To the original poster: "Yes."



Quote Originally Posted by JoshS View Post
Maybe it went out with the "in the box" rule and not the "open ECU" rule?
Very likely. It was an allowance to "trick" the ECU to behave differently (e.g., not go into limp mode when coolant temp got above "normal"). Seems reasonable that once we allowed alternate ECU programming with soldered chips and daughterboards that it was no longer needed...

To really mess with one's brain, note that engine compartment wiring is free...and resistors are wires, as are several other types of conductive materials...let the brain run free...hey, just sayin'...