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There are tons of ECU's avail out there. They generally eather work or they dont but the very seldom fail... connecting the battery backwards is about the only thing that will kill them. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gamboa, Gary" <Gary.Gamboa@sylvania.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: RE: [T3] ECU replacement was Jump starting > This has me thinking...what happens if one's ECU goes bad? > > I assume this is NLA. When the ECU's are all gone, are T3 > FI's useless? > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gamboa, Gary > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:58 PM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: RE: [T3] Jump starting > > > Would this apply if the car your jumping the battery > from was hooked up wrong; but the T3 was hooked up correctly? > > How could you tell if the computer was ruined. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 1:44 PM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] Jump starting > > > On 27 Jan 2004 at 9:57, Gamboa, Gary wrote: > > > Can any damage be done when attempting to > > jump start a t3 with the cables reversed. > > If you put the cables on backwards you should get a big spark even if your > battery is dead. If you stop at this point there won't be any damage. If you > actually try to start the car then anything which is solid state may be ruined. > This would include the radio (if it is on), the turn signal relay (maybe), the > FI computer.... > > -- > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > > >