"Roy and Rosa" <rbeaty@grandecom.net> wrote in message
news:10qqj6rqpg2ns24@corp.supernews.com...
> Heres the story. I am thinking of purchasing this car from a coworker for
> my
> teenage son. I dont own it yet and it is not at my house. So it is not
> easy to
> work on at his house. I dont want to work TOO hard on "someone elses"
> car.
> Digging thru wire bundles without a drawing would be too involved. He
> hasnt
> run it in about 6 months but was running when he parked it. He drove it
> to
> work till he took over his wifes car when she got a new one.
>
> The ecu is under passenger carpet. the led is visible thru window but I
> have
> never seen it flash.
> I did remove connector to distributor and cranked car for about
> 30 seconds. no codes.
> I even unplugged connectors to ecu and plugged them back in. Still no
> flashes.
> The fuse I refered to is under the hood. there are 5 or 6 fuses (15 to 30
> amp)
> and 3 relay looking devices rated 50 amps or so. They may be some sort of
> breaker. It is labeled ECU 15 amp. I havent looked too hard at the fuse
> block
> under dash.
>
> I tried the local honda dealer for a diagram, but was told to check back
> tomorrow when the foreman was in. This dealer, the only one in town, is
> known for being customer UNfriendly. So I dont hold out much hope.
> Thats why Im trying the net. Always had good results from groups posts.
> Roy
>
Ahh.... Somehow it sounds like you might be heading into the darkness if you
do purchase the car.

I checked with my son, who had an '89 Accord. His ECU got wet in a flood and
was damaged - replaced with one from a wrecking yard. He said he didn't
think it produced any codes when it was working normally.

Mike