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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 11 2012, 09:00:35 AM »

I havent seen that one before gbsean

If you cannot find one locally let me know and I will send you one

Will do. Thanks.  And, i think i figured out what i'm going to do.  Think I'd rather pull each wire/pin out of the plug one by one, cut the end off, strip the wire and put new pins on each wire.  Should be cheapest route.  Keep you posted

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General Buick Tech / Re: Quick and Simple ?

« on: May 10 2012, 10:11:42 PM »

I just didnt expect the car to run worse after install

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 10 2012, 09:39:22 PM »

I havent seen that one before gbsean

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General Buick Tech / Re: Quick and Simple ?

« on: May 10 2012, 09:35:25 PM »

Ok, I'll take care of that.  Thanks

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 10 2012, 09:05:23 PM »

Ok, so the pins have to be  extracted with a certain tool.

I used a BIG paper clip and didn't damage any of the pins.
 

You sound like a pro, so maybe I can send the car to you?

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General Buick Tech / Re: Quick and Simple ?

« on: May 10 2012, 09:04:23 PM »

Ok, finally got the MAF translator installed with the MAF!(thanks Early).  My car is mostly stock.  I got a 3" MAF, and I set the settings(initially) on 4, which is 3"LT1/caprice/impala(richer at idle) and I set the WOT on 2, which 4% richer.  Well, I got the code 44 again, and the car seemed to idle rough.  So, i changed the settings to 3, which is the 3" LT1/caprice/impala and the WOT to 0.  The code 44 did not return, but the car cutouts when I rev it up.

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 10 2012, 06:57:16 PM »

Ok, so the pins have to be  extracted with a certain tool.

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 10 2012, 10:46:45 AM »

CLR would be a great idea.  I dont think that the vinegar did the trick, but i didnt let it "soak" either.  I def plan to give it another go.  And Earl, are you speaking of the pins on the ECM or the actual plug?  I haven't been able to remove them from that plug yet.  Thats my next mission..

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 09 2012, 10:57:58 AM »

You guys are super helpful!!!  I'm going to throw the ecm back in the car today just to see if what i did made a difference and give my findings.  I'm not too confident that the cleaning I did is going to remove ALL of the corrosion, but this is a start.  Thanks gents!!

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 09 2012, 09:17:41 AM »

And yesterday, im scrubbed the ECM with a wire brush as good as i could with some vinegar.  that crap stinks. its been years since i've smelled vinegar.

You are obviously not from the Thunderbird wine generation.   Yep, wire nuts and some Monkeygrip tape will work wonders.

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 09 2012, 08:52:09 AM »

And yesterday, im scrubbed the ECM with a wire brush as good as i could with some vinegar.  that crap stinks. its been years since i've smelled vinegar.

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 09 2012, 08:47:49 AM »

I bet Charles would just stick the two ends into one of those small plastic thimbles they use on house wiring and screw it down.....

 

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 09 2012, 08:47:02 AM »

I think he's sayin' the tape/heatshrink/butcons add girth and the wire bundle is now larger?

M'self -I imagine using heatshrink over solder is not so much more bulky

Now heatshrink is a good idea as well.  Def be a bit quicker.   

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 08 2012, 09:36:28 PM »

A new plug with soldered wires will work great.
that said
if i could a void doing that i would for the only reason of the increased size of the wire harness when you get done -- Diameter not length. Even if you offset the connections there are so many wires that it will still add up.
 
   

And from my understanding, you are saying to solder OPPOSE to using connectors due to the larger gauge wire that the new harness uses?  Sorry if i seem slow

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General Buick Tech / Re: possibly found the culprit

« on: May 08 2012, 09:35:08 PM »

I don't think that damn Charles even owns a car.  If I were you, I would trade him for a more useful cousin.  One that does not have to move once a month would be a good start!

I literally laughed out loud when i read this.  Lol.  I'm gonna text him and have him chime in.  Lol