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    Help me pin out a 173 DME?

    Hello, my son has a 173 DME for his 2.7i motor that he is putting together. Can somebody point me to a diagram so I can check all the pins and confirm that it will mate to the wire harness he’s got?
    My son has the 1987 325e, 2 door, 5speed
    I daily the 1989 325i, 4 door, 5speed

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    That page has all of the Electrical Troubleshooting Manuals, just find your year and read it. Section 1360 should have all of the ECU pins, functions, wire color, and wire size.
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      #3
      More info to help

      Where and how to access ECU: I have tried to illustrate where and how to access the ECU, it is in the glove box compartment. To access it open your glove box and undo the two screws holding the plastic cover that is at the "ceiling" of the glove box compartment, under there you will






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        #4
        Thanks you for the guidance.
        My son has the 1987 325e, 2 door, 5speed
        I daily the 1989 325i, 4 door, 5speed

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          #5
          I did a 173 motronic upgrade in an 87 eta using an 87 harness and did not have to change anything on the harness. Externals like injectors, reference, crank and oil level sensors had to be changed but zero on the harness
          Seat Shocks....I have passed the baton to John Christy from Ninestitch. Email John or Garrett at ninestitch1@gmail.com

          https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...86#post4944786
          Alice the Time Capsule
          http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=360504
          87 Zinno Cabrio barn find 98k and still smells like a barn. Build thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...20#post3455220

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            #6
            Originally posted by jeffnhiscars View Post
            I did a 173 motronic upgrade in an 87 eta using an 87 harness and did not have to change anything on the harness. Externals like injectors, reference, crank and oil level sensors had to be changed but zero on the harness
            Good to know, thank you.
            My son has the 1987 325e, 2 door, 5speed
            I daily the 1989 325i, 4 door, 5speed

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              #7
              Originally posted by jeffnhiscars View Post
              I did a 173 motronic upgrade in an 87 eta using an 87 harness and did not have to change anything on the harness. Externals like injectors, reference, crank and oil level sensors had to be changed but zero on the harness
              What? Are you sure about that? Motronic 1.0 used on the 84-87 eta has a completely different connector, with like 20 less pins. The entire harness is completely different. I know you're a long-time member, but there's no way this is true unless you had an '88 seta.
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              Bimmerlabs

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                #8
                i did the same. i grabbed a 87 325is harness and plugged it straight into my 86 325e harness and everything works other than changing afm, cps, dme 173,

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                  #9
                  Oh, I think I misread. He swapped an 87 325i harness into an ETA. I thought he was saying he plugged in a 173 DME into the eta harness. Yes, that makes sense. :)
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                  Bimmerlabs

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by nando View Post
                    Oh, I think I misread. He swapped an 87 325i harness into an ETA. I thought he was saying he plugged in a 173 DME into the eta harness. Yes, that makes sense. :)
                    Nando...remove mask, take deep breath, replace mask :)
                    Seat Shocks....I have passed the baton to John Christy from Ninestitch. Email John or Garrett at ninestitch1@gmail.com

                    https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/sho...86#post4944786
                    Alice the Time Capsule
                    http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=360504
                    87 Zinno Cabrio barn find 98k and still smells like a barn. Build thread http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/show...20#post3455220

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