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Subject:Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun?
From:Eric Caron
Date:Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:35:22 -0400

Hurray Alistair! 

Amazing!  Truly amazing.  And, like many others I’ve saved this thread for future reference.

But, not all messages came through. 

For example what T-shirt?  This may be important! 

Now, I certainly hope everyone’s van runs perfectly, but I’m looking forward to the next group effort! 

I urge folks to reply all and keep the info coming to all of us. 

Alistair you are a rock star!

Eric 

> On Mar 31, 2020, at 8:43 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Right on Alistair. Nice to know an ECU can be saved like that!
> 
> Kind of late to ask but when soldering, did you use a heat sink on the
> leg of that transistor?
> 
> At the group: is use of a heat sink even needed on a transistor of
> that size when soldering it?
> 
> Neil.
> 
> On 3/31/20, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> It worked!
> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 5:04 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> No, bottom left is pin 25.
>>> Pin 25 is the ignition coil trigger from it's driver transistor.
>>> That check mark for the middle pin of the transistor appears to show that
>>> your bad solder joint is for the pin 25 signal as hoped.
>>> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil n
> 
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