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In a message dated 1/2/01 5:05:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, stans4@americanisp.net writes: Since I recently posted about my ECU swap, I gotta take issue with this conclusion. When I did the swap it was done very carefully and after much much headscratching. It was on a freshly rebuilt 1600 DP that was experiencing an intermittent stalling and non start scenario. The car had the problem before the rebuild but I was hoping it was due to the 177,000 miles on the engine and sensors. I tried to start the car with the old unit and it wouldn't fire even though it had fuel pressure and spark at the plugs. I had new trigger points in there too and new temp sensors. I already had the ECU pulled from it's position in the fenderwell at the time. I pulled the old ECU off, installed the new one and it fired right up. I immediately reinstalled the old unit and tried to start it and it would not. I reinstalled the 'new' unit and it fired right up again. The irony is that I removed the 'new' ECU from a parts car that the previous owner's 'mechanic' had diagnosed as having a bad ECU. So if everything else checks out, I wouldn't dismiss the idea that the ECU may be bad. It take less than 5 minutes to swap so give it a shot. Also, the distributor popping out the drive gear wouldn't be an intermittent problem but I have seen it baffle more than one VW owner. Robert K 1965 1500s 1969 Squareback AT FI 1967 Sunroof B*g ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe