ECU removal - where's the tabs to release the 2 wiring connectors?

[Snowbelt Spyder]

Prompt critical would be worth it for the money.

 

[Peter Aawen]

This pdf is from Wick-It for the Monster Flash ecu removal instructions. It is, as the O.P. posted, pretty useless.

I can't find the release button either, as the pdf pictures only generally point to the area it's supposed to be. One picture shows the release button from the underside of the ECU but it's not in the same place the other pics show it to be.

Pretty frustrating. Can't get light or tools into such a tight spot to see what I'm doing.

Now that you've actually found those release tabs, can you see how the pointer in those broader view pics couldn't possibly focus in on anything that small; and the close up pic really was pointing EXACTLY to the tab you needed to press??? :dontknow: Couldn't really have been any clearer, could it!! :banghead:

It's just that the tab on the crossbar bit of the release is so small that it's very difficult for anyone trying to describe it/identify it in a meaningful way for someone who doesn't already know where it is &/or what they're looking for.... But generally, once you realise that you HAVE BEEN looking right at the bloody thing & bitching about the pics not showing it when they really DO point at it & show it, then it all becomes clear.... :gaah:

Just like searching for anything, it's ALWAYS gonna be in the last place you look - in this instance, the pics weren't really useless - after all, they were pointing right at it but you just couldn't SEE it, cos you weren't thinking it would be something like that; or maybe it's smaller than you thought; or maybe it was just that you had the wrong glasses/poor light/the cat diverted your focus for a split instant.... :dontknow: . But just like you couldn't see it for looking right at it; this really should make one a little more wary on the roads & maybe a tad more understanding about those cage drivers who can look right at you, maybe even make eye contact, but still not SEE you!! Shouldn't it - cos we ALL do it sometimes/for some things!?! :shocked: Some call it situational blindness??! :cus:

Glad you found those tabs & got your ECU out; aren't you SOOO happy that yours was in an easily accessible place & not hidden away, jammed into a tiny slot between the LH front side of the placcy air intake trunking & the frame cross-member - a slot that was barely wide enough to fit the ECU into, let alone being anywhere near wide enough for you to actually unscrew & remove the 3 securing bolts so you could slide the ECU out of it's hidey hole?!? I almost hadta dismantle my 2013 RT into its component pieces to get its ECU out!! :gaah: .

Now you've just got a short (but oh, so long ) wait for your ECU to be split, upgraded, and returned/re-installed before you can finally feel for yourself why those of us who have done it already always claim that it finally makes our Spyders perform the way they SHOULD perform straight off the Showroom floor! hyea:

Hope the wait isn't too long! :cheers:

 

[UtahPete]

Thanks for the encouragement Peter. I hope my pictures will help the next person figure it out a little easier.

As for the bitching, well .... I'm not the strong, silent type I guess. I was told in the Navy that if I couldn't get something to work it's because I wasn't using the right words....or a big enough hammer....

 

[larryd]

I up graded from the stage 1 to the stage 2 this year...WHAT A DIFFERENCE...Should have done the stage 2 originally...DON'T FORGET TO SEND THE AIR CLEANER LID...LARRYD

 

[Peter Aawen]

Thanks for the encouragement Peter. I hope my pictures will help the next person figure it out a little easier.

As for the bitching, well .... I'm not the strong, silent type I guess. I was told in the Navy that if I couldn't get something to work it's because I wasn't using the right words....or a big enough hammer....

We all do it, so I wasn't aiming that comment just at you! :roflblack:

And I learnt much the same thing as you about carefully choosing the 'right words' & to 'get a bigger hammer' when trying to make difficult stuff work - firstly on the farm; then on the workshop & foundry floor; even in university & labs; and yet again when it was reinforced in the Navy here in Oz - so it's gotta have a deeper source than just being a 'Navy' thing? :dontknow: . Maybe IT's the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and All that Stuff, and not 42 after all?? :yikes: