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Subject:Re: 84 Westy & ECU replacement confusion - help!
From:Ed Berlett
Date:Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:24:56 -0400

There is a list member who does ECU repairs.  Check the archives.  It
has been discussed just recently, (within the last month).  Just search
for ECU repair.

Sean O'Neil wrote:
>
> Hi there, I have a 1984 Westy, 1.9L, automatic with digijet FI. My
> mechanic is sure that the ECU is dead. It won't start. Fuel gets
> delivered to the injectors but nothing at all happens after that. He
> swapped th ECU out of another 84 he was working on into my van and it
> ran perfectly.
>
> Here in eastern Canada (NS) replacement parts are too silly priced to be
> taken seriously:
>
> $1,900 CAN for a new VW replacement,
> $800 CAN for a rebuilt Bosch
>
> I have a listmember willing to sell me a good used ECU from an 85 but I
> am concerned about one detail:
>
> My VW part #     025 906 021
> Listee's Part #    025 906 021 C
>
> Is there a significant difference? Maybe something about the difference
> between 84 and 85?
>
> Please send advice ASAP as I am turning in my leased daily driver ( a 97
> Neon - yech) in less than ten days and I really really need a vehicle. I
> disabled ya see and the thought of life without wheels if terrifying.
>
> It's also late June and the highlands of Cape Breton are a callin. Ah, a
> single malt, a decent cigar, and the sliding door open to a beach on the
> raw ocean.
>
> Please help.
>
> Thanks, Sean
>
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