Aha! so the ECU appears to be in the side panel behind the driver's
seat. now I just have to figure out how to get that off. Those
service manuals looked pretty helpful but didn't contain much info on
how to disassemble body panels.

 

Aha! so the ECU appears to be in the side panel behind the driver's
seat. now I just have to figure out how to get that off. Those
service manuals looked pretty helpful but didn't contain much info on
how to disassemble body panels.

 

zardozrocks wrote:
> Aha! so the ECU appears to be in the side panel behind the driver's
> seat. now I just have to figure out how to get that off. Those
> service manuals looked pretty helpful but didn't contain much info on
> how to disassemble body panels.

It's under the front seat, covered by a plastic cover. You first
need to remove the seat, "4 bolts, and plastic covers need to
be popped off to get to the back two." Then you take off the
plastic cover , and there it is..
The PGM-FI has a LED that blinks to show the trouble code.
You need to access the puter, and when you get a trouble
warning light, then count how many times the LED blinks.
There will be a 2 second pause between each series of blinks.
I have a list of the blink code if you don't have it.
MK

 

zardozrocks wrote:
> Aha! so the ECU appears to be in the side panel behind the driver's
> seat. now I just have to figure out how to get that off. Those
> service manuals looked pretty helpful but didn't contain much info on
> how to disassemble body panels.

It's under the front seat, covered by a plastic cover. You first
need to remove the seat, "4 bolts, and plastic covers need to
be popped off to get to the back two." Then you take off the
plastic cover , and there it is..
The PGM-FI has a LED that blinks to show the trouble code.
You need to access the puter, and when you get a trouble
warning light, then count how many times the LED blinks.
There will be a 2 second pause between each series of blinks.
I have a list of the blink code if you don't have it.
MK

 

zardozrocks wrote:
> Aha! so the ECU appears to be in the side panel behind the driver's
> seat. now I just have to figure out how to get that off. Those
> service manuals looked pretty helpful but didn't contain much info on
> how to disassemble body panels.

It's under the front seat, covered by a plastic cover. You first
need to remove the seat, "4 bolts, and plastic covers need to
be popped off to get to the back two." Then you take off the
plastic cover , and there it is..
The PGM-FI has a LED that blinks to show the trouble code.
You need to access the puter, and when you get a trouble
warning light, then count how many times the LED blinks.
There will be a 2 second pause between each series of blinks.
I have a list of the blink code if you don't have it.
MK

 

zardozrocks wrote:
> Aha! so the ECU appears to be in the side panel behind the driver's
> seat. now I just have to figure out how to get that off. Those
> service manuals looked pretty helpful but didn't contain much info on
> how to disassemble body panels.

It's under the front seat, covered by a plastic cover. You first
need to remove the seat, "4 bolts, and plastic covers need to
be popped off to get to the back two." Then you take off the
plastic cover , and there it is..
The PGM-FI has a LED that blinks to show the trouble code.
You need to access the puter, and when you get a trouble
warning light, then count how many times the LED blinks.
There will be a 2 second pause between each series of blinks.
I have a list of the blink code if you don't have it.
MK

 

Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
no idea how to get that panel off.

 

Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
no idea how to get that panel off.

 

Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
no idea how to get that panel off.

 

Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
no idea how to get that panel off.

 

"zardozrocks" <zardozrocks@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1165358342.522772.291130@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com:

> Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
> posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
> no idea how to get that panel off.
>
>


That's wrong. It's under the driver's seat. Run the seat all the way back
and you'll see it.

See here:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/..._E_14JAN03.pdf
specifically page 15.

My OBD-II pages are confusingly written and I apologize for that. A rewrite
is in the cards just as soon as work slows down a bit...

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

"zardozrocks" <zardozrocks@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1165358342.522772.291130@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com:

> Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
> posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
> no idea how to get that panel off.
>
>


That's wrong. It's under the driver's seat. Run the seat all the way back
and you'll see it.

See here:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/..._E_14JAN03.pdf
specifically page 15.

My OBD-II pages are confusingly written and I apologize for that. A rewrite
is in the cards just as soon as work slows down a bit...

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

"zardozrocks" <zardozrocks@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1165358342.522772.291130@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com:

> Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
> posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
> no idea how to get that panel off.
>
>


That's wrong. It's under the driver's seat. Run the seat all the way back
and you'll see it.

See here:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/..._E_14JAN03.pdf
specifically page 15.

My OBD-II pages are confusingly written and I apologize for that. A rewrite
is in the cards just as soon as work slows down a bit...

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

"zardozrocks" <zardozrocks@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1165358342.522772.291130@n67g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com:

> Thanks for your response, but according to that document michael pardee
> posted, it's in the right side panel behind the driver's seat. I have
> no idea how to get that panel off.
>
>


That's wrong. It's under the driver's seat. Run the seat all the way back
and you'll see it.

See here:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/..._E_14JAN03.pdf
specifically page 15.

My OBD-II pages are confusingly written and I apologize for that. A rewrite
is in the cards just as soon as work slows down a bit...

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

 

That document is where I was looking before (although a different
link). My car is a *1987 Honda Prelude* which is the first row of the
table on page 16. That says:

"Procedure: Access ECU (located behind
driver's seat within door pillar assembly)
(H8). Turn ignition on and
observe LED on ECU for codes.
Codes: Codes blinked out by LED are
separated by two second pause, then
repeated. For example: 2 blinks - two
second pause - 2 blinks = code 2 (H14)"

No tool necessary it says. however, i don't really know how to get in
the 'door pillar assembly'