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Old Mar 11, 2014 | 03:16 PM
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Okay so I just came in from doing some testing. I unplugged the pcm at the firewall and tested for grounds and power feeds. Pins 24,25,51,76,77,103 all tested as good grounds and pins 55,71,97 all have 12v's. I also tested pin 80 which according to the diagram I found d is wait to start output and it also has 12v which I'm not sure if it should being unplugged with the key off.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2014 | 07:37 PM
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I also went back out and unplugged the fuel bowl heater, checked for power at the go relay. I have 12v at the red/green little wire while key is on. I pull fuse 22 and I still get .36v on the red/green wire. The way its looking to me the PCM is fried. Can anyone tell me if a 95 pcm would work in my 96? I have a 95 5 speed pcm and was wondering if I could test with it to see if it would start at least.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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If it's not a California PCM, it should at least start the truck.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 06:35 AM
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It should start the truck but I doubt it will know what to do with your automatic trans.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 06:55 AM
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If it starts it that should narrow down to my pcm being bad is my thinking. I don't want to buy a pcm and that not be my issue. I'm running out of ideas though.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by dazedandconfused
If it starts it that should narrow down to my pcm being bad is my thinking. I don't want to buy a pcm and that not be my issue. I'm running out of ideas though.
Agreed. I would definitely try it, I just wanted to be sure you didn't think it would be a direct swap and make the truck driveable.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 08:32 AM
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Yeah I knew it wouldn't work with my trans but I have been gathering stuff to do a 5speed swap. I'm hoping it at least makes it start and idle.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 08:55 AM
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Yeah I knew it wouldn't work with my trans but I have been gathering stuff to do a 5speed swap. I'm hoping it at least makes it start and idle.
It should do that much, though it may act funny at idle. I know an automatic PCM in a manual truck will make it romp on idle, but I don't know for sure what it will do the other way around. It should start and run though.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 09:12 AM
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Good deal I'll try it.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 12:26 PM
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Manual PCM in auto truck will idle fine. Should also respond to the go-pedal. It just won't shift the tranny.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2014 | 04:09 PM
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I have no idea if this Manual PCM is any good but I picked it up from the shop at my Folks place. It will be tomorrow night before Im able to try it.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 04:25 PM
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Update I put the 5 speed 95 pcm in it and the wts light came on but my batteries were drained from messing with it. I hooked jumper cables to my Cummins and let it charge for 10 minutes. Cranked over for about 15 seconds and stumbled to life. It ran tough for a minute but is idleong fine now. Its been running for 15-20 minutes and I've shut it off and started it a few times. Looks like I need to find a new auto pcm.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 06:00 PM
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Sounds like you found the issue! At least its a fairly easy fix.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 06:11 PM
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That's great! At least you know what you need to do now!
 
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Old Mar 13, 2014 | 06:15 PM
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Does anyone know what they run price wise from Ford? I was told to.stay away from the parts store reman units.
 
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