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Subject:Re: 2.1L engine won't fire
From:John Rodgers
Date:Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:56:03 -0500

No. Swapping in the first place was a pretty good task for an old crippled
guy. The reason for the swap in the first place was that the ECU  in the
'88 GL was modified to use the Shoebox Monitor, which is a great little
trouble shooting tool. I needed it for tuning, It allows you to even drive
the van while simultaneously getting engine performance readouts. At this
point, I have plugged in the monitor, and I'm getting an indication there
is no coil pulse. This happened on the '88 GL one time before. One minute
it ran fine, on the next startup a few minutes later thevcoil was dead.
There was no warning, it just quit. I'll check it out when it gets daylight!

John

On Mar 22, 2017 22:33, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         Kinda Curious here about Why You Switched these ECUs in the 1st
> place & Why
>
> You Did Not Immediately Switch Them Back to see if the Issue would go away
> ~
>
>                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>
> On 22 Mar , 2017, at 5:14 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>
> > Two vans, both running, parked side by side. A  carat, and an '88 GL.
> > SWAPPED ECU's - '88 GL starts, runs! Carat won't even fire! ECU swap was
> > all that was done. Verifide ground and connection were good.
> >
> > What say "the list"?
> >
> > John
>
>