[Gmecm] Caprice Prom/ECM help

Edwin Leahy playtoy_18
Mon Aug 29 02:51:18 UTC 2011


Sorry yes,its an 8746 ecm.
The engine is a 305,should be L05 code?
I have a prom from a 94ish 305 or 350 prom/7747 ecm.
Chip burner not quite working,who's a good source to just buy the programmed prom and install?
I'll try and get my burner working,not looking good though.

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On Aug 28, 2011, at 9:43 PM, Bill Hamilton <scoutii76 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 89 caprice should be an 8746 ecm. it's the car version of the 7747.
>  
> The limphome chip is the small chip soldered in on  the right in the 8746.
>  
> It will run the vehicle without the main chip.
>  
> You didn't give the engine.
> Plenty of bins avail on the gmecm or moates site.
>  
> Here's an 89 5.0 and a 5.7 bin.
> 
>  
> > From: playtoy_18 at yahoo.com
> > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:15:25 -0500
> > To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > Subject: [Gmecm] Caprice Prom/ECM help
> > 
> > Need help with an '89 caprice ECM.
> > Friend pulled a prom failure code from it shorting ALDL.
> > Idles high and CEL flickers,no data exchanged with scantool.
> > Figured it was bad prom so finally able to pull ECM to see what ID the prom had.
> > Found no prom and only an empty spot.
> > ECM has been replaced with reman,figure they prob didnt swap chip.
> > 
> > 1st of all,how the heck is it running/driving? Isnt the backup on the calpack?
> > Also,what ID am i looking for to replace with?
> > I was hoping to get info and numbers from the prom.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated,i'm OBDI dumb.
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
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