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Old 10-24-2014, 07:36 PM
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Just check the FICM's voltage output when stone cold. If below 45, you've found your issue. If above 45, we could hook you up with the Hot Shot Secret that Bo referred to above. If you are above 45, have tried the Hot Shot Secret, and are STILL having the issue, it could be that you would benefit from an inductive software tune on your FICM. All of the tunes we offer include the same inductive strategy that is in the latest version of Ford's software, but without any of the drawbacks.
I'm gonna check FICM voltage cold when I have the opportunity and then we'll see. I didn't have Torque on me at first, but it was showing a healthy 48-48.5 after running a few kilometers but by that time it was running better too ... with the oil being warmed up.

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Old 10-25-2014, 12:35 AM
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Alright so we have a firm 47.5-48.5 volts on cold start up. Gonna be looking into sourcing some hot shot secret where they don't want my arm for shipping and my leg for customs...

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Old 10-25-2014, 07:51 AM
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Alright so we have a firm 47.5-48.5 volts on cold start up. Gonna be looking into sourcing some hot shot secret where they don't want my arm for shipping and my leg for customs... NEXUS 4. IB AutoGroup
Just make sure your Dad drives the **** out of his van while it's in there for a good 4,000 miles. It completely fixed whatever stiction my truck had.

I.e. Truck gets up to temp for extended periods, plenty of highway driving.
 
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Old 10-25-2014, 09:18 AM
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Alright so we have a firm 47.5-48.5 volts on cold start up. Gonna be looking into sourcing some hot shot secret where they don't want my arm for shipping and my leg for customs... NEXUS 4. IB AutoGroup
Let me know if you find a place to get it up here
 
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Old 10-25-2014, 09:53 AM
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Put the truck to work

Picked this Blazer up cheep, not sure what I am going to do with it yet. Trans is bad.

The truck handled the load pretty well, it was about 1 1/2 hrs away.

The next day I rescued a 69 Mustang that was about 2 1/2 hrs away. That car didn't weigh that much, maybe 2500lbs at most. I don't have a pic of that so I guess it didn't happen LOL.




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Old 10-25-2014, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Toreador_Diesel

Just make sure your Dad drives the **** out of his van while it's in there for a good 4,000 miles. It completely fixed whatever stiction my truck had.

I.e. Truck gets up to temp for extended periods, plenty of highway driving.
Ha ha don't worry about that. This van is to go on a 12,000 km (7,400 mi) trip over Christmas time.

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Old 10-25-2014, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CPB1
Picked this Blazer up cheep, not sure what I am going to do with it yet. Trans is bad.

The truck handled the load pretty well, it was about 1 1/2 hrs away.

The next day I rescued a 69 Mustang that was about 2 1/2 hrs away. That car didn't weigh that much, maybe 2500lbs at most. I don't have a pic of that so I guess it didn't happen LOL.




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like your pic there... reminds me of my first tow job...



had been through almost the whole ignition system not 2 months prior to this on that truck.. new performance plugs, new performance wires, new distributor cap, New performance coil... (was chasing a miss... which did get better.)... in the process of moving my brother out to his new apartment 2.5 hrs away.. it just stopped running 45 mins from the finish line.. was also running up a slight hill at the time too.. just barely got into that ABC stores parking lot (guess it needed a drink)... Stupid Ignition Control Module just up and quit.. the only thing i hadnt replaced in the ignition system... but atleast my ford was able to rescue it..
 
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Stretched the legs on mine, made a run on some back country roads to a famous place that Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson spoke of:

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found where my coolants going...





yeah i couldnt hold the camera still..





seems like both the Thermostat housing and the water pump be leaking...
 
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found where my coolants going...

yeah i couldnt hold the camera still..

seems like both the Thermostat housing and the water pump be leaking...
Mystery solved---whew

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Yep...funny thing, I just dropped the Looney Tune Wild in last night...had a Looney Tune Eco in, so I want to compare the long term MPG between the two.
I have the standard Looney Tune and another I call Looney Mild. My term for it not Vivians. It's pretty nice, good MPG and what I would call somewhat in between the canned Street and Canned Performance Tune.

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Mystery solved---whew

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yup.... better than it being the head gasket, EGR cooler... or the oil cooler...
 
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yup.... better than it being the head gasket, EGR cooler... or the oil cooler...
Most definitely

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Originally Posted by Bullitt390
I have the standard Looney Tune and another I call Looney Mild. My term for it not Vivians. It's pretty nice, good MPG and what I would call somewhat in between the canned Street and Canned Performance Tune.

Josh


Yeah...the "Eco" and the "Wild" are what I call them...I don't recall what exactly she called them. The "Wild" is the only tune I have that is setup for my truck now that it is studded. The other tunes were all set up for a non-studded truck.


I also did the bottle replacement today...for the same reason...found a crack...


 
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I welded a brace on the bracket for my coolant and bypass filter. It broke again.
 
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