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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 07:55 PM
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Ill check them tomorrow. The alternater is new but my buddy got his the sameday i got mine and his **** the bed yesterday. Is it worth getting a tune on the ficm when it goes out?
 
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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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Poor parts design and very bad location! The Atlas 40 tune should get you 1-3 mpg if you dont hammer on the throttle all the time.
 
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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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I will try to take it easy. Im running the extreme x tune from idp now so this should help a little more in the mpg department
 
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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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I hope you have studs & electronic gauges!
 
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Old Jun 26, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Superduty21
ok thanks. any reason y it would just die overnight?
ford build a sensing module into it... there are sensing pads built into
the steering wheel that measure sweaty palms.... first, a timer sets a
30 second crank.... then it measures your sweaty palm index, a pressure
transducer in the drivers seat measures the thickness of your wallet,
and if your palms are sweaty and your wallet is thin, the sensing module
sets a code P0sux2bU, and that causes the ficm to self destruct.

that's probably what happened. never flinch when you crank the engine.
it can sense fear.

the ficm module has me so cowed, i spent $570 on a sacrificial alternator
offering to appease it. if that doesn't work, i'm considering a blood sacrifice.
anyone know where i can get a hold of the engineer who designed this?
his blood will do fine.
 
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