Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:50:21 -0700
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Do U carry spare ECU?
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Yep,spare 1.9 ECU (replaced one in Adrian, TX off I-40 several years ago
coming back from Tennessee to SoCal). Plus a starter (replaced that on
another trip coming back from Tennessee to So Cal 3 yrs ago), extra hard
start relay (I have this installed on all VWs I own and just installed one
on the 914 this past week), alternator (replaced that about 8 years ago in
Turlock, CA rest stop - only 20 minutes to do that!), two distributors,
water pump, thermostat w/O-Ring, AFM, master cylinder, accel cable, ignition
switch (electrical part [gave one away to Bev at the Buses By The
Bridge event a few years ago] and lock cylinder), fuel pump (replaced that a
couple of years ago on a Jerome Jamboree trip in the middle of 100+ degree
heat under an overpass on I-10 about 25 miles east of Quartzsite, AZ), fuel
filters (both square pre filter and cannister filter), fuel pressure
regulator, plugs, rotor, cap, hall unit, ICU, spark plug wire set, coolant
ECU sensor, assorted FI connectors w/pigtails, 2 meters of 7mm fuel hose, 2
meters of 3.5mm vacuum hose, lotsa appropriate clamps, assorted bulbs and
the list goes on and on and on....Very well equipped multi-drawer toolbox
that would normally go on top of a roll-away - this sits on the floor
directly behind the passenger seat.
When you live full time in a Westy, it's best to be prepared for most
contingencies :)
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
75 914 1.8 (No Name Yet)
Full Timing Since March 1999
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 8:59 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
> On the weekend I got a call from a friend in trouble. He had taken a
> group of people up to a lake a few hours from home, using his 86 GL as a
> tour bus. Everything went fine and they made it up the 5000' mountain
> without incident. After unloading he decided to park in a different spot
> and the van would crank fine but not start.
>
> He checked for spark, ouch, a-ok.
> He had just filled the tank, so plenty of gas, bad fuel?
> He bought some starting fluid and it fired right up and quickly died,
> each time he sprayed.
> He changed the fuel filter, no joy.
> He pulled the injectors from one side, no fuel spraying, aha!
> Pulled a fuel line loose, cranked, plenty of flow.
> He pinched the return line shut, cranked, still no spray at injectors
> but a new leak showed in a line.
> Bought an injector noid light, noid light blinked during cranking.
> I told him the ECU could still be at fault, strong enough injector
> pulses to blink the noid light but not enough juice to fire the injectors?
> AAA called, made it home by tow truck.
> Installed his spare ECU from his Westy under bench storage, fired right up!
>
> Mark
>
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