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Took my car to the shop, should I keep it or sell it?

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Old 07-27-13, 08:54 PM
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nice stingray!!
Old 07-28-13, 06:50 AM
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Did you get the service done yet?

Did it fix your problem? My dad had a 77 Stingray and loved it. He has owned 12 Corvettes.
Old 07-28-13, 08:18 AM
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Lol, he just posted this thread 2 days ago.
Old 07-28-13, 08:44 AM
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Overnight service is available....LOL
Old 07-28-13, 08:57 AM
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That is actually true. That's the only product in the store that offers instant next day turn around. You can drive without a cluster, but not an ECU.
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I'm sending it out tomorrow and I'm gonna get the quickest shipping I can
Old 07-28-13, 11:40 AM
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USPS overnight is the cheapest/fastest. Fed ex and UPS are more expensive for overnight.
Old 07-29-13, 04:26 PM
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I sent in my ECU today, I tried to overnight it but she said the fastest it could get their was Thursday and that was $44 or I could go flat rate and have it their most likely by Wednesday for $14, (makes since right? haha) So hopefully It will get back soon. Total cost was $102.34. Pretty cheap if it fixes everything, Especially since the dealership wanted to charge me $1100 for a new ECU!! I could by an entire parts car for that!!! I will keep you guys posted when I get it back and let y'all know if it fixed my cars issues.
-Thanks again everyone!
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***UPDATE***
I got my ECU back today, It took longer than usual because the ECU was in such bad shape. Thanks to the guys at LLS who spent the time to fix it right. I got my car back on the rode today and I still have fluxuation when I put it in park, I drove around town and a few times my idle would go down to about 400 when its usually at 1,000 RPM. It definitely runs better with the ECU rebuild, Usually when I have the A/C on full blast it will drop the Idle alot!
Any ideas what could be causing the weird idle problems?

Here is a picture of how bad my capacitors were
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Wow, they were bad. Glad you got it back. It might take some time for the ECU to relearn your driving habits and so on.
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Originally Posted by 1JZPWRD
Wow, they were bad. Glad you got it back. It might take some time for the ECU to relearn your driving habits and so on.
I saw on your build thread that you had an idling issue with the A/C, Can you explain what was happening?
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does your car die when the ac is on and if the ac is off does it stay Idle?
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Originally Posted by mikef
does your car die when the ac is on and if the ac is off does it stay Idle?
It will idle with it on and off, The idle just tends to drop when I have the A/C on, sometimes it stays idling perfect, sometimes it will just randomly drop to about 400 RPM. Sometimes it will lose idle all together and I have to keep on the gas just to keep the car running
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I just redid my caps on my ECU and it fixed my idling problems and i gained HP, it feels much faster.
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Originally Posted by Kpierce007
It will idle with it on and off, The idle just tends to drop when I have the A/C on, sometimes it stays idling perfect, sometimes it will just randomly drop to about 400 RPM. Sometimes it will lose idle all together and I have to keep on the gas just to keep the car running
MAF or IACV going out.


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