Welcome to another episode of CorvSport’s new DIY series, where we canvass the internet for the best do-it-yourself guides. Let CorvSport be your digital encyclopedia and bring you the best guides and resources from our vast Corvette community. This series can also give an enthusiast contemplating a DIY project the clarity needed to realize they should hire an expert. All our DIY guides address common Corvette issues, and today’s covers one of the top problems facing the early fifth-generation Corvettes.
CorvSport Complexity Guide
- Difficulty: 9Â (10 most difficult)
- Patience Needed: 8
- Level of Specialty Tools Required: 9
- Is a Helper Recommended? No
Today’s guide comes from Corvette Forum member “Caddy2006” and is the best and most comprehensive guide I could find on the internet. To augment this guide, I’ve also included a popular YouTube video. This curated C5 guide is fully credited to “Caddy2006” and is being presented to our CorvSport community in an unedited format.
How To Update The Problematic EBCM On Your Early C5 To A 2001+ EBCM
Introduction
As the owner of a 1999 FRC with active handling, I have been worried about the potential future failure of the EBCM and the prospect of dealing with either inoperable AH/ABS or rolling the dice with a used EBCM of unknown origin. In short – the 1999 to 2000 AH EBCMÂ CANÂ be converted to the 2001 – 2004 EBCM!
I’ve been driving my FRC the last 3 months to make sure I didn’t have any issues. All ABS/AH functions work seamlessly and no PCM change was required…
