Re: [T3] 70 Square FI problem???

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

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	Wow!  I think out of many hundreds of f.i. cars owned by 
listees over the years, yours is only the second confirmed ecu 
failure that I can recall.  The other is Mark Fuhriman's '69 Fastback 
-- I think it was some intermittent trouble when cold, not a total 
failure.

	While it's certainly not impossible for the brain to fail, it 
seems to be very rare -- and there have been many cases where 
perfectly good brains have been replaced (expensively) by mechanics 
who were diagnosing by the "let's have the customer replace this 
expensive part and see what happens next" method.

	As with other f.i. parts, it's good insurance to stock up on 
cheap spares at swap meets or from places like ebay.

Just my two bits,
-Greg

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