Originally Posted by
nemiro
The older clones didn't have this defect. It seems to be in almost all of them made in the last 2-3 years. Without the fix, it will read the ECU, and that's it, and it will not run most of the diagnostics on it. It will also only read the ECU (PCM) on all other 2005 down Chryslers. With the mod in place, it reads everything. For almost all other 2006+ Chryslers, it will work fine, without the fix.
What are your thoughts on this method.
1, Use a fine piece of copper wire of a suitable length, tinned at both ends and flattened in the middle.
2, Use crazy glue to hold the flattened area of the wire in the correct position and while holding the wire down with a fine needle apply the soldering iron tip to the joint area which has a small amount of flux between the two faces. Do this to both ends of the wire.
Maybe a length of trace cut from some spare board could be used instead of the copper wire as it already tinned and flat.
The areas to be soldered or glued would be cleaned of any coating before soldering.
I am choosing a fine tipped iron at the moment, if you think this is a viable method I will order it.
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