legacycentral bbs

Stupid question, but what's the easiest way to remove the ECU without having to take apart the whole dash?

I took off the drivers side, knee-height trim panel (the one with the "TRAY") and found the ECU (the silver box with all the yellow connectors on it... located roughly 6 feet away from where the Haynes manual said it was).

I unscrewed two obvious 10mm nuts. That allowed the ECU to wiggle a tad, but it didn't seem to come free. What next? Am I missing another nut? Do just have to shove the ECUharder? Or do I have to do more dash work? (god I hate taking apart the dash)

When I took mine out, I think I undid the fuse panel box and then I was able to pop it out.

Its easy, there are 2 screws to holds the ECU, All you have to do is to remove the cover that under the steering wheel and you will see one of them at the top inside of the fuse holder. the other one will be right near the harness.

Good luck.

Ben

You have to kind of shove it out in the opposite direction as the nuts since you have to clear the studs. I just removed the lower dash panel which is a couple screws.

Steve

Ok, that sounds like what I was doing. If there are only 2 nuts, then I guess I just wasn't shoving hard enough to get the studs clear. I guess I will stop babying it!!!

Seriously, man up.

If you haven't taken the connectors out of the ECU....do that....it makes it much easier.

Man, after more shoving, I don't know how you guys got that ECU out of there.

It's not an issue of being gentle, because I wasn't. The problem is that this white plastic thing completely prevents the ECU from moving!!!
(the guard in the center of the photo with a bolt in the middle of it)


I don't see how it would be physically possible to get ECU studs out of their holes without removing that plastic thing somehow. Orrrrr...... using a dremel to cut off one of the ECU's studs:



Problem solved, but man that sucked!

huh....I don't recall mine having that plastic thing...