T-shirt suggestion:

I Fixed My Vanagon ECU With A Soldering Gun And All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt...And a Running Vanagon. 

Stephen

Mobile

> On Mar 31, 2020, at 9:35 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hurray Alistair! 
> 
> Amazing!  Truly amazing.  And, like many others I’ve saved this thread for future reference.
> 
> But, not all messages came through. 
> 
> For example what T-shirt?  This may be important! 
> 
> Now, I certainly hope everyone’s van runs perfectly, but I’m looking forward to the next group effort! 
> 
> I urge folks to reply all and keep the info coming to all of us. 
> 
> Alistair you are a rock star!
> 
> Eric 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 8:43 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> Right on Alistair. Nice to know an ECU can be saved like that!
>> 
>> Kind of late to ask but when soldering, did you use a heat sink on the
>> leg of that transistor?
>> 
>> At the group: is use of a heat sink even needed on a transistor of
>> that size when soldering it?
>> 
>> Neil.
>> 
>>> On 3/31/20, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> It worked!
>> 
>>>> On Mar 31, 2020, at 5:04 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@cox.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> No, bottom left is pin 25.
>>>> Pin 25 is the ignition coil trigger from it's driver transistor.
>>>> That check mark for the middle pin of the transistor appears to show that
>>>> your bad solder joint is for the pin 25 signal as hoped.
>>>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Neil n
>> 
>> VE7TBN
>> 
>> 1988 Westy 50º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/yap5hpwt
>> 
>> 1981 Westy 15º ABA swap: https://tinyurl.com/y9n4xob8
>> 
>> VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay>