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| jacko9559 |
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Hi new member. cool forum. need a little help. just finished putting a 5spd in my EF fairmont. It has the tickford motor from factory. conversion went all good but still have auto computer and now idles at 1000 - 1200 rpm. can anyone tell me if its the computer doing this or i have another problem
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| ef_ridin_low |
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might just need tp relearn its self mine idled high for the first little while and the gear changes were really ruff and jumpy for a bit aswell, but every thing is smooth and good now, just give it time
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| jacko9559 |
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cheers yeah only been in for a few days.
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| fairmont599 |
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Posts: 1135 Joined: 27th Oct 2005 |
Might need to turn the idle speed down, Theres like a screw somewhere around the throttle body i think.
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| samftr |
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no dont touch the idle speed.
DID you "trick" your ecu with the resistors to make the car think its in neutral? if it thinks its in drive the idle will be a bit high. also the ecu needs to know or be "tricked" into thinking the transmission is at normal operating temperature - another resistor.. but it wont work 100% as it would with a manual ecu, but trying to find one is like finding hens teeth OR a virgin kiwi chick LOL..
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| fairmont599 |
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Posts: 1135 Joined: 27th Oct 2005 |
The manual ECU's pop up on ebay fairly often... I know when i was looking for mine there was about one a week. Ended up getting mine for $70 Delivered Which was bargain of the century
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Lucky bugger, i paid $170 for mine and i thought i was lucky!!
The resistor trick should bring the idle down, just have a look at the tech doc. Be aware that a couple wires might be different colour to the document, and thats where a workshop manual comes in and a bit of thinking so that your not using a solenoid wire like orginally did. |
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| TROYMAN |
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also
you need to add resistors to trick the ecu so it thinks the car is in neutral. this should bring your idle down. also you need to add a resistor for the trans temp . otherwise the ecu will think the trans is overheating (no signal from sensor)and your thermo fans may run constantly. |
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| samftr |
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I said that. I actually said both of those points you mentioned there. but is true what you said troyman
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| TROYMAN |
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yes i know i didnt read your post untill i posted
sorry i just wanted to confirm it for him and so people now that there are a few of us out there that use this mod with no real problems.. |
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| samftr |
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I did it too, but it would idle a bit strange every now and then. They dont make for nice driving when the power steering pressure switch dies, the rev's were going spastic hehe
115 bux for the ecu
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| TROYMAN |
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im still using the el auto ecu at the moment.
ive had no luck finding a el manual ecu under $250. |
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| samftr |
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yeah tell me about it, I need an EL XR6 ecu, fat lot of luck I will have trying to find one of those. might leave the mont ghia auto...
ef for fun mont for luxo barge cruising
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