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Subject:Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
From:RiffOil
Date:Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:19:28 -0700

I carry my AAA card

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On Apr 13, 2010, at 9:24 AM, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:59 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net>
> wrote:
>> On the weekend I got a call from a friend in trouble. He had taken a
>> group of people up to a lake a few hours from home, using his 86 GL
>> as a
>> tour bus. Everything went fine and they made it up the 5000' mountain
>> without incident. After unloading he decided to park in a different
>> spot
>> and the van would crank fine but not start.
> .....
>> Installed his spare ECU from his Westy under bench storage, fired
>> right up!
>>
>> Mark
>
>
> I recently reduced the amount of spares from this
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y3cp26u
>
> to this
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y2h4dwa
>
> Now I'm thinking find a matching Jetta ECU and ditch more of the
> electrical spares to make room for it (really. Who needs to carry that
> much spare wire?  ;^)
>
> Good thought Mark
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
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