I was messin around on Craigslist this AM and found a PCM. Thinkin about buyin this if it'll work w my truck. Suppose it's a good idea to have a spare if it's cheep enough? Can someone confirm? Thanks.


FORD POWERSTROKE PCM 5 SPEED
FORD POWERSTROKE PCM 5 SPEED

 

That'll work! It may not have exactly the same programming as yours but it will work none the less. If you run a chip it doesn't matter much anyway.

 

Thanks Nate! Question: can I take to to the dealer and have it updated and reprogrammed just for the hell of it or is it totally just blowing income?

 

pick it up! always good insurance to have a spare!

 

Roger, hope he still has it...

 

You can have it reprogrammed, but I doubt you'll ever be able to tell a difference. My suggestion would be to get it and wrap it up good and leave it in a box behind the rear seat. Cheap insurance anyway...

 

Alrighty then.. He just emailed back.. $50..

 

You better take it for that...

 

Lol, I know!! I set it up..

 

Thief! That is a steal. Get a spare IDM, wrap the two up in some aluminum foil, then bubble-wrap, stashed in a box, and you'll have the only truck on the block that will start after the zombie apocalypse EMP blast....

 

Ya, that's a heck of a deal! I bought a spare for mine but it cost me 125 iirc. Still not bad, but not 50 bucks!!

I've got a spare idm too, guess I better get some aluminum foil and bubble wrap!

 

Lol!!! That's awesome! Kinda scary but the demented me likes the idea of having the only running vehicle after the plague hits!!

 

Just make sure that is not a cali emission ECM

 

Thanks Brad.. How could I tell visually?

 

By the ECM code. There was chart somewhere with all the codes

Edit....
http://www.thedieselstop.com/faq/949.../pcmcodes.php3

BEG8 looks like a 94 and ALOT of them you cannot retrieve codes from or even read with a scanner
1994 BEG8 5-89K-R00 DPC-203 F5TF-FJ 7.3L F-SERIES DIESEL - MANUAL TURBO DIESEL FDMEF9G4