Re: Euro-R CL1's 2002 Honda Accord EX
Looks like its coming along. Drop should be your next priority. and K&N filter if you havent done it. Then exhaust.
As for the 5speed swap, I am doing it as well, my plan is to leave the interior disassembled. You can turn on the car with the AUTO ecu, but it will run in limp mode w/ no vtec, speedo, reverse lights, etc. I will drive to the dealer and have them take care of it. And come home and finish wiring.
What I will try first is swapping the immobilizer units. They should be the same for the AUTO and the MT ECU. All you have to do is carefully de-solder the pins and re-solder them. I'm pretty good at soldering so shouldn't be too hard.
One thing to note is that the pin layout changed for some years. Search the forums theres a thread on this:
At There are two different board installed in the ECU's. In the cars, build 1996-1999 it was the IMMO-A0 (see our other Product "Mobilizer-Board-A0") and in the cars build 1999-2001 the Board FX01, HIC1 or HCRL1. You can easy determine the two board from couting the pins. The IMMO-A0 has 10 pins and the FX01, HIC1 and HCRL has 12 pins.
I HIGHLY recommend ANYONE that is getting an ECU to try this first. Saves you $200 at the dealer for new keys when your old ones are fine.
Honda did some weird stuff for the year 2000. It seems 1998-1999 and 2001-2002 were consistent though. For example, they switched to electronic coolant sensor and lots of other little things. Any ECU should work as long as its the MT one.
I personally got a 2000 EX ECU. I chose this because I have a 2000 LX w/ ABS and I wanted to try to swap the immobilizer first. One thing I would double-check is your engine, Honda makes Fed Emissions and Calif Emissions for different regions.
If you have a 2002 ECU, get a 2002 ECU. Make sure you get the VIN too just in case it doesn't work.
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