[s-cars] Ecu removal

[Peter Anderson]

OK, so I am home now and have taken a closer look at the passenger side
footwell area.  Trim at door jamb (part of lower side kick panel has crack
in it and now that I have removed the fastener to pull off the panel I see
how it got there...hmmmm.  I tried to pull back the carpet but there was too
much resistance.  Upon close inspection I noticed the carpet was indeed cut
along the seam at the transmission tunnel BUT the cut does not extend all
the way to the top edge beneath the glove box.  WTF??  I cut through the
remaining part of the carpet and peeled it back.
Having gotten this far I don't see how someone could have removed the ECU
without that final carpet cut.  I removed the cover plate and removed the
four screws securing the ECU.  Surprise #2 : it appears the original hose
clamp is still in place.  It is the type w/o screw.  I expected a regular
hose clamp if this had been chipped.  I don't feel like  going to the
trouble of removing this clamp until I really have to (is there an easy way
/ special tool?).  Did anyone who chipped their ECU use one of these when
they put it back in?


Peter Anderson