This video saved my butt in so many ways. Now, here's a couple of things you need to know. It is very difficult to do this repair with a normal soldering iron. I went and bought a desoldering pistol for 120 US$ instead. This pistol has a hollow tip that heats up the pin and sucks out the solder at the same time. Works like a charm, and it makes desoldering AND soldering 138 pins so much easier. No need for wick and no danger of overheating and damaging other components on the board. Second tip: especially for our European friends: once you have a good desoldering vacuum gun, you can go ahead and buy almost any used BMW ECU and transplant the black connector. I'm telling youse this because the connectors are not really available new in Europe. They cost like 60 dollars new and you have to wait 4 weeks. Buying the vacuum desoldering gun and a used ECU was cheaper than the 1.500 USD that the BMW stealership quoted me to replace my corroded ECU. Thanks to this video I was able to repair the ECU and the car is running fine again.
Wow bro, excellent. If you found it on Mouser, it means that there's a good demand for it, maybe enough as to make a repair business out of it. The original terminal is Amphenol (AMP) and Amphenol = high quality terminals. Wondering what went wrong with those guys when manufactured that terminal…
I live in New York .. wish I had people like you around I'd pay to rebuilt my engine.. I'm a plumber I'd like to learn but don't want to fuck shit up ..
Wow bro good shit .. I'm learning working on my e38 2000 bought it for $1,000 got another one 1995 I got the BMW softwares but not sure how to code .. wish they made a video.. bad for business I guess.. cheers
just make sure you not heating up the joint just the pin, keep the iron on the pin with some flux it should melt and you can suck it out with solder sucker,any iron 40watt should be good enough to do the job.
Clear video. I had some problems with DME because of water. Water is really hard to stop going into the e-box. Maybe you can give me a few tips on the soldering. The traces are really skinny near the pins. I have some experience with soldering in AV equipment. But with unsoldering double sided PCB's I sometimes end up sucking out the whole via. So only heating the pin like you shown. But it is hard to suck out the hole all the way to the bottom. Is it about temperature? What's the brand of your iron? I'm always glad when someone is able to save a nice car like the 740i. Too much are wasted
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Can u fix mine? Will pay$$$
This video saved my butt in so many ways. Now, here's a couple of things you need to know. It is very difficult to do this repair with a normal soldering iron. I went and bought a desoldering pistol for 120 US$ instead. This pistol has a hollow tip that heats up the pin and sucks out the solder at the same time. Works like a charm, and it makes desoldering AND soldering 138 pins so much easier. No need for wick and no danger of overheating and damaging other components on the board. Second tip: especially for our European friends: once you have a good desoldering vacuum gun, you can go ahead and buy almost any used BMW ECU and transplant the black connector. I'm telling youse this because the connectors are not really available new in Europe. They cost like 60 dollars new and you have to wait 4 weeks.
Buying the vacuum desoldering gun and a used ECU was cheaper than the 1.500 USD that the BMW stealership quoted me to replace my corroded ECU. Thanks to this video I was able to repair the ECU and the car is running fine again.
Excellent video. You have a Jersey accent.
Piston ring blow ..
Wow bro, excellent. If you found it on Mouser, it means that there's a good demand for it, maybe enough as to make a repair business out of it. The original terminal is Amphenol (AMP) and Amphenol = high quality terminals. Wondering what went wrong with those guys when manufactured that terminal…
Excellent soldering job man, much respect!
Can you repair my dme if I send it to you?
Excellent video! It is very inspiring to me and makes me want to fix my 750. Sometimes two aren’t better than one!
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I live in New York .. wish I had people like you around I'd pay to rebuilt my engine.. I'm a plumber I'd like to learn but don't want to fuck shit up ..
Wow bro good shit .. I'm learning working on my e38 2000 bought it for $1,000 got another one 1995 I got the BMW softwares but not sure how to code .. wish they made a video.. bad for business I guess.. cheers
just make sure you not heating up the joint just the pin, keep the iron on the pin with some flux it should melt and you can suck it out with solder sucker,any iron 40watt should be good enough to do the job.
Clear video. I had some problems with DME because of water. Water is really hard to stop going into the e-box. Maybe you can give me a few tips on the soldering. The traces are really skinny near the pins. I have some experience with soldering in AV equipment. But with unsoldering double sided PCB's I sometimes end up sucking out the whole via. So only heating the pin like you shown. But it is hard to suck out the hole all the way to the bottom. Is it about temperature? What's the brand of your iron? I'm always glad when someone is able to save a nice car like the 740i. Too much are wasted