Hey i just got and aftermarket chip for my ecu and i was wondering any advice to how i should go about chiping the ecu sense im going to do it my self?

 

Take your time, don't pull a trace, what equipment are you going to be using?

 

other thatn a soldering tool what else do you think i should use. its my first time trying to do a chip.

 

are you familiar with how the iron works? you have a desoldering bulb? they work alot better then the braid. i recommend doing a practice round on maybe like an old vcr or something of that nature.

 

where can i get the bulb? what kinda solder should i use and i heard you have to ground yourself but how?

 

you can get the bulb at any radio shack. never heard of the ground yourself deal. just gotta get a nice small tipped iron to heat it up without burning the traces.

 

You don't really need to ground yourself, just don't rub your foot back and forth on carpet while working on it and you should be fine. I've been soldering for about 15 years and have never had anything get damaged by static.

I've always had the best luck with normal 60/40 solder sold just about anywhere...you can find little tubes of it at Radio Shack for pretty cheap. I recomend using the smaller size they have for working with circuit boards.

And like tdocrx sugested, if you have any broken alarm clocks or radios or even an old ECU laying around I recomend practicing desolding components on that before you try to tackle your ECU so that you have an idea of how it goes. Good luck!

Also it would be a good idea if possible to use a ZIF socket, they make it so you can change the chip in the future without having to solder/desolder anything. Here is an example: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/w...02744


Oh and http://www.pgmfi.org/ has some good info.