Spare PCM
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Fleet Mechanic
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Spare PCM
I was messin around on Craigslist this AM and found a PCM. Thinkin about buyin this if it'll work w my truck. Suppose it's a good idea to have a spare if it's cheep enough? Can someone confirm? Thanks.
FORD POWERSTROKE PCM 5 SPEED
FORD POWERSTROKE PCM 5 SPEED
FORD POWERSTROKE PCM 5 SPEED
FORD POWERSTROKE PCM 5 SPEED
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Fleet Mechanic
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Thanks Nate! Question: can I take to to the dealer and have it updated and reprogrammed just for the hell of it or is it totally just blowing income?
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You can have it reprogrammed, but I doubt you'll ever be able to tell a difference. My suggestion would be to get it and wrap it up good and leave it in a box behind the rear seat. Cheap insurance anyway...
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Alrighty then.. He just emailed back.. $50..
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Thief! That is a steal. Get a spare IDM, wrap the two up in some aluminum foil, then bubble-wrap, stashed in a box, and you'll have the only truck on the block that will start after the zombie apocalypse EMP blast....
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Ya, that's a heck of a deal! I bought a spare for mine but it cost me 125 iirc. Still not bad, but not 50 bucks!!
I've got a spare idm too, guess I better get some aluminum foil and bubble wrap!
I've got a spare idm too, guess I better get some aluminum foil and bubble wrap!
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Fleet Mechanic
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Lol!!! That's awesome! Kinda scary but the demented me likes the idea of having the only running vehicle after the plague hits!!
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By the ECM code. There was chart somewhere with all the codes
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http://www.thedieselstop.com/faq/949.../pcmcodes.php3
BEG8 looks like a 94 and ALOT of them you cannot retrieve codes from or even read with a scanner
1994 BEG8 5-89K-R00 DPC-203 F5TF-FJ 7.3L F-SERIES DIESEL - MANUAL TURBO DIESEL FDMEF9G4
Edit....
http://www.thedieselstop.com/faq/949.../pcmcodes.php3
BEG8 looks like a 94 and ALOT of them you cannot retrieve codes from or even read with a scanner
1994 BEG8 5-89K-R00 DPC-203 F5TF-FJ 7.3L F-SERIES DIESEL - MANUAL TURBO DIESEL FDMEF9G4