You are right.  I have swapped with another good ecu, same result.

Adam P
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Charleston,SC     Coburn, WV

"Mountaineers are always free"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone with an 86-up running vanagon in Charleston, SC?

> The one thing that haunts my mind about this van is instance of
> "Reversed polarity" ... even for a very short period of time.
>
> Micro chip circuitry just doesn't do well with reversed polarity and I
> can't help but wonder if the ECU was affected.
>
> Mike
>