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Subject:Re: ECU Wire Corrosion relative to Length and Load (and?)
From:Neil N
Date:Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:39:13 -0800

Sorry. I "lied". Managed to get the wire out but finding a replacement may
be tricky or at least time consuming. FWIW, image showing tools and more of
wire corrosion. (Yes. I'm sure you're all just dying to see THAT. LOL). As
I was doing with the larger connector pins, I used bailing wire but
obviously a smaller gauge for this:

Image link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AA97WnbILneiSfAs1

I'd hoped I could harvest yet some more parts of the 1.8 Digifant harness
but the ECU pins are larger, I think.

This is a hard lesson, hopefully learned. I'd assumed that since the other
wires near ECU connector were shiny clean, all would be un-corroded. NOT
true.

Neil.

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi folks. This is for OBD1 Motronic on an ABA engine swap but the question
> might apply to the WBX O2 and ECU.
>
> I was cutting back two corroded wires, hoping to find clean strands but
> they're still corroded at 6" from the ECU connector. I don't have the means
> to remove and replace them.
>
>

--
Neil n

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