Guest mitsumodder Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 My poor little DSM needs new caps. Anyone here know of somewhere I can send my ECM to have the capacitors replaced? Or does anyone have a good 1G DSM ECM for a 5 speed AWD 1992 with 6262 on it? Any insight on my situation would be nice. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 If you like I can ask my cousin how much he would charge to fix it. He fixed a Skyline ECU for IPS before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mitsumodder Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Is this what he does? Will there be a guarantee behind it? Not to be rude, but, I dont want to end up with no ECM at all because it gets all F'ed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Is this what he does? Will there be a guarantee behind it? Not to be rude, but, I dont want to end up with no ECM at all because it gets all F'ed up. just send it in to any of the many dsm shops that do this? I sent mine to keydriver and it was cheaper then anyone in ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bruh Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 keydiver is great do deal with. very stand up guy and in the galant world too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 keydiver is great do deal with. very stand up guy and in the galant world too! +1 his work is backed up 100% and is great price, Id go to someone that knows dsm ecu's not just anyone of the street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mitsumodder Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 He (keydiver) just told me that he does not do capacitor replacment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 FUCKING DAMNIT. Let's try to reply for the third time. If you look up what you need and buy them I will do it for free. Though I'll make no guarantees and it's when I have time, but it's free and I know what I'm doing. I've already done my FI and AT ECU's (long time ago) and it's simple for anyone who's done any soldering/electronics work. You're not talking about anything small/delicate near what's being worked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 I've done this before. Twice actually and would up with 2 working ECUs. It's not hard. I even have the Caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindall2006 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 It's gravy.... If your afraid to try some capasitor replacments then ur a wimp... find a old clock or something, take parts off of the boards untill it quits working, then put them back on till it works again... then repeat. If you afraid to try a little simple solding, stay away from timing belt changes or anything else a dsm may require. *disclaimer, I'm not shit talking, just motivating you to gain some experience and learn something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindall2006 Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 Also, go to radio shack,,, they have a niftey suction tool for removing the old solder... they also make another type ofabsobiant material to suck up the old solder... looks like a loosely woven thread. I forget what it is called but I will look at my toolbox at work tommorow. and stay way from butain solder irons, they suck, and the exhaust always tends to hit your finger at the wrong time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 they also make another type ofabsobiant material to suck up the old solder... looks like a loosely woven thread. I forget what it is called but I will look at my toolbox at work tommorow. Solder wick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mitsumodder Posted April 14, 2009 Report Share Posted April 14, 2009 ok, i'm doing it myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODoyle Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 hope you dont fuck it up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 you can probably just go to napa and buy a reman ecu....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 if its just the caps its a simple fix if its not or if its an eprom its going to take more work, but make sure you know what your doing, dont end up with a janky ass dsm like 95% of columbus dsm has becuase they are too cheap to do things right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
criitter7 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 if its just the caps its a simple fix if its not or if its an eprom its going to take more work, but make sure you know what your doing, dont end up with a janky ass dsm like 95% of columbus dsm has becuase they are too cheap to do things right. am i part of that 95%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 am i part of that 95%? I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelside1647545510 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 there is a guy on galant vr4 forum who does it for $15 dont be a cheap ass and screw up the ecu, heres the link http://www.galantvr4.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Board=UBB1&Number=274918&page=0&fpart=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mitsumodder Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 I am a tech. of 8 years. I'm going to give it a shot. If I screw it up I'll buy a new computer or sell the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourString Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 I've done 3 now. Not hard to do. You should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mitsumodder Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I'm done, and it runs better than ever. Is it possible the bad caps were hindering the ignition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourString Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Absolutely. They leak onto the circuit board and cause all kinds of weird issues. Glad you got it fixed. Not so bad, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmeden Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Just a word of advice in case you overlooked this: Be sure to *properly* clean the board if it had any contamination on it, and then conformal coat the whole thing when you are done soldering. I have had (and know others that have had) their car run great for a few days/weeks/whatever and then the symptoms came back due to rapidly deteriorating components. On a 15+ year old ECU, special attention is a MUST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourString Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Just a word of advice in case you overlooked this: Be sure to *properly* clean the board if it had any contamination on it, and then conformal coat the whole thing when you are done soldering. I have had (and know others that have had) their car run great for a few days/weeks/whatever and then the symptoms came back due to rapidly deteriorating components. On a 15+ year old ECU, special attention is a MUST. Very good advice here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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