PCM Help Needed
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I'm hoping that I'll be able to find another PCM from a wrecking yard for a half ways decent price, but if I can't does anybody have any info on Cardone, NAPA, and Standard Motor Products reman PCMs? I don't necessarily want to go the reman route; but if I have to, I have to.
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I don't know which supplier may be "better" - I know some are simply "spray and pray rebuilds". I'd be inclined to just get one from the U-Pull junkyard and replace the capacitors myself. In fact, I've got a batch of the capacitors, I just haven't bothered with the actual replacement just yet.
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I don't know which supplier may be "better" - I know some are simply "spray and pray rebuilds". I'd be inclined to just get one from the U-Pull junkyard and replace the capacitors myself. In fact, I've got a batch of the capacitors, I just haven't bothered with the actual replacement just yet.
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That is great to know, thank you; RockAuto appears to have the correct one for me for about $75 before core charges so I may be looking into that route a little bit more just to make sure I have a good computer.
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I was going to suggest that because of all the different stickers on the existing PCM. Hard telling what you have in that "black box"
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Well, I looked closer at the 2 other stickers on my PCM that I didn't upload pictures of because they were almost completely illegible. It appears that my PCM is a reman, but I can't tell anything else from them; I'm not sure if the stickers are just heat damaged or if it's water damage. I'm going to clean up the connector and put it back in just to see if I can get the pickup to start and try to pull codes with a scanner this weekend.
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I'm hopefully going to make it to the auto recyclers this afternoon or tomorrow; do the codes on a different computer have to exactly match my E7TF-12A650-AU1B with a "GU1" catch code, or is there other codes that will also work in my pickup? Thanks.
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Looks like the sticker with my calibration code is on my valve cover but it completely illegible thanks to a valve cover leak, thanks for your time.
I'm sure he has the resources to figure this out at his house, so, if you post your stuff, we'll see what we can do....
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