Pun is a play on words.
It's an 1100 sport so the rotation of the ecu would be awkward with the long connector strip on starboard side. Also investigating a socket http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/0437143/ which runs parallel with plane of pcb but need to check clearance and how I would disconnect without having to take the main cover off each time. I have fingers like cows udders!

I have an answer and a question.  First, as to Mad Farquhar's connector problem, I drilled a hole in the side of the ECU about 1/4" in diameter, in line with the ECU port.  I installed a grommet in the hole for sealing purposes, and then fed the Cat 5 cable through the grommet with no connector installed.  After installing the CAT 5 connector on the inside end of the cable, I used a small pair of wire cutters to cut a shallow V at the back side of the connector, opposite the retainer spring.  That gives enough room so that you can bend the cable and leaves room for the rubber plug to be installed and not interfere with the cable.  The cable now comes out of the side of the ECU, and the seat doesn't make contact.
  Now for my question:  When I look at the Optimiser, it shows the current map location as x,y not y,x, right?  So the correct idle position would be 1,0 (tps 103,idle 1050), right?  It seems that my idle position is shown as 0,1.  Where is my error?

COnewbie wrote on 07/09/12 at 09:54:18:


COnewbie, can you post a picture of your connector idea?

I thought about my cable mod overnight, and I have what I think is a better suggestion.  I drilled a hole because I intend to leave the cable in place forever.  You might want to forego drilling a hole, and use a rat-tail file to make a U-shaped notch in the side of the ECU case just barely big enough to accommodate the rubber grommet.  Then you can split the grommet, put it around the cable, and trap it with the ECU cover.  The aluminum duct tape I use is more than adequate to fasten the cover down securely, especially if you locate the notch to one side or the other of the rubber plug.  Hope this helps.