ecbm repair (1214)
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Racer
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ecbm repair (1214)
well just wanted to let everyone with this problem know found a place to get this thing repaired
and after talkin with Brandon got him to repair and upgrade it for 150.00 plus 8.00 for return next day air .
this is a great price if ya look at cost to replace and customer service was also great. he will gurantee the ecbm for as long as you own the car.So if ya have this problem give him a call , site is absfixer.com or call 877-648-7530 let him know ya herd about him on the form.
hope this helps
Bill
and after talkin with Brandon got him to repair and upgrade it for 150.00 plus 8.00 for return next day air . this is a great price if ya look at cost to replace and customer service was also great. he will gurantee the ecbm for as long as you own the car.So if ya have this problem give him a call , site is absfixer.com or call 877-648-7530 let him know ya herd about him on the form.
hope this helps
Bill
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Someone with a bad ECBM should take a couple of hi-res pics of the front and back of the board before and after you get it back to see what they are replacing. It might only be 20 bucks in parts.
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I have an 02 EBTCM that I took apart. It not all that easy but isnt impossible either. There are some parts that you can change on your own but, you would need to seperate the upper board from the lower board. Here is what your up against:
Mdule connected to the BPMV
Module removed form BPMV
Module inside case "back side" that connects to BPMV:
The module and case are filled with a silicone that makes seperation of the module difficult!
The metal cans on the top board are the electromagnetic driver coils that open or shut the poppet valves inside the BPMV
Here is the top of the upper board:
Under the upper board is a micro processor with surface mounted components, The board sits in a chassis and is sealed inside a stickey guey silicone gel. Your NOT going to fix that board!!
Once you get your EBTCM back from being repaired,,,,are you going to bust it back apart and take pictures of it?
Hope the pictures clear up some stuff.
BC
Mdule connected to the BPMV
Module removed form BPMV
Module inside case "back side" that connects to BPMV:
The module and case are filled with a silicone that makes seperation of the module difficult!
The metal cans on the top board are the electromagnetic driver coils that open or shut the poppet valves inside the BPMV
Here is the top of the upper board:
Under the upper board is a micro processor with surface mounted components, The board sits in a chassis and is sealed inside a stickey guey silicone gel. Your NOT going to fix that board!!
Once you get your EBTCM back from being repaired,,,,are you going to bust it back apart and take pictures of it?
Hope the pictures clear up some stuff.
BC
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Good Fix--Great price!!
Well, just wanted to let everyone with this problem know found a place to get this thing repaired and after talkin with Brandon got him to repair and upgrade it for 150.00 plus 8.00 for return next day air. Tthis is a great price if ya look at cost to replace and customer service was also great. He will guarantee the ecbm for as long as you own the car. So if ya have this problem give him a call, site is absfixer.com or call 877-648-7530 let him know ya herd about him on the form. i hope this helps. Bill
and after talkin with Brandon got him to repair and upgrade it for 150.00 plus 8.00 for return next day air. Tthis is a great price if ya look at cost to replace and customer service was also great. He will guarantee the ecbm for as long as you own the car. So if ya have this problem give him a call, site is absfixer.com or call 877-648-7530 let him know ya herd about him on the form. i hope this helps. Bill
Also, I contacted him. Altho his web site only mentions the K-H EBCM repair, his $150 price with $8 S/H also applies to the Delphi EBCM used in the C5 Z06. keep this site posted as to your experience with his repair.
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Added to my favorites list. I have not had problems yet "knockin" on head" but if I ever do will def. check with this guy. Thanks for the info!!! 
Racer
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I shipped my EBCM off to them on Wed of last week (I was leaving that day to go on vacation so why not send it off)... I got it back today (Tuesday) and put it back on. At first I still had the ABS, TC and AH errors so I was getting pretty mad. But I stayed calm.. deleted all the codes.. and tried again. Worked like a charm!
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St. Jude Donor '08
The housing is stuck together with a black synthetic fabric seal that has adhesive on both sides. It will come apart. I inserted a thin scraper blade into the joint about 1/8" in a couple locations and it just popped apart.
Seperating the EBTCM electrinics from the housing is a BITCH! You have to pry and pull and pry and pull and pry and pull......until the RTV breaks loose!
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From: Long Grove IL
I also need to open the case to get at the electronics. I really don't want to spend all that money just for a stupid relay that the engineers should not have used in the first place. When I pry mine, the case metal starts to crumble. I was wondering if a solvent or some heat would work. Thanks for the post and the reply.
Last edited by shark454; Mar 6, 2007 at 06:46 PM.
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
If you use a small face prying implement, yea, it could damage the case. I used WIDE 1" blade scrapers and drove then into the seam about 1/8" deep (after I removed the screws). After the scrapers were all inserted into the seam, I used even pressure and then the RTV broke loose. Once the RTV breaks loose, it still a bit rough coming out. Keep working on it, you will get it apart.
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I need to do this one of these days, but getting to it is going to be a bitch with the Vortech blower directly above it.