| Subject: | Re: Update Re: Engine died, March 31 update and maybe ecu smoking gun? |
| From: | Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> |
| Date: | Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:18:07 -0700 |
Hi Neil,
Yes, it was a great conclusion to the hunt.
I didn’t use heat sink, and I didn’t solder suck the joint. I just reflowed and added a tad more solder. I had hot iron and I tried to be fast.
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> On Mar 31, 2020, at 5:43 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
>
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>
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