<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div class="ydp84b342bdjb_0 ydp84b342bdX_6MGW ydp84b342bdN_6Fd5" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014"><div class="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydp74e37c85yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size: 16px;"><div dir="ltr">Again, for the group benefit...</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">I can see physically one of the ECUs has a failed transistor; just as you describe, rust of the pins due to the porous spacer. On one the can is actually tilted from the pin failing:</div><div dir="ltr">[img]https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/2266641.jpg[/img]<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Both ECUs respond to the terminal 19 grounding, so I believe both have the failed transistor.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Jim, I could probably solder it myself, but I am leaning toward having you fix both (to avoid breaking anything while opening up the ECU cases), so watch for a separate email about that soon.</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp84b342bdjb_0 ydp84b342bdX_6MGW ydp84b342bdN_6Fd5" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="ydp84b342bdqtd-body" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 8px;"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014yqtfd45800" class="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014yqt2047064658"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydpba535319yahoo_quoted_1203026039" class="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydpba535319yahoo_quoted"><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydpba535319yiv9144391557"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;"><div dir="ltr">==================================<br clear="none">Message: 2<br clear="none">Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 02:56:31 -0600<br clear="none">From: jadney@vwtype3.org<br clear="none">To: type3@vwtype3.org<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [T3] I think I found my stalling problem!<br clear="none">Message-ID: <6555D93F.24334.1FDE6F9@jadney.vwtype3.org><br clear="none">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yes, I can still do this. I'm afraid it's quite a bit of work, just getting to the transistors and<br clear="none">sealing the brains back up, so it costs $50 per brain, plus shipping. If you'd care to send both<br clear="none">at once I could take $10 off the second one.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Before you go to the trouble of sending them to me, let's make SURE the brain is the<br clear="none">problem. Have you checked the wire #19 connection in the engine compartment? Sometimes<br clear="none">that gets disconnected and reconnected loosely. Do you know where that is?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If that looks good, make SURE that shorting that connection to ground makes the pump run.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If that works, when you remove the brain, short #19 in the brain connector to ground and<br clear="none">verify that the pump then runs.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If all those things work, that narrows it down the something, the transistor, inside the brain.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jim<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 15 Nov 2023 at 20:12, Phil Hof wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;">Hi Jim,<br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;">I am answering for the group's benefit.<br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;">No, I installed a jumper and have been running it that way ever since.<br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;">I would like to repair both the failed ECU and a backup ECU's transistors.<br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;">Do you still offer this service and/or parts?<br clear="none"></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;">Thanks,</blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div class="ydp84b342bdjb_0 ydp84b342bdX_6MGW ydp84b342bdN_6Fd5" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="ydp84b342bdqtd-body" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px; padding: 8px;"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014yqtfd45800" class="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014yqt2047064658"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydpba535319yahoo_quoted_1203026039" class="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydpba535319yahoo_quoted"><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><div id="ydp84b342bdyiv1631022014ydpba535319yiv9144391557"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px;"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">=================================</span></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>