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Subject:Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
From:Mark Hersh
Date:Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:57:34 -0700

Getting off the sailboat and back onto terrafirma.

Yes.  And I had to replace it on Day 2 of a month-long trip in 2008 at an
I-90 rest stop west of Missoula.  That was with a fresh engine and rebuilt
tranny and lots of other $tuff done to the beast. Bought it from a guy that
put a Subaru in his 1990.

Dang glad I had it as it was the Sunday of Labor Day weekend.  Even if I get
towed to Missoula, we sit a while.

But now I don't have a spare and I read David's piece about solder
fatigue...  makes me wonder if my original has a problem like that.  It was
an intermittent miss, then it started cutting out real badly.  Actually
back-tracked to the rest stop b/c was too skeered to go forward any longer.

Mark Hersh
86 Campmobile Six-Seater "Monty"

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