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Subject:Re: Update on the Haltech ECU Hassles
From:John Rodgers
Date:Mon, 1 Dec 2008 06:19:02 -0600

Dear DM&FS,

What Australian masterpiece of an ECU? What hassles?

Obviously I have missed something somewhere.  Can you give me a point of
reference - website or something.a little more on your problems.

Thanks,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Max Wellhouse wrote:
> Well, since I last whined about this Australian masterpiece of an
> ECU, I've done a little research, but more importantly, my son's
> installed a freebie from the internet called DOSBox and it's spozed
> to let you run DOS programs from even the new Vista system.  Well, he
> got the laptop to communicate with the Haltech(something we haven't
> been able to do for like 3 years) and after checking a few things
> out, we find that the Throttle Position Sensor never reads above 30%
> and shortly after that drips to zero.  I guess the MAP sensor allows
> the engine to run at some level, but I have in my hot little hands a
> new TPS and will be installing it tomorrow night and hopefully after
> re-calibrating it, we'll have peace and good once again.  Then we can
> program the idle air control and fool with the coolant maps and cold
> start primer.
>
>  BTW, there is a guy named Matt who calls himself the "Hit Man" and
> he's out of Penrith, and his website and an email or two has brought
> a lot of light to the problems I'm dealing with.  Haltech has been
> helpful too, but not like the Hit Man.  Maybe one more update once I
> get it all fingered out
>
>
> DM&FS
>
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