dunkan

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #1

I've had a close look at my ecu and it appears to be
in good condition, i cannot see any signs of battery leakage
but it has this soldered onto the back of the board.

It all worked as far as i can remember before the restoration
strip down started.

Any ideas on why this extra bit is there and also looking
for somewhere to change the battery as i dont want to
mess it up

 

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Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #2

dunkan said:

I've had a close look at my ecu and it appears to be
in good condition, i cannot see any signs of battery leakage
but it has this soldered onto the back of the board.

It all worked as far as i can remember before the restoration
strip down started.

Any ideas on why this extra bit is there and also looking
for somewhere to change the battery as i dont want to
mess it up

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It's just a mod probably from the factory. Battery is easy to change if you can use a soldering iron and they can be bought from CPC. If the battery is not corroded, it may just be flat and will recover after about 48 hours connected.

 

dunkan

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #3

Only reason to change the battery was to prevent it from leaking
as i guess this could be the original so 20 years old now

 

dunkan

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #4

I'm looking on CPC now, do you have a code for the correct battery please

Is it the BT00152 ?

Thanks

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #5

dunkan said:

I'm looking on CPC now, do you have a code for the correct battery please

Is it the BT00152 ?

Thanks

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Yep, that looks like the one, just double check the voltage is the same.

 

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stopover

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #6

Talk to Docky57 (nice chap) he has the batteries, diods and the power interface etc etc etc............

Memory Seat ECU Replacement Power Interface Chips | eBay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Memory-Se...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20c464cbfb

Think I have three seat ecu's of my old cars, probably pop on ebay, can't guarantee they still work.

 

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dunkan

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #7

Datatek said:

Yep, that looks like the one, just double check the voltage is the same.

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Thanks Datatek

Voltage is the same as the original one fitted to the
PCB so should be fine.

 

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dunkan

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #8

Thanks for the info Stopover, hopefully i only need to change the
battery

 

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stopover

Active Member

• Oct 15, 2014

• #9

Good luck, nice when it works.

 

dunkan

Active Member

• Oct 16, 2014

• #10

CPC for the batteries, only £7.88 for two of them, £9.46 delivered

 

dunkan

Active Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #11

New battery is fitted so fingers crossed it all still works

 

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Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #12

dunkan said:

New battery is fitted so fingers crossed it all still works

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Hope you cleaned off any sign of corrosion A layer of conformal coating would help preserve the board and components, just avoid the relays.
The batteries have a life expectancy of 7 to 10 years, I use a lot of them

 

dunkan

Active Member

• Nov 17, 2014

• #13

The board was cleaned etc and looks in superb condition, everything
worked before replacing the battery so hopefully everything is as before
bar the risk of a leaky old battery.

 

dunkan

Active Member

• Dec 24, 2014

• #14

Tested it in another soft dash and everything works, also repaired another unit and that's 100% too, inc the memory functions

Photo of it fitted to my seat ready to go back in

Happy days

 

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