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Old 04-28-2008, 12:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I Would Like To Know How To Reset The Ecu On My '85 Ranger-2.3l-4cyl.efi-early Edition?
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Old 04-28-2008, 02:45 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Disconnect the battery for a couple of minutes
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Tried That About 10 Times-still Didn't Work. Any Other Ideas? Thanks In Advance.
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disconnect the battery and then hold the break peddle in
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If it comes right back on its a hard fault and you will have to have it fixed for the light to go out.
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one other way to reset the KAM is to unhook the battery and touch the terminals
together. But you will have to fix the problem first
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