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Feb 7, 2014 | 10:14 PM

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A little help please......

So I sold my 96 CCSB before I went to Afghanistan. I got home and picked up a 99 CCSB with only 91K on it for dirt cheap! An old lady owned it. I got a 5" diamond eye exhaust for next to nothing so I got it. A little loud for my choice but too late now. I put the Tymar intake on it and ordered a PHP Hydra chip for it. Before you guys beat me up I did buy an Edge CTS Insight to keep an eye on things.
I put all of the programs on the chip today and tried to put it in...... I have cleaned the terminals on the PCM almost to the point of them all being copper colored. I still cant get the truck to start with the chip in. Any suggestions?? This thing is a dog with its 3.73's compared to my old one with the 4.10's! I put a PHP chip in the old truck and it was a race car!
I really want this thing to run with the new chip. I know you guys know more about these things than me so pleas help. I want this pig to run like a rapped date!!!

Feb 8, 2014 | 08:44 AM

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First of all, thank you for your service. We are very grateful for the men and women who do what you do for us.

Are you sure you didn't clean the contacts too well? If you take too much off, the chip won't make contact and you will have to have them re-tinned.

Feb 8, 2014 | 09:09 AM

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Thanks.
I was careful and don't think I took off too much material. The first time I put it in I don't think it made contact at all because the truck fired right up but the PHP display wasn't illuminated. I cleaned it a little better and put it back in. The display lights up now but, no start.

Feb 8, 2014 | 09:12 AM

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I don't know about PHP, but the DP, you used to be able to put the control wire in backwards and it would do that. We did it on my fathers truck.

Feb 8, 2014 | 09:54 AM

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I will have to go check on that. Pretty sure it had a tab on one side to eliminate that problem though.

Feb 8, 2014 | 08:30 PM

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I put the wire for my DP in backwards on my first try (like an idiot) even with the tab on the plug. It was a no start and I took it all back apart before realizing my misstep.

Feb 8, 2014 | 09:48 PM

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I looked at mine real close after cleaning, and I tinned the copper traces as a precaution. After tinning, I used solder wick to remove all excess solder, and it leaves a clean tin.