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Old Apr 8, 2010, 09:08 PM
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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
  1. **** a brick.


  2. Be a real man and make a pile of them!


  3. Correct your grammar. ****, a brick! (If you don't get this, stop here, you can't handle this.)


  4. Create a group of wires to power the ECU
    ECU Pins:
    71 -> GROUND
    82 -> +12V
    92 -> +12V
    104 -> +12V


  5. Create a group of wires to power the ODBII
    OBDII Pins:
    4 -> GROUND
    5 -> GROUND
    16 -> +12V


  6. 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


  7. Connect the wires to the appropriate pins


  8. Hook it up to a 12V Power Supply.


  9. Choose "Alternate flash method" in ECUFlash options.




  10. Load up your “Last Known Good ROM”


  11. Flash your Last Known Good ROM - this will take at least a minute.


  12. Now deselect "Alternate flash method" in ECUFlash options.




  13. Flash your “Last Known Good ROM” AGAIN (This will configure the ECU properly.)


  14. Stick the ECU back in the car - it should work properly!

Last edited by Koroshiya; Apr 8, 2010 at 09:21 PM.
Old Apr 8, 2010, 09:09 PM
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nice work koroshiya!
Old Apr 9, 2010, 05:56 AM
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your little test bench looks like my office at work lol

good job, wanna come to my place and help me with the rest of the entire electrical system ?
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Haha Hey Jason if I could give you a hand I would. Let me see if I can get through my Chem work then I'll come over and lick wires to find the power for you.
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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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good stuff
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Originally Posted by voodooman79
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?!?
Simply flash a stock ROM back. But the changes are in your ROM, not the XML definitions.

Just Read the ROM off your ECU and get new definitions. Simple. Done.
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Is this the same for evo 9
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God bless you !

"The operation completed successfully."
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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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Originally Posted by ekizenbe
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?
Posted he found a bent pin in another thread. I think its fixed now.
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The regulador is the 12v,.żand the amp 7,5A o more?

Thanks
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Thanks, works for me


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