I wanna get rid of the speed limiter on my GXE but I dont want the CEL on for the rest of my life, and I dont know enough about wires and crap to hook up the switch. So I was wondering, cant I just find the same year ECU at a junk yard from a SE or GLE and put it in my GXE? Would that work? Has anyone ever done it? Thanks

shaz

 

yeah you can do that.. thats no problem.. or you can let me cut the wire for you

 

Oh yeh, Sprint youre right near waterbury right? Would you cut it, or hook up the switch so I could turn it on and off? Cause I dont want the CEL to always be on...

shaz

 

might take some work.. but i am sure we can .. i think hte hard part is drilling the hole for the switch

 

Well what do you think would be easier...you and I hooking up a switch, or me trying to find a 98 SE ECU? If youre willing...I suppose we could get together one weekend and work it up...I'm about 15 mins up route 8, I could easily come down

shaz

 

its no problem for me to do.. a weekend is good

Tom's in Waterbury.. they have a 98 but i dunno what it is.. I do know its an SE though..

http://www.toms4n.com/asp/parts/Deta...p?ID=140204772

i don't have a switch so i dont' know how effective it is.. but we can try it though

 

The entire "cut wire and hook up a switch" job takes about 30 minutes, the hardest part is routing the wires from the switch up into the dash and drilling the hole. If you'd rather spend $150 on a new ecu than spend 30 minutes working on your car then go for it, but I can think of some far more exciting mods for $150 than a stock ECU. A switch costs about $2.49.

 

I'll give them a call and see. If its a 5speed, I can just swap em no problem right? I'd prolly do that...I'll let you know. Thanks for all the help sprint...one of these days we'll have to hook up

shaz

 

I would but I have no experience doing any kind of work like that and dont want to mess anything up.

shaz

 

ok cool.. shoot me an email if anything

 

You can cut the wire with a pair of scissors (if you dont have wire cutters), and then twist the wires around the prongs of a switch and wrap them in electical tape. Thats it. No experience necesary.

 

yeah but lots of people are squirmish about messing with the ECU as the wrong wire could fck the car up.. and you can't go tell the dealer.. oh i was playing with my ECU.. can you fix it?

 

Thats true. I was a little worried to, but it all worked out.

 

Where could I get the switch...Radio Shack? Is there a certain one I should get?

shaz

 

 

Are there any pics around of exactly which wire it is on a 98? I know its "the blue one"...but there's a few of them arent there?

 

http://64.252.156.63/tails/bensecumod.htm