An interesting day...
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2002 12:10 pm
Ok, this might be a bit long-winded, but it's at least a bit
interesting, so bear with me and read on.
After work i decided to do a little tweaking on a few things in the
car. The clutch was acting wierd, not disengaging unless pressed to
the floor, and not returning either. I was thinking about bleeding
the system again, but decided that even if the master cylinder spring
wasn't working right, it was still disengaging the clutch. A pedal
adjustment should make things work better.
I also wanted to look at the ECU and see if i could find the wire
that Al was talking about, the one that tells the ECU to act as a MT
instead of AT version.
After removing the panel under the steering wheel, i positioned
myself in the most comfortable position possible, which was only
approaching torturous. The ECU is held in by two bolts on my car,
almost directly behind the change holder on the left side of the
wheel. There are two nuts that are removed on the facing side, and
the ECU is slipped out, tenuously and with the least amount of effort
possible, from a panel facing the front of the car. (It sounds more
complicated than it is.)
Per Al's indications, i looked for a 22-pin plug next to the largest
plug. Well, on mine there are four, yes four, yellow plugs. The
first on the top had 26 pins, the next had 16, 14 (i think) then 22.
Being that i really still had no idea what i was doing, and my
position was gradually deteriorating into a leveling off of
discomfort, i decided to take a few pictures and stuff it back in
there.
I did adjust the clutch, however, and that proved worthwhile, as the
engagement point is much higher than it was before, perhaps too high,
but i'll either readjust it or adjust myself.
Well, i had to go drive it, of course, and see if my efforts with the
clutch had paid off. Ususally it would shift ok when pressed down
until it got warm, at which time a Herculean effort on my part to
push the clutch assembly right through the firewall would probably
get me another gear. No such problems now.
Oh, have i mentioned before that my car isn't registered since Utah's
window tint laws are so ridiculous?
So this Sherrif, he pulls me over...
$120 later, i have my car back.
Sheesh.
Anyway, if Al gets this far, could you tell me if you have any idea
which is the right plug and wire? I'm not cutting unless i know for
sure...
interesting, so bear with me and read on.
After work i decided to do a little tweaking on a few things in the
car. The clutch was acting wierd, not disengaging unless pressed to
the floor, and not returning either. I was thinking about bleeding
the system again, but decided that even if the master cylinder spring
wasn't working right, it was still disengaging the clutch. A pedal
adjustment should make things work better.
I also wanted to look at the ECU and see if i could find the wire
that Al was talking about, the one that tells the ECU to act as a MT
instead of AT version.
After removing the panel under the steering wheel, i positioned
myself in the most comfortable position possible, which was only
approaching torturous. The ECU is held in by two bolts on my car,
almost directly behind the change holder on the left side of the
wheel. There are two nuts that are removed on the facing side, and
the ECU is slipped out, tenuously and with the least amount of effort
possible, from a panel facing the front of the car. (It sounds more
complicated than it is.)
Per Al's indications, i looked for a 22-pin plug next to the largest
plug. Well, on mine there are four, yes four, yellow plugs. The
first on the top had 26 pins, the next had 16, 14 (i think) then 22.
Being that i really still had no idea what i was doing, and my
position was gradually deteriorating into a leveling off of
discomfort, i decided to take a few pictures and stuff it back in
there.
I did adjust the clutch, however, and that proved worthwhile, as the
engagement point is much higher than it was before, perhaps too high,
but i'll either readjust it or adjust myself.
Well, i had to go drive it, of course, and see if my efforts with the
clutch had paid off. Ususally it would shift ok when pressed down
until it got warm, at which time a Herculean effort on my part to
push the clutch assembly right through the firewall would probably
get me another gear. No such problems now.
Oh, have i mentioned before that my car isn't registered since Utah's
window tint laws are so ridiculous?
So this Sherrif, he pulls me over...
$120 later, i have my car back.
Sheesh.
Anyway, if Al gets this far, could you tell me if you have any idea
which is the right plug and wire? I'm not cutting unless i know for
sure...
