Another Casualty

[Gonyou, Jeremy (.)]

There's the 5V reference...I wonder if a fan would be too much load for that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Programmer [mailto:nwester at eidnet.org]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:08 AM
To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
Subject: Re: Another Casualty


Yeah--maybe one of those chip cooling fans...is there a 5 volt source inside
the ecm ?

Lyndon
----- Original Message -----
From: Gonyou, Jeremy (.) <jgonyou at ford.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:28 AM
Subject: RE: Another Casualty


>
> Yeah, it was about 90 yesterday.  My ECM is not underhood, but is
underdash.
> After work I got in my car and everything fired up fine, but wouldn't run
on my socketed memcal.  I tried about a dozen combinations of known good
chips and memcals - nothing was conclusive.  I replaced the ECM *and* memcal
and everything is fine now...I'm just not %100 sure what happened.
> I'll go with the overheating thing for now...
>
> Thanks for the help, guys (and the sandwich jokes).
>
> Jeremy
>
> Bit of incriminating evidence:  I usually leave the memcal cover off for
quick prom changes.  This probably didn't help.  Yesterday I put velcro on
the cover so I don't have to operate a nut driver to take it off.  Maybe a
fan would be a good diy project?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Programmer [mailto:nwester at eidnet.org]
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:21 PM
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: Another Casualty
>
>
> Really hot day there ?? This may sound funny--but pull your ECM and stick
it
> in the fridge for an hour...and re-install it. If it fires up
fine...butter
> it, it's toast. Did you sandwich cost $7.30 ??
>
> Lyndon.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gonyou, Jeremy (.) <jgonyou at ford.com>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:17 AM
> Subject: Another Casualty
>
>
> >
> > So I go out to Wendy's to get a sandwich and when I get back my Sunbird
> has a high idle, constant SES, and no ALDL comms.  I replaced my hacked up
> memcal with a bone-stock unit, but the same stuff...limp home.
> >
> > Is it just me...or did my ECM go out to lunch the exact same time that I
> did?
> > Is this how the '7730s go, just all the sudden?
> >
> > Jeremy (limping home)
>
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