!!cant get ***** kick panel off.. help please!!!

[slappedvr]

hey guys
i jsut bought a chip and am trying to put it in this morning but the problem is i cant even get the kick panel off to acces where the chip is. i unscrewed the little screw under the glove box but its not giving pay
please help guys
cheers

[ephect]

you need to remove the strip that locks the doorsill to the kickpanel. remove the side airvent that attaches to the dash, and u'll see another screw behind there. i cant remember if i really needed to, but i removed the glovebox coz there was a screw underneath.

[slappedvr]

ok so i finnaly got the kick panel off
and now im faced with a steel box with rivets i think.
how do i get this thing off?

[ephect]

there are black clips around the ecu, gently unclip them and you can remove the ecu from its mounted position.

on the other side are 2 screws holding a metal door/flap, remove them and you can lift the door up/off and under there is the chip.

[slappedvr]

thnx
ok i done that but cant undoo the screws
what did u undo them with?

[danja]

From memory they are torx screws. They shouldn't be tight though, you might manage with a jewellers screwdriver.

[VSIIBerlinaL67]

torx screw driver i think

[DENDTS]

i think their a t15 or t20 torx bit on the ecu

[slappedvr]

wow ive never heard of a torx screwdriver
is there any other tools that would be able to get it off as i dont ahve any torx screw drivers?

[ephect]

you might be able to get them off with a flathead screwdriver thats the right size, but you might end up wrecking the thread. will work thou.

[stocky]

sounds like you might have that shield thing in front of your ecu. you will have to drill the rivets out. ecu is behind it. did vr's have this shield?

[Cobez]

Not sure, i thought they had the small bolts like VN's and VP's, and then the VS's had the torx screws? If it does have the torx screws, you can buy a torx screw head set from supercheap / autobarn / repco for sweet F/A.

It's a good investment. I hope you didn't buy the chip off Ebay.....

[-ToM-]

the ECU isnt in the kick panel, its the PCM.

you unscrew the bracket and unplug the pcm first.

once you have that out the pcm slides out of the bracket, and then you open the metal container with a torx screwdriver

[stocky]

the ECU isnt in the kick panel, its the PCM.

yes it is...

[ephect]

ecu pcm same

[Cobez]

the ECU isnt in the kick panel, its the PCM.

you unscrew the bracket and unplug the pcm first.

once you have that out the pcm slides out of the bracket, and then you open the metal container with a torx screwdriver

yes it is...

ecu pcm same

Saved me having to say it.

[stocky]

isnt the pcm on the drivers side

[ephect]

BCM is on the drivers side

[stocky]

BCM is underneath the instrument cluster. theres another box in the drivers side kick panel