Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:33:50 -0500
Reply-To: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject: Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
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Hi David,
$100 is a good deal. I bought a digifant ecu for $65 last year while
junkyarding in SLO (California central coast). Sometimes we get lucky. I
have also bought broken ones for more at times.
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
From: David F. <feick@TELERAMA.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
> My local junk yard (pittsburgh, PA) found a used one in New England and
> got it for me for $100. A lot better than $500.
>
> On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Karl Wolz wrote:
>
> > Send it to listmember Darrel Boehler for an analysis/rebuild for a
hundred
> > bucks or so. Super easy to work with.
> >
> > midwesty@MIDWEST.NET for info.
> >
> > Karl Wolz
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Sean O'Neil <soneil@NS.SYMPATICO.CA>
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 11:24 AM
> > Subject: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
> >
> >
> > > My mechanic says the ECU is dead in my 84 1.9L wasserboxer. Prices in
my
> > > part of the world (east coast of Canada) range from $500 Can up to
$1900
> > > Can from the dealer. He knows I can't pay that kind of money.
> > >
> > > So I spent the better part of last night cruising the archives for
> > > possible alternatives. I found several but the most intriging one is
the
> > > following:
> > >
> > > J.C. Whitney
> > > SKU# 13ZX4336R
> > > Electonic Ignition Control Module
> > > "Replaces original perfectly. For VW with electronic ignition
including
> > > 84-85 Vanagon 1.9L"
> > > $39.95 USD
> > >
> > > I called them this aft and spoke to someone in their tech support
> > > department. It seems that they cannot cross reference their sku to the
> > > proper VW or Bosch part number. Jeez, seemed like a reasonable
question
> > > to me.
> > >
> > > So, has anyone tried this as an ECU replacement for their Digijet
fueled
> > > 84?
> > >
> > > (we're pretty sure it's the ECU thats kaput because the mechanic
swapped
> > > one from another 84 that he was working on and the my van ran
> > > beautifully. Put my old one back in and it didn't run period.)
> > >
> > > All insight and advice appreciated.
> > >
> >
>
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