tmathis151 Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 I have a guy working on my conquest and so he needs to replace the ECI. I cant find one anywhere. Does anyone know where I can get an ECI. The guy says my car is a 1987 but on the door jamb it says September 1986 so would it be considered a 87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAinsworth Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Try posting in the Wanted Forum. To make sure you have an 87, look at the VIN. The 10th digit would be the letter "H" for the 87.Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmathis151 Posted April 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 ok Thanks it does have an H so thats what I needed to know. Try posting in the Wanted Forum. To make sure you have an 87, look at the VIN. The 10th digit would be the letter "H" for the 87.Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted April 18, 2010 Report Share Posted April 18, 2010 I doubt you need an ECU, what you more likely need is an IGNITOR. Try this, if your fuel pump isn't working then run a jumper wire from the positive battery cable over to the test port for the pump. Its a single terminal hanging off the harness on the right side in front of the cruise actuator and near it is a round plug for timing setting if you are at very high altitude. If the ECU doesn't get a tach signal it won't fire the injectors or turn the pump on but at least you can see if the pump works. Your jumper wire will turn on the pump regardless of the position of the ignition switch. Use a volt meter and make sure you have 12v at the positive wire on the ignition coil if not you need another jumper wire. If you do, crank the motor over and see what happens. Your car doesn't actually need an ECU to run it needs it for many other things though, if you can provide fuel from just STARTER fluid and you have an ignition signal the car will run. You won't have injectors firing that's what the starter fluid is for. All the ECU does is receive feedback from sensors to fire the injectors. The ignitor can modify timing and if its dead you will have no spark, or tach signal. The plastic ignitors for 84-87 cars is known to go bad on a VERY high percentage of cars. The 88/89 ignitor swap is popular to replace this expensive defective part. ECU very very very rarely ever fail in these cars but those plastic ignitors fail ALL the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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