Tuscan heater ECU

[Udo]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 29 August 2022 at 20:09

[Udo]

Good evening Gentlemen,
is there still anybody in GB who is able to repair Tuscan ECUs, especially the heater ECU?
Thanks in advance,
Udo

[Granturadriver]

Paul Smith for example: http://pselectronicsolutions.co.uk/repairs.html

[Matrix2k20]

Udo said:

Good evening Gentlemen,
is there still anybody in GB who is able to repair Tuscan ECUs, especially the heater ECU?
Thanks in advance,
Udo

Hallo Udo,

Paul smith hat bereits 2 mal nicht auf meine Anfragen aus Deutschland geantwortet. Ich habe heute mein heater ecu an Firma thiemann Elektronik geschickt. Die bauen zur not auch Replikas der ecu nach, wenn die nicht mehr zu reparieren geht, z.b. Platine defekt.

https://www.leiterplatten-ersatz.de/kontakt/

Edited by Matrix2k20 on Tuesday 30th August 09:50

[S6PNJ]

The 3 people I am aware of are:

Paul - PS Electronics - http://pselectronicsolutions.co.uk/
Jody - Python Racing - http://www.pythonracing.co.uk/
Ciaran - Ross Sports and Classics - https://www.facebook.com/groups/828469707180573/us...

Best contact them all and see what they can do / offer / charge.

[Udo]

Hallo Martin,
auch mir hat Paul Smith nicht geantwortet. Allerdings auch die empfohlene Firma Python und leider auch die Firma Thiemann nicht. Ich kann es nicht verstehen - wollen die alle keine Umsätze machen?
Hattest du denn Kontakt mit Thiemann und haben die dir gesagt, daß sie das Gerät reparieren können?

[Udo]

Hello Phil,
neither Paul Smith nor Phyton gave me a reply to my request. For Ciaran I couldn't find an e-mail-adress.
A German ECU-Specialist near my home said, they wouldn't repair it, because it is "not Standard"!?, and a second German Specialist didn't answer my mail.
Very, very sad, in my opinion.

[S6PNJ]

Hi Udo,

I've just checked - I got a reply from PS Electronics after about 4 days, I had to phone Jody at Python Racing, and Ciaran was via Facebook Messenger - again, a reply after about 3 days. For my door ECU, the estimated cost was lowest via Ciaran, but of course until anyone looks at it, what actually needs doing (and hence cost) is the determining factor.

[Adrian@]

THE first job when we bought our Tamaora last year...spoke to Paul on the phone (one try), he diagnosed the fault over the phone, and was happy to test the ECU if I wanted to waste the postage to him and 1 hours labour plus postage back (I never took him up on the offer). I replaced the flap motor micro-switch (over time it dug into the alloy and was bouncing IN the grooves it had cut, added a plastic runner for the switch to slide along) and looked at the positioning of the ECU (moved it into a better airflow position, and later changed the motor part of the flap stepper whilst I was in there). Again spoke to Paul (one try) for a dash display/fram/time fault (my bad when changing the battery), asked him to fix the fault, replace the 100% duty cycle fan and and the minor cables (supplied for him to fit), he said it would two weeks and it came on the date expected (having had several calls from him about the work involved), he was happy to talk about other work I was doing, regarding wiring diagrams/not having window encoders/ half speed/full speed fans, (for which he supplied a wiring diagram) THEN unrelated to the previous work I called again (one try) he replaced a defuser over the indicator LED that had fallen off for the cost of postage back to me. his technical knowledge on the Tamora was 100%. given pretty much in layman's terms (when needed) without being condescending.



On closer inspection!!
'Teeth' worn into the flap by the micro-switch tip!! These would bounce the lid on every start up cycle AMAZING! and on every heater control change...I knew something was not right, I thought it was the ECU. THEN having read the bumf on the cycling of the flap, thought it was simply something that I should 'live' with. Now having added a plastic slide for the micro-switch, I have no noises now apart from a simple hum/lock out and return to the switch position on start up. A@

Edited by Adrian@ on Sunday 4th September 12:26

[Udo]

Hello again.
Does someone have some pictures from the circuit board of an early (2000) Tuscan heater-ECU?
Mine has some burned parts, so the workshop needs to know what kind of resistor is necessary.
Thanks in advance,
best wishes,
Udo

[JimmyZZ]

Hallo Udo

Schick es an Günther Brednecke zu https://www.gpa-tech.de/
Die können es reparieren.

VG JimmyZ