Help Needed RE Strange Black Box with all the ECUs
Help Needed RE Strange Black Box with all the ECUs
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Cooky

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4,955 posts

266 months

Thursday 27th January 2005
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Greetings,

Well finally sorted out the alarm saga and lock out thank you Angus for you most timely intervention.
After pulling out many ECU’s etc, it was due to a low battery. However one small problem, all connections are back in place except for one box.

A little black 4” x 5” box situated on the extreme off side which is different to all the other boxes, (there is a sticker on the box that reads (Part No. 12VHP/2) this one is not sealed and you can clearly see the circuit board underneath, it may sit into a sliding plate (not sure but at 2am in the freezing cold I was ripping out contacts like a madman.

This one has not got a connector block, just male spade connectors sticking out of it, with female clear insulated spades which attach the wires.
Can anyone with a 1997 4.2 with a similar box tell me which wires go to which contacts? I seem to remember the red ones go to the extreme right (in from the front)….could be wrong as it was very dark.

There are 2 rows of contacts and abot 6 or 7 wires

Please help ASAP as mother-in –law is now paranoid it will happen again and upset her neighbours. So Cerb needs to come home.
Many Thanks,
Cooky

SXS 

2,068 posts

269 months

Thursday 27th January 2005
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aha... thats the 450bhp upgrade black box of tricks! I've heard rumours of thier existence, but always thought of the rumours as folktales.... but you might have found the holy-grail of superchips there!

or it could just be a spare part left over from a previous replacement...

malman

2,258 posts

288 months

Thursday 27th January 2005
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I know the box you are on about but I don't have my car at the moment (thats another story, get it back Saturday).

I thought I had given the pinout that I wrote down here but I haven't as I've just re-read that post. It does have a better description of where to find the box though if someone else would take a look for you.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=6&h=&t=100775