[Silly Little Cars] ECUs - ECMs - PCMs

[Steve]

You're right.  My Cushman ran great and could use either gas or propane.
Miss it a bit now, but it just didn't have the horses.  The G0-4, when I
first got it, was really fast.  Decided to have it tuned up and took it to
the only place in town that was a dealer for GO-4s - a golf car
establishment.  Can't prove it, but the mechanic working on it now found
that the wiring system was all burned up and it had to be the "experts" at
the golf car place.  They had told me that the GO-4 just quit and they could
not make it run when I got it back from them.  Wonderful folks . . . . 

 

Long story short, the ECU is very corroded (and probably burned out too) and
will be a problem in the future if it is not now (as the new mechanic puts
in all new wiring and the new ECU if I find one).  A couple of leads are
coming back positive; one in the UK that I am following up on.  May go the
used route that Jerry suggests if nothing else pans out.

 

 

From: silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com
[mailto:silly_little_cars-bounces at lists.sillylittlecars.com] On Behalf Of
Rahsaan
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:53 PM
To: Silly Little Email List
Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] ECUs - ECMs - PCMs

 


you all need to go back to the Cushman. Ha..right like those arent a
problem.

--- On Sat, 1/28/12, Jerry Caldwell <tinchariot at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Jerry Caldwell <tinchariot at gmail.com>
Subject: [Silly Little Cars] ECUs - ECMs - PCMs
To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012, 8:44 PM

Hi All

 

 often I see ECMs, ECUs and PCMs changed when the problem was a bad wire,
connector or wire with high resistance . The root of the problem needs to be
confirmed before money is spent, only to have the same problem or even worse
a short to ground that fry-ed the PCM was over looked and now one has the
same problem as before.

 

If one in deed has a bad ECM, ECU or PCM on the .net are several reputable
re-builders the cost usually is about $150.~ $200. w S/H.

www.autoecms.com

www.autocomputerexchange.net

www.allcomputerrebuilders.com

www.car-parts.com

 

With the Mazda/Ford Go-4's it easy enough to search Pick N Pull on line then
hunt for the ECM with the same connectors and similar numbers from a car
with a 1.3 litter engine, its only a $20.  gamble.

 

Remember: 

go for the basics

confirm the problem 

repair the problem 

validate the repair

 

Tin


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