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Jan 27, 2013 | 05:16 PM

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O. L. T.

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Good thing it was only a fuse. It's too easy to kill an ECU that way!

Jan 27, 2013 | 05:57 PM

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Congrats man. Glad you got it fixed.

Jan 27, 2013 | 06:25 PM

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Congrats, glad it was nothing major.

Jan 28, 2013 | 05:25 AM

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marshall2j

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Congrats man

Jan 28, 2013 | 05:43 AM

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glad this worked out for ya man.

Jan 28, 2013 | 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by nguminh

Yeah it ended up being the alt fusible link. It works now!

Yeah got it running this morning.

Jan 28, 2013 | 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 1WILLY1

great man

thanks!

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Originally Posted by Tabaka

Damn, sorry to hear about your issues. Just some info for ppl buying batteries from AutoZone, they have incorrect information inside their database about our batteries. I bought a battery last summer and they had the vice versa positive/negative info. I finally bought the correct one but it could have been a major issue similar to the OP.

Yeah, it was partly my fault for being in such a rush and not checking the polarity.

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Originally Posted by Blkexcoupe

Congrats Minh.

Where did you find the 150A fusible link?

I bought it at Lexus of Cerritos for like 16 bucks.

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Originally Posted by sr71b

had something similar happen to me got the fusible link from autozone, worked like a charm.

Yeah for some reason Autozone only carried up to 120a fusible link. They didn't have any 150a.

Jan 28, 2013 | 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by O. L. T.

Good thing it was only a fuse. It's too easy to kill an ECU that way!

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Originally Posted by Kalogerus

Congrats man. Glad you got it fixed.

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Originally Posted by turbodremz

Congrats, glad it was nothing major.

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Originally Posted by marshall2j

Congrats man

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Originally Posted by JasonTX

glad this worked out for ya man.

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Originally Posted by Joey-E

Thanks guys, I was pretty worried that it was the ecu or something with the ignition. Now all I have to worry about is the transmission running correctly after the swap.