WITW - The PF Exxon Valdez!

[MikkiJayne]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

So, dumb question here, is this the engine ECU or the gearbox?

Engine ECU. With the manual swap the gearbox ECU will go away

Originally Posted by ainarssems

I will have to gig through some old files and emails.

If you can find the file that would be fab, and may well change the direction of this project I can write the eproms

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Engine ECU. With the manual swap the gearbox ECU will go away

Ah, wasn't sure if it was still needed in some limited way to keep the engine ECU happy even though it won't be doing much.

[MikkiJayne]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

Ah, wasn't sure if it was still needed in some limited way to keep the engine ECU happy even though it won't be doing much.

That has been done in the past - keep the TCU and fudge the F125 to be in neutral so the engine still runs ok, but its a nasty hack. If I'm going to do it I'll be making it the way the factory did with a manual ECU that doesn't expect there to be a TCU at all

[MikkiJayne]

Turns out the eprom is a surface-mount 27C1024 so I'm not messing with that - I don't have the gear to remove and re-fit it. Bottom right with the sticker on it.



However, having realised I have almost all the parts needed to do the manual swap I put the original manual ECU number in to ebay for a laugh. One available, in Lithuania, for £100 delivered! Er, yoink!

So, if anyone reading the thread is pondering buying this when its done, you've got two weeks to get in touch and let me know whether you want it manual or automatic

In the meantime, I'll be working out how to make my clutch pedal solution work with the PF's accelerator cable...

[Ronin]

I do have the tools to remove it and put it back on and I'll be passing by your workshop next week, you are welcome to borrow them or I can do it for you.

If the board has conformal coating on it it will be a pain to do it.

[Snaggle57]

I’ll buy the ecu if you want to convert mine instead

[MikkiJayne]

Originally Posted by Ronin

I do have the tools to remove it and put it back on and I'll be passing by your workshop next week, you are welcome to borrow them or I can do it for you.

If the board has conformal coating on it it will be a pain to do it.

I may take you up on that if the ebay ECU doesn't work out, although I won't know that by next week. Its been a long time since I did surface mount work. There's no coating on the board

Originally Posted by Snaggle57

I’ll buy the ecu if you want to convert mine instead

If Ronin is on board with socketing the ECUs then that's certainly one less hurdle. There's still a very limited amount of manual parts though. If I convert this one I'm almost certainly sacrificing the swap in my grey FL, or at least not being able to do it with factory parts.

[strummagnet]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

So, if anyone reading the thread is pondering buying this when its done, you've got two weeks to get in touch and let me know whether you want it manual or automatic

In the meantime, I'll be working out how to make my clutch pedal solution work with the PF's accelerator cable...

Maybe I should not have mentioned a manual gearbox.....

[Ronin]

I wonder what the asking price will be for a perfect s8 like this...

[pete-p]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

One available, in Lithuania, for £100 delivered! Er, yoink!

That's interesting, I sold my spare headlight washer pressure cylinder to someone in Lithuania, it took weeks to get through customs so be prepared to wait!