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Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:42 pm

you guys are so helpful :roll: NOT

im gonna fix it...so good luck buying it off me. i have a minimum of 10k in mind. :P

Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:27 pm

Stuart, is Maisy still jealous because you are consorting with someone younger, sportier and water-cooled? You know, that hussy of a Jetta? You are not going to be able to repair this relationship until you dedicate some serious one-on-one time to her. A nice dinner, maybe the promise of a road trip.

Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:54 pm

sunnydog wrote: Stuart, is Maisy still jealous because you are consorting with someone younger, sportier and water-cooled? You know, that hussy of a Jetta? You are not going to be able to repair this relationship until you dedicate some serious one-on-one time to her. A nice dinner, maybe the promise of a road trip.

a road trip WILL happen if she decides to run. ill take her out to monroe for some quality winter camping on a river :D

Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:58 pm

Dude, Ive already pulled the motor, did the body work, painted and am now assembling the 74 in the time you started this thread :lol:

Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:02 pm

the hell you didnt paint it! thats fricken quick!

Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:05 pm

Stuartzickefoose wrote: the hell you didnt paint it! thats fricken quick!

Quit reading tall tales on the internet and go fix your bus.

Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:16 pm

notchboy wrote: Stuartzickefoose wrote: the hell you didnt paint it! thats fricken quick!

Quit reading tall tales on the internet and go fix your bus.

:lol:

jetta first, bus next, moms car third.

Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:11 pm

SOLVED!

swapped the ECU with a known good, fired right up. :D i took it for a test drive immediately, and she performed as beautifully as she usually does. :D i love my two girls, tracy the jetta and maisy the bus.

tracy ended up being a 12 dollar crank position sensor....fixed that today too! go figure id fixed both in the same day....:D what a fantastic day it is, wouldnt ya say?

and sorry boys, looks like ill be keeping both my girls for now ;)

Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:34 pm

Nice job! Now you better keep your promise or Maisy might get upset again. Be sure to take pics of the road trip you promised!

Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:37 am

Stuartzickefoose wrote: SOLVED!

swapped the ECU with a known good, fired right up. :D i took it for a test drive immediately, and she performed as beautifully as she usually does. :D i love my two girls, tracy the jetta and maisy the bus.

tracy ended up being a 12 dollar crank position sensor....fixed that today too! go figure id fixed both in the same day....:D what a fantastic day it is, wouldnt ya say?

and sorry boys, looks like ill be keeping both my girls for now ;)

Open up that control unit you took out and see if you can determine what went wrong.

Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:51 am

I was going to guess the whole thing was caused by Valero brand gasoline - the stuff is terrible. :lol:

Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:26 am

nathansnathan wrote: I was going to guess the whole thing was caused by Valero brand gasoline - the stuff is terrible. :lol:

Thats just cuz its meant for Texas cars :wink:

Tue Dec 11, 2012 8:39 am

Tram wrote: Stuartzickefoose wrote: SOLVED!

swapped the ECU with a known good, fired right up. :D i took it for a test drive immediately, and she performed as beautifully as she usually does. :D i love my two girls, tracy the jetta and maisy the bus.

tracy ended up being a 12 dollar crank position sensor....fixed that today too! go figure id fixed both in the same day....:D what a fantastic day it is, wouldnt ya say?

and sorry boys, looks like ill be keeping both my girls for now ;)

Open up that control unit you took out and see if you can determine what went wrong.

good idea, ill tear into it tonight 8)

Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:38 pm

Did you ever open up the ECU and find the problem? Is it possible to have them repaired? I know/think the ECU from my '72 V8 Benz is all regular electronic components, no chips I think.

Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:32 pm

did open it up, i think it fried the electronic board somehow. didnt see the problem. i didnt look very close, but later realized a few dead shorts to ground at various times are what likely caused my problems.

Wed Nov 27, 2013 5:40 pm

i think i found out why this ECU fried. i think i back fed it voltage by shorting out the battery, voltage spiked the lines by running it on just the alternator, and hooked up jumper cables wrong more than once briefly.

Wed Nov 27, 2013 6:51 pm

So tell me what happened with the whole pond thing.

Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:04 pm

Yes, yes, more of this pond...

I saw some hint pics on Facebook... But hope there's some better photo documentation of this most recent fiasco!

Wed Nov 27, 2013 7:27 pm

look up clean fuel injectors on You Tube, I found a vid that showed how to clean them and did that on my Beemer bike, and that helped. I had an old three cylinder Yamaha XS750 that every time I ran it low on gas I had to pull the carbs and clean them out. When you look at how small the openings are on injectors and carb jets it doesn't take much to clog them up. I just finished replacing all the fuel lines on my Lil Dusty, and I have 4 fuel filters on her, because I know there's a ton of crap in the tank.