Lude Generation

one of the connections to the convertor chip got broken when doing the gearbox swap yesterday - the wire was resoldered but the speedo is light up but not registering anything - so im thinking the convertor chip might be broken

I am fairly sure that if you fit a set of ukdm el dials then u can remove the convertor chip altogether - can anyone verify this.
I have one of Robs V2 Spoon chips in the ecu so im assuming i will get vtec in first as well

At the moment the ecu is throwing a cel light once the engine gets to temp and the car is struggling to keep the revs up when its stationary. I havent been able to get a code using the paperclip test

updaqte - CEL light was due to loose connection at VSS so fixef that and cut out convertor chip at same time and fitted UKDM EL dials - result vtec in 1st, Dials reading in MPH , Bo limiter and no CEL.

Ooh Bugger. Didn't realise you were getting running problems as well.

Could you cut the wires, remove the convertor and twist together again temporarily without it to test your hypothesis? Just take it out? I know that's not ideal but seems a cheap start even if the speedo is wrong for a bit?

I know it'll be a pain to get too down/back there.

(As you know I know feck all about this stuff. Just a thought).

no worries Jez just going back down to the workshop and going to have another look - im not too savvy when it comes to this sort of stuff either @Merlin is going to stop by and help with diagnosis

the new clutch and flywheel feels spot on so that the main thing but theres always a chance of getting a few unwanted niggly things go wrong when you work on these old 4th gens

Always useful to have someone who knows what they're doing!

Good luck with it.

cheers Jez

Got it all fixed wityh help from @Merlin
Cut the chip out and fitted some UKDM EL dials now they are in and working perfect