http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/car/571857319.html what kind of ecu would i have to buy? and can someone give me an estimate of how much it would cost and how much labor would be at a shop? please help!

 

p28

http://www.hondata.com/techecuid.html

 

do you know how much a p28 would be and how much labor would be?

 

you can find p28 ecu's all over for the ball park price of $100 (more or less depends where and who you happen to sang one from). And honestly installing the new ecu is pretty easy if you can plug stuff in then you can install and ecu no sweat just remove the kick panel (if you have on) and pull back the carpet on the passenger side and unbolt it from the side.

 

i dont know how to mess with cars yet. can someone tell me how much labor would cost to put the ecu in?

 

goodluck!

 

so uh...? how much would labor cost?

 

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if you can't handle this, please leave cars alone.

it's literally this easy.
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If you have no clue what you're doing, it takes 10 minutes max. 2 minutes or less the second time you do it.


if you really want someone to do it for you, find someone that knows how to turn a wrench and hand them a beer.

 

honestly more then it's worth it takes like 15 mins. at most to do trust me it's really hard to screw something like this up

 

a hayes manuel will take you through it step by step. it takes 15 min. a shop will charge you at least a half hour (45-65$). remove the lower passenger kick panel, unbolt the ecu, unplug it, install in reverse order. make sure that the ecu that you buy is an obd1 and not and obd2 ecu.

 

p28 is obd1 i don't believe they made an OBD2 p28

 

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96-97 DelSol Si = OBD2a P28
but they are VERY rare.

 

Just buy the ECU. Ebay/Honda-tech marketplace. wherever.

when i got my ECU in the mail after a friend did my y8 swap into my car, He wasnt available so i called him and he bassically told me what everyone here is telling you. Dont worry, everyone was in the same boat you are when they got their first car.

I tried it myself and within 10 minutes i had them switched and i thought to myself, Wtf was i sweatin about.

 

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if you were in northeast tennessee, i would do it for $20. but that would probably be ripping you a new *******. there are 4 bolts and 3 plugs. surely to GOD you can do this yourself. find someone to hold your hand...

the only thing to remember is disconnect your battery before messing with your ecu. and the plugs are all different sizes so you really cant mess up.

 

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I've always wondered why people say this... I swap out ECUs almost daily. (testing ECUs from repairs) and I've never had a single issue with leaving everything as it is and pulling the plugs. doesn't matter which order either.
Theo nly way you may create a problem is if you pull the ECU with the car running, and even that will only set a few CELs, which clear when you pull the ECU...