStar for 86-91 Digifant VW Transporter?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:27:23 -0400
  ...Does anyone have quick access to the ECU # for our Digifants? I'll forward it to them for benefit of the list. This sounds...
• Re: ECU Lifespan?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:29:56 -0600
  Hi Darrell Johnson, Most defective digifant ecus I repair have bad solder connections. These seem to happen because of the heat. The vanagon digifant...
• Digifant & the Throttle Position Switch
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 22:13:56 -0800
  Another Digifant question... Just wondering if the Digifant ECU ignores ALL sensors until the engine is warmed up or is it just the O2...
• Re: FilmStar for 86-91 Digifant VW Transporter?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Min
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 10:20:00 -0700
  ...Does anyone have quick access to the ECU # for our Digifants? I'll forward it to them for benefit of the list. This sounds...
• Re: 90 Jetta ECU Digifant II for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 02:02:29 -0400
  on 8/24/2000 6:51 PM, Robert Zezoff at shilohz@jps.net wrote: > Sorry to bug the list, but.... > 90 Jetta ECU Digifant...
• Re: ECU Connector Compatibility
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:16:41 -0400
  The same connector was use on all golf, Jetta, and fox models witch required an ECU. CIS-E, digifant , and maybe newer systems. problems...
• How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:33:08 -0800
  ...Looking at my Vanagon Bentley, I see B+ from alternator going to the Digifant control unit relay, then off to the Digifant ECU. Seems...
• Re: Digifant ECU question ....Suffix D or not
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:21:12 -0800
  All of the 2.1 Digifant can use the same replacement ECUs. The 86/87 initially had different ECUs ending in 022. The later...
• Re: ECU NEEDED - me too!
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:22:10 -0400
  ...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: Igntion coil failure
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:15:47 -0400
  ...ECU controls both the voltage and firing > of the coil. Hi Stuart, Thanx for the suggestion. It's hard to imagine that the Digifant...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:33:52 -0400
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > Frank - > > John was asking for a DigiFANT, not DigiJET ECU. > > $395 (CND) ($341.68 USD) sounds like an awful lot...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:24:19 -0700
  The ECU is deeply involved with ignition in 1986 and newer model Vanagons with 2.1 Digifant. The signals from the hall unit go...
• Re: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:22:43 -0400
  ...Euro-spec Digifant ECU? > So Bob, for the sake of others, what fuel should we use? > > Me, i'm on my third tank, first...
• Re: ECU firmware location
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Baker
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:40:27 -0500
  Bob, Does the EURO ECU (13 HP GAIN) work with Digifant USA 2.1? What is the cost of the EURO ECU? Jerry Baker...
• Re: Engine died, ecu quick look
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 30 Mar 2020 09:11:16 -0700
  ...... and I'm happy to open up and take pics of my "spare" known good WBX Digifant ECU. On 3/30/20, Neil N...
• ECU Repair Post Needed!!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:02:06 -0500
  It's me again, the frantic ECU guy :-( Tim Smith tells me somebody posted a repair procedure for the digifant ecu. If anyone has...
• Re: Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:48:34 -0800
  Digifant ll is similar to Vanagon Digifant with these differences: A knock sensor , idle stabilization controlled by the ECU( no idle stabilizer relay), and...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:56:39 -0700
  This this the schematic for the INSIDES of the Digifant II ECU? If so I would LOVE to have a copy of it. At...
• Re: ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:11:02 +0100
  ...liter gas Digifant I believe (should be just like an MV motor only more power). I also imagine that the ECU for this engine...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 14:40:18 -0400
  David Marshall wrote: > > Volkswagen never made the schematic for the Digifant ECU available to the > public or to their dealers. David, I have the...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 23:37:46 -0500
  Ahhhh! JR mark drillock wrote: >The ECU is deeply involved with ignition in 1986 and newer model >Vanagons with 2.1 Digifant. The signals...
• digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:31:26 -0500
  ...The 6 LEDs , rotary switch, a db 25 pin female connector for probing digifant / digijet ecu pins and the LCD volt meter are all...
• 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