Do you monitor your ficm health and carry a spare or no monitor and carry one?

 

I did aquire one but before that I just carried a spare board that I have repaired. Never needed to use It though.

 

I have a spare

 

Got one that sits at home.

 

Just trying to see if a good idea to carry a spare or not,i have never had one,only had one power board give trouble years ago and just replaced it and kept going.

 

I just monitor voltage of the FICM and will worry about replacing it when it shows signs of decline. In the mean time I'll keep ensuring my batteries and alternator are doing their jobs.

 

nope, but I have the Bullett Proof 6-phase which spreads out the work load vs. the 4 phase. Always have my ScanGauge plugged in and one of the values always monitors the FICM voltage. I stayed at the 48 volt setting
Alan from San Diego

 

What is a 6 phase, Same as a 53v setup?

 

comes in different voltage choices
here's the link that explains 6 phase

http://www.bulletproofdiesel.com/Bul...icmupgrade.htm

 

I have two junkyard dogs dogs kept at home, but never had them tested for operation or programming.

 

A few months after getting my truck I had the FICM go bad. Didn't know much about these trucks then. Got a refab unit. It lasted 1 month past its warranty. I then started doing research about the FICMs and found an aftermarket Techsmart board for about $90-100. I figured, even if it lasted just a year and I replaced it once a year, I was spending less than half what I spent on the refab unit which lasted a year. I then did the resolder job on my refab unit and tested it. Then put in the Techsmart and put the resoldered one in the box and on a shelf for a backup. Three years later, still running the Techsmart and it's still running like it was a new board.

 

FICMrepair.com upgraded ficm, good components, high strength solder. No spare, usually monitor ficm main voltage on Scangauge. Low anxiety.

 

Seems only a few have spares out of 200 viewers,i would have thought alot more on stock ficm.

 

Having a spare one behind the seat, No anxiety.

 

I won Ed's FICM in a raffle, he matched the rebuild I had him do in the truck. I was lucky to have that opportunity.