sell or core my ECU?

4Las90 · 09-13-2005

I have a 90 FWD turbo Eprom ECU that burned out yesterday. I bought a refurbished one off ebay and if i send the core back they'll give me $100. I have a couple questions:

1. How much could I get for this?
2. Can I take the Eprom chip out?
3. Should I just send it as the core?

thanks for the help

-Bill

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 09-13-2005

Might as well just send it in as a core. I couldnt see you ever getting more than 150 for it anyways. The only guy on here I know of that would possibly be interested in it fell of the face of the earth.

Jakey · 09-13-2005

A '90 EPROM? Didn't Iceman just sell his for $250 firm?

**Shane@DBPerformance** · 09-13-2005

Did you get another 90 ECU? A 91-94 isn't a direct swap. The 90 EPROMs seem to be quite rare, but I don't know if anyone would want a broken one.

4Las90 · 09-13-2005

I did get another 90 ECU but it's not eprom.

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 09-13-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jakey

A '90 EPROM? Didn't Iceman just sell his for $250 firm?

ICEMANs wasn't JUNK now was it? This kids is crapped out.

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 09-13-2005

Actually. What's wrong with it? Capacitors? If it's the capacitors, keep it and replace them. How much did you pay for a refurbed one? I sold a 90 AWD 5 spd ecu for like 75 dollars a couple months back. Cap replacement costs like 20-50 dollars. Or do it yourself..

4Las90 · 09-13-2005

I paid 200 for the refurbed ne but will get 100 back when i send in the core. Can i take the eprom chip out?

Jakey · 09-13-2005

Hell if it is just capacitors I'll give you $100 for it because it is an EPROM.

4Las90 · 09-14-2005

I believe it's just capacitors

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 09-14-2005

If it's the capacitors, you could get them replaced and sell it for 250

What went wrong with it? Did the capacitors leak onto the board? How bad? How do you know what's wrong?

If it's the capacitors, just cancel your order and replace them. Use it. Makes sense right?

4Las90 · 09-14-2005

Do you know someone that would replace them for me? It went out while I was driving, it smoked and now when i start it it idles for 2 seconds then dies. I can't get it open right now to see what the exact problem is because two of the screws are stripped on top.

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 09-14-2005

pull it out some how and check. Eric metzger would usually do it, but he hasn't been around. All you need is someone that is good with a soilder iron I think. Ask aroun and make a post. I'd think computer places would know what to do.. they work with small parts that require soildering. I imagine you could get the caps from mitsu? Good luck man.

Eric did mine, costed me 20 dollars and it took 2 days.

Jakey · 09-14-2005

DSMChips/Keydriver could do it I'm sure.

Matt D. · 09-14-2005

If I knew what caps needed to be replaced I could do it. Soldering is the easy part.

slowbubblecar · 09-14-2005

It is not icemans. He sold his to someone else and his was good. If I was you, I would keep it, send it in to the dsmlink guys or anyone who fixes ecus and resell it for more. BTW, you got ripped off badly on the 90 non eprom ecu. Taking the chip out doesn't do squat.