| Subject: | Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun? |
| From: | Stephen Grisanti |
| Date: | Tue, 31 Mar 2020 22:52:53 -0400 |
T-shirt suggestion: I Fixed My Vanagon ECU With A Soldering Gun And All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt...And a Running Vanagon. Stephen Mobile > On Mar 31, 2020, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > 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 >> >> VE7TBN >> >> 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt >> >> 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8 >> >> VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>
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