Originally Posted by Kodebuster
Althouh not related to your current no-start issue, I thought I read here somewhere, that if you crank the engine 30 times, and she no starts, something like the ECU locks up, and now now your really hosed.
And it requires a replacement, or re-program or something, for very big bucks.
Was I dosing off when I read this, or is there some truth to this.
I have to think that you went thru a $hit load of cranks trying to get that puppy road worthy...

I asked Rudy about this over the phone, he had never heard of such. I had read that as well and asked him specifically for the exact same subject of concern.
Right now, I'm at ~15 cranks w/o firing, give or take