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Old Aug 22, 2016 | 10:36 PM
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AE or IDS

My truck has driven me to the brink of insanity. Does anyone know if ae will do a power balance test on a 2003 f350 6.0?

Or do I just pony up and buy the IDS.....

If I buy the IDS and the vcm2 can I download the software on a trial?

And can I just purchase the Chinese VCM 2? to use with the trial..... ?

IS AE all i need..... **** im not planning on opening up a shop
 
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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 01:57 AM
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The one we talked about is a full version and won't expire.
One issue AE was having is it would not report the power balance
correctly. It would show the trace as even when you really had
an injector dropping out.

The Ebay kist are less for a reason. That reason is the trial-ware and
all the goofy hoops you have to jump through.



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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 08:47 AM
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I have an AE and have had one since 2010, I love it, but the power balance on the 6.0 is what kills me. It can't perform a power balance test with FICM compensation off. It also can't perform a relative compression test either among several other pin point tests.

As soon as I have the money, I'll get myself an IDS, there are simply too many times these days that I need the tests it can perform and AE is all I have.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 09:14 AM
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I'll be contacting Sean very soon...
 
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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 11:05 AM
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Sean.... Is the one I'm going to get the same as yours? Or it going to be different ?
 
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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 02:19 PM
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They are newer and have newer software. I will test the one that just came in
today befor I send it off to it new home. I have gotten in the habit of making sure
the units work so I don't have to pay for any shipping to get a replacement one.
So far I have never had to send one back.



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Old Aug 23, 2016 | 03:54 PM
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Cool.... Let me know.... I just want to make sure it will do everything I need before I buy it.... But if you test it and it works.... I'm in
 
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Old Aug 25, 2016 | 10:28 AM
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Sean.... Any news?... Do they work good?
 
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I got pulled away yesterday and will know tonight.




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Any news.....? Did it work?
 
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Old Aug 29, 2016 | 02:01 AM
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All the basic functions worked,



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Power balance?..... So I can figure which injectors
 
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Old Aug 29, 2016 | 09:34 AM
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What you want is for it to do the uncompensated injector test.
 
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Power balance?..... So I can figure which injectors
It will do the uncompensated power balance test and do it correctly.



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Old Aug 30, 2016 | 10:31 AM
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I'm gonna try and get this on my Christmas list this year.......
 
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