From: Glen Closson (glen_closson@earthlink.net)
Date: Tue May 23 2006 - 20:55:47 PDT
A rebuilt "computer" for my 1982 Toyota Supra was quoted at $999 from the
dealer with a 30 day warrantee. This was just the part, no installation. I
was lucky it was not the computer after all. The car has since died for
other reasons. It proved to be a very troublesome car.
Regards,
Glen
"Chance favors the prepared mind." ~ Louis Pasteur
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [MV] HMMWV Protective Control Box
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From: "Sonny Heath" <sonny@defuniak.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>; "Chance Wolf"
<bigbadwolf@telus.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] HMMWV Protective Control Box
> I hope this post makes sense to someone, but it doesn't to me.
>
> Sonny
Sonny, in the HMMWV/Hummer/Humvee they have a black box under the dashboard
which contains a circuit board and a few relays called a "Protective Control
Box", or "PCB", which interfaces to the rest of the HMMWV via two nice big
thick harnesses ending in Amphenol/Cannon connectors. They have relays
which run your starter and turn on your glow plugs and activate your glow
plug WAIT light and make/break the connection from your alternator to your
battery and a whole lot of other nifty things provided they're working, but
many...uhhhh..."don't show up for work." One of the local HMMWV owners just
had his retire permanently in true Viking Funeral tradition, so he asked me
to help him source a replacement now that Kascar - one of the most
accessible suppliers of NOS and used HMMWV stuff - has decided that you
cannot buy military-designed HMMWV stuff off them unless you have someone to
salute (wives need not apply.)
The next time I have a PCB failure I'm going to install discrete
(accessible) relays and bin the whole PCB concept. It can quite seriously
Go Directly To Hell. Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200.00 I hate
looking stupid on set with my alligator clips and probes and leads and junk
trying to bypass whatever the PCB's decided to go On Strike over for the
sake of a service modularity concept which in my own case doesn't apply.
Throwing out 200 bucks worth of Box for a $5 relay is just not on.
Thanks to all who replied with their own stock/availability. I have to let
buckwheat make the decision before I buy one, and he hasn't gotten back to
me yet.
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