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Subject:Re: Identifying ECUs
From:Mike Elliott
Date:Sat, 2 Aug 2008 16:39:40 -0700

On 8/2/2008 4:29 PM Mike Collum wrote:

> You have the Triumph-Adler ECU rather than the Bosch ECU.  They're
> interchangeable.  You won't blow anything up.

Drat. 'Splosions are fun.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

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> Mike
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> Mike Elliott wrote:
>> Bryan Feddish sent a clean loaner ECU for me to try in my 84 1.9L. It
>> looks like this one:
>>
>> http://gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4255&search_phrase=ecu&start=
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>> and has part number "025-906-021" on it. It is identified as being correct
>> for my model/year.
>>
>> But the ECU in my 84 looks different:
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>> http://picasaweb.google.com/j.michael.elliott/Vanagon/photo#5230048100272871410
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>> It has heatsinky-fins on the plug side, maybe a different mounting pattern
>> (?), and is labeled "025-906-021C". Says "Digijet" on it.
>>
>> I presume the two are swappable, given that they have the same part
>> number. But I want to make sure before I plug the loaner in and either
>> blow it up, or it makes the engine run backwards (reversing the flow of
>> time?), or a bad smell or something.
>>
>> How many ECUs did VW make for the 1.9L?
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
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