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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 06:07 PM
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psom issues,

I have a 95 F150 4X4 with a e4od trans,5.8 engine,the problem I`m having is my speedo and odometer will just shut off,and of course,it shifts bad,then it will turn back on and everthing is fine,no fluctuating needle,I gotta figure its the psom going out or a loose wire some where,if the vss acts up,it shouldn`t turn off psom should it? it has done this 2 time,any ideas?
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 06:19 PM
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If the speedometer drops to zero AND the odometer goes blank you have a power supply issue, bad connection to the PSOM or the PSOM itself has a bad component.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 06:31 PM
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thats what it did,any idea where to start looking?changed psom,where would I look for bad wires,computer? seemed to work but would like to know where to look next if it comes back
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 06:50 PM
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You changed the PSOM already? What problems were you experiencing with the old one?
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 06:52 PM
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it would just shut off,then come back on,while it was off,it would shift real bad,when evertything is working,the truck ran fine
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 07:00 PM
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As was mentioned by Rla2005, bad connection, power supply issue or hopefully not another bad PSOM.

Subford has a pic of the power input side for the PSOM and it's notorious for becoming loose and causing grief as mentioned.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 07:04 PM
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sorry,I should have explained better,I changed after it happened,since the old one was working at the time,I got no way to know if its fixed until it don`t happen again,how do I get diagrams of wiring for it/ thanks again
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 07:12 PM
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here are some images of problem areas, but since you have changed the PSOM you have probably solved the problem




I have marked the areas where I have found issues in RED ... don't worry about the Green Arrow....


 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 07:14 PM
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sorry,I should have explained better,I changed after it happened,since the old one was working at the time,I got no way to know if its fixed until it don`t happen again,how do I get diagrams of wiring for it/ thanks again
You get the diagrams of the PCB by reverse engineering it yourself. as several of us have already done.

The problem is you don't know exactly what is in the Motorola IC's as they were spec'd by ford and no data sheets are available to the General Public.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2019 | 07:19 PM
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thats what I`m hoping,thanks, I was hoping someone would say,Yea they do that just before they quit for good,you info will be very helpful if it come back,,
 
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