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Welcome to the Shoebox Electronix website! Hopefully you find your visit well worthwhile. Please don't hesitate to email or call with any suggestions or ideas. Our goal is to not only promote our products to the Vanagon Community, but also provide a source of useful information the Vanagon owner can utilize to help with the sometime daunting task of Vanagon  troubleshooting, specifically that area in and around the Digijet FCU(Fuel Control Unit), and the Digifant ECU (Engine Control Unit)
We currently offer two Monitor Systems to cover the 1983 1/2 through 1991 Model years. Our 8691V ECU Monitor is year specific to 1986 -1991 Digifant equipped Vanagons, and our new 8385 FCU Monitor will provide the same functionality* as the 8691 for 1983 1/2 through 1985 Digijet equipped models. If you own two Vanagons, you can purchase an accessory cable kit to use the 8691V on each vehicle. Note: If you have a Digijet Vanagon and a Digifant Vanagon, you need to utilize both the 8385 & 8586 Cable Kit; two older Vanagons, an 8385 & Digijet Pigtail Cable Kit, and two Digifant Vanagons will require the 8691 & 8691 Digifant Pigtail Cable Kit. Contact us or the Van Cafe for any clarification.
Our 8691B Battery Saver will function on older (1984 & 1985) vans as well. You can see descriptions of these devices on our PRODUCTS page. Our customers have reported excellent results with the 8691V ECU Monitor, since it's release in 2003.
The Van Cafe in Santa Cruz, CA (www.van-cafe.com) has utilized our ECU Monitor since 2003 for narrowing down ECU related problems in their repair shop, and also offers the kit versions of all our products for sale on their website and at their brick & mortar retail location.The Van Cafe also can provide an ECU + ECU Monitor System for a rental fee, if you need to replace your ECU, and perform monitor functions at the same time. Please contact them at 831-426-1244 for information on rental cost.
You also have access to our complete library of product documentation, Digijet and Digifant troubleshooting information, and ECU specific data we have collected over the years. These files are available in pdf format. In addition we have provided a collection of useful Vanagon information links.
One of our business philosophies is to provide a product that you will be able to put to use with a minimum of assembly and installation time. We realize that time is money, and we want you to minimize your investment and maximize your benefit. It is in this light that the ECU Monitor Kit was designed, well beyond the first version release, which required a working ECU connection to the Monitor, to be used as a temporary test swap unit.
Our kit version has been designed to be installed by the average person with a few simple hand tools.  Your kit will include an assembled and tested printed circuit board wired and tested, and ready to easily mount into the included case. This monitor unit will connect with a pre-assembled nine foot ribbon cable to your ECU via a short 12" interconnect cable which you will attach to your ECU by soldering 13 wires to its printed circuit board.The 8385 System comes with an 18' cable to connect the the stern mounted FCU.
We provide detailed instructions, with full color photos to guide you each step of the way.  Customer feedback reports indicate the installation was much easier than they expected. We invite you to join our list of satisfied customers.
Enjoy your visit, and thank you!
Sincerely,
Jim & Nicki Schumacher

 

 

4805E Grace Street  Capitola  CA  95010  831-462-5530

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* As the ignition system in the Digijet System is less integrated than the Digifant, the COIL PULSE LED in the 8385 System will illuminate when the Fuel Pump Relay is energized, which also provides voltage to the ignition coil primary winding.

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Nicki, Jim, and Rachel