installing new ECU?!? @#$*&(@*#&$!!!!

[yoda888]

Ok folks, I'm trying to swap out my ECU with an APR I picked up quite a while back.

I have looked thru the forums, APRs DIY article, and this http://www.audiworld.com/tech/eng4.shtml .

But, how the @WR&*@(#*$&(*@#$*&YFUI(*&*(@# do you remove that last bolt in the back!? I don't want to have to take the whole cowel apart, is there an easier way? I have a '99.5, and while the outline for that "pop-out" is there, mine does not pop out!

I can't believe how they designed this car!!!

Anyone have any tips or insight?! Do I need a mini rachet that is 1/4" thick and a socket that is just as small!?

[goody6691]

Yes

[whoace]

From the article:

You can remove 4 of the 5 bolts fairly easily at this point with an 8mm socket. The fifth & last screw is hidden by the aforementioned black wiper fairing. If you don't have the access port plug, you will have to get at it from outside the hood. I dug my fingers in between the fairing and the windshield glass to see the 5th screw. Using a long extension, I loosened the screw several turns, then finished the job by relaxing the fairing, then reaching back under the hood, over the ECU box, and pulling the screw out. You do not want to drop this screw, as it would be a devil of a time getting it back.

[Stampy]

its like a 10 minute process man.

[BigA1.8T]

its like a 10 minute process man.

my thoughts exactly

[Russell2686]

and just leave it out once you have it out.

[bassed]

its like a 10 minute process man.

If you ride the short bus It's called 8mm and you can use a ratchet or a wrench or.....wait wait....wait one sec more yup a ratcheting wrench.

[ShawFM]

This is what I used from Sears

[airy52]

its good to have small hands...

[jonrogers42]

put some elbow grease into it!

[pipe7284]

I broke it!!!!!!fuck that screw. no problems whatsoever.

I have no patiense!!!!

[JMG]

It's not that hard, you don't even have to take the cowl off completely.

[biketsai]

lol, just get some vice grips or something!
I just used a wrench

[yoda888]

I'll try a crescent wrench...it'll take a while..but I don't plan to put that screw back in!

[Mawhitey]

It will come out with a bit of a squeeze and an 8mm spanner, or 1/4 in dr 8mm socket. It took you longer to post on here than it would to remove,lol j/k

[Militant-Grunt]

Ah cmon man, that last screw is cake, just need a small 8 on a small ratchet and it fits no problem.

[ModifiedA4]

I broke it!!!!!!fuck that screw. no problems whatsoever.

I have no patiense!!!!

back away from the car.

do it right or dont do it at all.

[beejohn]

wow. it really is not that hard to remove the windshield wipers which is what i do. 10mm nuts, and two phillips screws.

take your time with mods. ^^^ what modified said, "do it right or don't do it at all". yeah it's just a screw, but in the future...

[Mawhitey]

I wish your ECU's would work on my car, you have better tunes available over there