i just installed my ts performance chip. i turn my truck on and there is no difference in power lol even on 140hp the high idle tune doesnt even work....i think i made a mistake on the worlds easyest chip to install! helpp!

 

Did you clean the terminals exactly as the instructions said? That's the easiest mistake to make on installinng the worlds easiest to install chip! Some times you have to do two runs with the scotch pad to get the coating off and don't forget both sides! Hope this helps.
Jim...& fat Monty

 

I have the ts performance chip. like hotroddsl said, you have to scrub the varnish off those little posts on your ecm very very good. I made a mistake installing mine. My mistake was that the chip only hangs on my the "squeeze" pressure of the terminal ends. so when i was finishing pulling my long black cable up into the dash. I accidentally pulled a tich too hard and popped it off of my ecm.

 

sounds like the switch cable is not plugged in correctly & it's running on the stock tune.
if the contacts weren't clean I doubt it would run at all

 

i bought it off a friend and i dont have the pad to clean it! what else should i use.....my friend siad the fuel/water light will come on when i install it? is this true? if so, my light isnt on

 

Like others said sounds like the contacts may not be all the way clean. Here are the instructions from the php website: Cleaning the J3 Connector on the PCM. - Power Hungry Performance Forum

 

You could use a light grit sand paper thats what i used, worked good. I have the Bullydog 6 chip and none of my lights came on when i installed mine?

 

I have found standard electronic industry solvents like 1,1,3, triflurotriclroethane removes the silicone with lillle to no effort, MEK (methyl ethyl keytone ) works with a light scrubbing! Hope this helps.
Jim....& fat Monty

 

I cleaned the terminals and they were caked over with silicone. i pluged the chip back in and it wont start it just keeps turning over and over and over with the check engine light on? if i take the chip out the truck starts fine with no check light...?????? i think i have to clean more:/

 

Clean more you're almost there! Was you're buddies truck the same year or close to yours?

 

YA MY BUDDYS WAS A 2000 AND MINES AN 01. THATS WHAT I THOUGHT HAHA

 

Are they both manual transmissions? If you over clean the contact you'll see copper and this will cause the chip not to make good contact.

 

my friends truck is a auto but the guy he got it froms truck was a manual. mines a manual too.....ya i cleaned to much i think i can see copper on the back side of the termonal. I can see a little copper on the front too. I dont get it.....before i cleaned, i had the chip fully hooked up and it started and ran fine. But it just seemed like it wasnt on.....no difference in power at all. Now the truck wont start it just turns over and over with the check engine light on..... god dang it!!!

 

I don't see how your friend was using it if it was from a manual transmission. Can you post a pic of the contacts? You may have to re tin it like I posted above. A little copper on the end is probably ok but all the way through would probably cause a problem.

 

Don't forget, its the contacts on the ECM that needs the scraping not the contacts on the chip. Just thought I'd throw that in there.