re ecu cover best way to get it off?

[B16DOE]

can any one help me out with getting the ecu cover off ? like were to leaver from ect ?

 

[bmh.01]

Just pull it off and don't hit the bonnet with it when it finally goes as they're tight as a nuns if they haven't been off before.

 

[ditz]

think he must have done it, was driving along today minding my own buisness when an ecu covered in hammer marks landed on my bonnet

 

[Tigger]

Does the ECU have to be disconnected to get the cover away?

 

[bmh.01]

You can't disconnect the ecu until you get the cover off.

 

[Tigger]

Happy days, as I was told NEVER to disconnect it - opens up another barrel of problems

 

[bmh.01]

Disconnect mine loads of times on the 172 and when I took the gearbox out the 1.6, and i've disconnected the meggys one a few times whilst fitting bits and pieces. No problems ever. The connectors quite a good design, who told you that?

 

[Tigger]

Some guy I was talking to ages ago said it would light up the dash & throw errors at me if it's disconnected :S

Maybe there's a certain way of disconnecting it?

 

[bmh.01]

Nope, only one way and your fine to disconnect it. Must've disconnected it 20 times or so when I had the wiring fault on the 172. Never caused any problems.

 

[Hutchie]

a big screwdriver helps get cover off squeese it in and twist it then should pull of fine

 

[Tigger]

Ok fairy nuff

Do you have to disable the battery first, and will anything be reset when you reconnect everything again?

 

[bmh.01]

Yes 100% take disconnect the battery before unplugging anything and no nothing you'll noticed will be forgotten.