Hi POD
Where/ What did you weld to fry the ECU
Had you disconnected batteries
Interested as I may have just been lucky
S
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Hi POD
Where/ What did you weld to fry the ECU
Had you disconnected batteries
Interested as I may have just been lucky
S
It was part of the process to replace a transfer-to-gearbox adaptor shaft with the ashcroft unit, don't recall the finer detail but it involved welding part of a puller in place to remove the original. Pretty sure we had disconnected the battery as that has always been my practice. Just trying to recall the detail, I think I had the earth lead of the arc welder clamped onto the part that was being welded, but I inadvertently struck an arc on the inside of the gearbox extension housing itself as I was getting into position, due to the awkward posture. I figured that was what did the damage. The vehicle cranked but refused to start at the end of the job. And no, a transit van ECU will not do the job.Quote:
Originally Posted by roverrescue
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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn
It's an interesting question as to whether u disconnect the battery or not... I've always been told to but there more to it as there will always remain a certain amount of "stored energy" within the system (capacitors, etc) and these need to be drained as well. Logically if u are welding at the rear of the vehicle and keep the earth tail right near where u are welding, then u really shouldn't have any problems but as always there is murphys law and since disconnecting the battery is not a big thing then its always worth doing it...
The local engineering shop keeps the earth lead close to the work area and connect what I assume is a spike protector across the batteries of our work trucks, often they are left conected if the work is on the rear(tipper bodies mainly).