HOW-TO: Bench ECU (w/ Pictures!)
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HOW-TO: Bench ECU (w/ Pictures!)
HOW TO: Polish a turd, aka fix a brick, aka bench your ECU
Author: Saiba Samurai (***************) / Koroshiya (evolutionm.net)
Special Thanks: Tephra, celica2evo, & my wife for ****ting a brick!
Parts Required
- Few feet of 20-24 gauge wire (preferably different colors, I recommend 24 gauge)
- 0.1" female connectors (Need at LEAST 15)
- Heat shrink tubing or electrical tape
Tools Required
- Brick (aka ECU)
- Tactrix Cable
- Power Supply
- Wire Cutters
- Crimpers
- Soldering Iron (optional)
- Heat Shrink Gun or Small Lighter (optional)
Recommended Number of People[/LIST][*]1 (+1 to taunt you incessantly about how the Evo is supposed to be a tuner friendly car…)[/LIST]
Difficulty
- 3 (10 if you drink a beer for every connector you make)
Time to complete
- 30-60 minutes
Step by Step Instructions
- **** a brick.
- Be a real man and make a pile of them!
- Correct your grammar. ****, a brick! (If you don't get this, stop here, you can't handle this.)
- Create a group of wires to power the ECU
ECU Pins:71 -> GROUND
82 -> +12V
92 -> +12V
104 -> +12V
- Create a group of wires to power the ODBII
OBDII Pins:4 -> GROUND
5 -> GROUND
16 -> +12V
- Create a group of wires to connect the ECU to OBDII
ECU to OBDII Pins:ECU 80 -> OBD 7
ECU 90 -> OBD 6
ECU 91 -> OBD 14
ECU 103 -> OBD 12
- Connect the wires to the appropriate pins
- Hook it up to a 12V Power Supply.
- Choose "Alternate flash method" in ECUFlash options.
- Load up your “Last Known Good ROM”
- Flash your Last Known Good ROM - this will take at least a minute.
- Now deselect "Alternate flash method" in ECUFlash options.
- Flash your “Last Known Good ROM” AGAIN (This will configure the ECU properly.)
- Stick the ECU back in the car - it should work properly!
Last edited by Koroshiya; Apr 8, 2010 at 09:21 PM.
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Can you use this method to just put the ecu back to stock? I think i have done something terribly wrong and I'm trying to undo any XML mods I did on my laptop that, "of all things" CRASHED a few days ago and I lost all of my modded XMLs. How can you just put my evo x MR back to stock everything?!?
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Can you use this method to just put the ecu back to stock? I think i have done something terribly wrong and I'm trying to undo any XML mods I did on my laptop that, "of all things" CRASHED a few days ago and I lost all of my modded XMLs. How can you just put my evo x MR back to stock everything?!?
Just Read the ROM off your ECU and get new definitions. Simple. Done.
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I used the how to as well to unbrick my ecu. After I flash in my stock map and load it into the car. The car still has the fans blazing away and all the check lights popping up on the dash. I dont know what to do. The car will also not crank at all. Can somebody help please?
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I used the how to as well to unbrick my ecu. After I flash in my stock map and load it into the car. The car still has the fans blazing away and all the check lights popping up on the dash. I dont know what to do. The car will also not crank at all. Can somebody help please?