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This. ^^

As there are many other people who are going to read this, just crimp some spade terminals onto the wires and run it to a switch, that way you can easily reset the code every month or two.

Leon seems to think everyone is an electronics guru, but there is absolutely no need to automate such a simple signal. All the ecu needs is a 5 second burst of power which is easily automated but I have seen so many wiring faults caused by DIY brake cut fiddling after owners reading threads like this... Now I just recommend the simple wire cut. (unless you feel very confident).

spank you verry much ;)

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All I did was cut and extended the wires, to a micro switch mounted on a bracket at the shifter, when the car is in park the switch is closed.

As we all know that you need to put the brake on to take it out of park, that way it resets every time I drive it and dont need to worry about it.

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This. ^^

As there are many other people who are going to read this, just crimp some spade terminals onto the wires and run it to a switch, that way you can easily reset the code every month or two.

Leon seems to think everyone is an electronics guru, but there is absolutely no need to automate such a simple signal. All the ecu needs is a 5 second burst of power which is easily automated but I have seen so many wiring faults caused by DIY brake cut fiddling after owners reading threads like this... Now I just recommend the simple wire cut. (unless you feel very confident).

Lol, I know there are lots of guys who aren't gurus of any sort, so I too recommend the simple switch (which was how I ran mine for ages). But this mod comes up so often that once people wrap their heads around the (very simple) concept, it invariably leads to alternatives being discussed. And from memory, I think you Scotty came up with a few left field ideas in the other thread..... :)

All I did was cut and extended the wires, to a micro switch mounted on a bracket at the shifter, when the car is in park the switch is closed.

As we all know that you need to put the brake on to take it out of park, that way it resets every time I drive it and dont need to worry about it.

Now this ^^ is pure gold. Great idea Gary :thumbsup:

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I just done this last night ... But there is 2 pink and black trace

I found pin 55 an cut and put a switch on but I didn't notice any difference really..

Maybe I was expecting to much..

Will still only stall up 2g maybe 2 1/2

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You may have some gearbox fault codes now...

The ECU for the engine is behind the glovebox.

Thanks Scotty

Took all for 5 min... Easy...

But I don't notice a big difference...

Not sure what I was expecting tho

Easy mod

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