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Old Mar 31, 2015 | 12:16 PM
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Does anyone know or a place that repairs a L8 Green label ecu?


Other wise I'm in the market to buy another one....

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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 01:12 AM
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How do I tell what board I have, here's a pic of mine, is it standard, Weber, I know its not a Pectel board


and why is the chip using a adapter between it and the board?

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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:02 AM
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I believe yours is a L8 green label with a std Ford babyboard. The chip from MSD is plugged into an adapter that is used for encryption so nobody can copy the chip. Last week I asked the same question to MSD as I have exactly the same ECU with MSD chip and this is what they told me.
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 11:33 AM
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What's the problem with your ecu?
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Old Apr 1, 2015 | 02:35 PM
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That be where my problem lies, I bought the ecu as you see it, chip live mapped for 440 using a T38.63 w/83lb injectors, air injector boost control, BD14. I didn't want to break engine in with it so I bought a stage one chip for yellows. When I plugged in the chip(to MSD adapter) upon turning the ignition on #2 injector starts to clicking for 10-20 sec. I think that I need to remove the MSD part and try straight to baby board, but use standard anal valve.
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I think that I need to remove the MSD part and try straight to baby board, but use standard anal valve.
Correct mate - that should solve your troubles.
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Old Apr 2, 2015 | 12:22 AM
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Many thanks for all the help. Fired right up with adapter removed..learned something new today.


New problem...upon taking the MSD adapter out, I bent two of the gold pins, needless to say they don't straighten, they broke off. Will need to fix for the future.


Stu, how do I go about getting another or having this one repaired?

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