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[TheBoy]

Also, obviously I have no idea what Markey Mark is breaking, but wasn't aware he was breaking a TD...

think he said he had 3 gearbox ecu,s whether or not they are from td i dont know but i do know he has broken at least a couple!!!

Ah, I stand corrected

[unlucky alf]

how could MM go on holiday knowing that there is a miggy out there being kept off the road & he could be its savior :-/, he should be ashamed of himself, i do trust he will be reprimanded the moment he comes back , shameful behavior

[Omegatoy]

see your in Notts Alf may be worth asking if there is a member near you with same auto ecu if you can try it on your car to see if it sorts the propb? at least then you would know!! worth a posty in wanted or help i think? it will only take 20 mins of someones time for you to try it in your car?

[unlucky alf]

i had thought of that but i dont think i qualify for putting wanted thingy`s on here as yet, but if anybody reads this & are not too far away from worksop perhaps they could help, mind you they will have to come to me but there will be copious amounts of tea or coffee & could even stretch to some biccy`s , or of course i could go to them with my ecu & shove it on theirs, i still cant believe how hard it is to get hold of one of these ECU`s though.

[unlucky alf]

at last!, ive located an ECU , a friend located it in a breakers in hemel hempstead, front end damaged motor so it least it was going o,k , of course he is skint so have got to wait until the bank transfer goes through so he can pick it up & mail it to me, apparently the  scrapyard bod removed it by first smashing the dashboard with a sledgehammer!!, then cut the wiring to it instead of a simple unplug so not the best yard in the world , its a CDX whereas mine is a c,d but all the numbers & letters on the ECU are the same, i will of course let you all know if this sorts out my ongoing drama,,,fingers crossed

[TheBoy]

at last!, ive located an ECU , a friend located it in a breakers in hemel hempstead, front end damaged motor so it least it was going o,k , of course he is skint so have got to wait until the bank transfer goes through so he can pick it up & mail it to me, apparently the  scrapyard bod removed it by first smashing the dashboard with a sledgehammer!!, then cut the wiring to it instead of a simple unplug so not the best yard in the world , its a CDX whereas mine is a c,d but all the numbers & letters on the ECU are the same, i will of course let you all know if this sorts out my ongoing drama,,,fingers crossed

good luck - i really hope that solves it

[unlucky alf]

thanks TB, if it doesnt i`ll probably ask the scrapyard bod if he wants to sell his hammer

[feeutfo]

come on Tim, your not still rather about with that little job are you....?
 

[unlucky alf]

yeah CHRIS thats what i need, some encouragement , its a problem when the part i need is like trying to get a b/job off of the pope :obleedin impossible, if this dont do it im gonna go mad [or madder in my case!], the worse part is ive got to wait for the money to clear in my mates account, then the wonderful postal service, itll be another week i reckon

[TheBoy]

yeah CHRIS thats what i need, some encouragement , its a problem when the part i need is like trying to get a b/job off of the pope :obleedin impossible, if this dont do it im gonna go mad [or madder in my case!], the worse part is ive got to wait for the money to clear in my mates account, then the wonderful postal service, itll be another week i reckon

Well, in that week, more time to check other options

[unlucky alf]

other options TB???, I think ive covered just about everything that has been suggested & more , unless anybody else can suggest something ive missed, the ECU is the only thing that hasnt been tried, i almost want to drive to hemel to pick it up myself as the suspense is killing me

[feeutfo]

yeah CHRIS thats what i need, some encouragement , its a problem when the part i need is like trying to get a b/job off of the pope :obleedin impossible, if this dont do it im gonna go mad [or madder in my case!], the worse part is ive got to wait for the money to clear in my mates account, then the wonderful postal service, itll be another week i reckon

Sorry Tim. They are really good at that at work, worst job in the world EVER and thats what you get all day, shouting from all corners of the factory. Come on, get your finger out... You may not believe it but actually quite amusing perhaps not quite so funny when its you own cash/livelyhood/ and above all else, car.
 Seriously tho, hope it sorts it, i really do. Best of luck. Was it expensive by the way?

[unlucky alf]

well CHRIS i dont know what is expensive, £40-00 plus a drink for my mate plus p&p, ive seen these ECU`s go for all sorts of prices on ebay but i consider myself lucky to find one at all, as ive emailed untold breakers yards, plus people on ebay & been to as many breakers as i can find thats why i asked my mate in hemel to scout his local yards [used to be mine too as i was brought up there], but like i say the waiting aint doing me much good but if it cures it you will know about it, oh by the way i know you were jesting but sarcasm is the lowest form of wit , luckily im the lowest form to understand it ,,,cheers mate!

[feeutfo]

Not too bad i guess. £40 to sort that out sounds like a good deal to me. Fingers crossed.

[justme]

well CHRIS i dont know what is expensive, £40-00 plus a drink for my mate plus p&p, ive seen these ECU`s go for all sorts of prices on ebay but i consider myself lucky to find one at all, as ive emailed untold breakers yards, plus people on ebay & been to as many breakers as i can find thats why i asked my mate in hemel to scout his local yards [used to be mine too as i was brought up there], but like i say the waiting aint doing me much good but if it cures it you will know about it, oh by the way i know you were jesting but sarcasm is the lowest form of wit , luckily im the lowest form to understand it ,,,cheers mate!

So it is back to basics then.??

Had exactly the same problem crop up last Sunday evening. 95 elite estate.  

with the box sounding like a bag of bolts, managed to get back home in 2nd,
managed to get to it last Wednesday for half an hour between the downpours. After having looked at the book of lies and deciding not to go there, was going to post a question here but did not get round to it.
Having just read these posts glad I did not. that could well have meant 2 of us looking for a transplant.

So anyway if you take what TB said about the gearbox ECU you had better believe it, so that's one problem sorted, the box has been changed how many times ?. if you aint convinced yet then you may be better off getting rid of it. You have belled out  all the wiring and components. You have checked out the middle (Blue) engine main wiring harness, getting closer.

Start at the begining.

This is what I did as my first line of attack. slacken battery terminals, turn ignition off remove battery terminals. Remove the battery. Now check the first plug and disconnect it, check there is no condensation there and reconnect making sure it is locked in, reconnect the battery. switch on ignition, you should have arrived.    

That is what I did which solved the problem dint go any further. The moral being recheck after every component you check, you are fault finding.
from the sounds of my box the brake bands and solenoids must have been having a merry jig.  Both ECU's talk to each other many sensors also talk to the gearbox. it's a nightmare especially with such lousy wiring diagrams to try and work with.

hope this helps you, because at the moment you are and have been way off track.