Harmonic balancer help?
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Harmonic balancer help?
Hello, I am looking for a 1996 F250 heavy duty harmonic balancer with the four prong pulse ring attached to make it California compliant.
Do any of you guys know where I could buy one at or can I use the one I bought that is ok for 49 states and somehow bypass my check engine light that keeps coming on with this?
The check engine light is because of the crankshaft position sensor not reading the harmonic balancer due to there being no pulse ring.
I do know that there's the DamperDudes website but every time I call no one picks up the phone.
Here is the link for what I need I just am wondering if there's any other company who sells it or can it just be as simple as calling my local Ford part department?
https://www.damperdudes.net/harmonic...1-up-e1te-c3a/
Thanks in advance.
Do any of you guys know where I could buy one at or can I use the one I bought that is ok for 49 states and somehow bypass my check engine light that keeps coming on with this?
The check engine light is because of the crankshaft position sensor not reading the harmonic balancer due to there being no pulse ring.
I do know that there's the DamperDudes website but every time I call no one picks up the phone.
Here is the link for what I need I just am wondering if there's any other company who sells it or can it just be as simple as calling my local Ford part department?
https://www.damperdudes.net/harmonic...1-up-e1te-c3a/
Thanks in advance.
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The four prong star harmonic balancer is no longer available for 5.8s (many more Mass air F-150s made), and probably not available for 7.5s (not as many Mass-air F250/350s). The crank position sensor is only there to pick up the signal for the misfire monitor on OBD2. With the right scan tool/programmer, I believe you can disable that function. My buddy did a OBD2/Mass air conversion of his 5.8 and ran in to that issue - his solution was to have a four-prong star made that bolts to the readily available Federal balancer.
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'96 CA-emissions would be OBD2, hence the star balancer.
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This is just so retarted because I've been looking for this pulse ring everywhere I guess I can either make one or go looking for one at a local junkyard. If I make one, is there any official schematics? If so, does anyone have them?
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courgrrcj what scan tool can I use to bypass that because I do have an average code reader but it keeps throwing a code for that pulse ring?
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I'm not sure which scan tool my buddy has - only that it was a couple grand, and some vehicles/features are on a paid subscription basis... ASE Master electronics and emissions certification tech. He's always getting calls to diagnose weird stuff that 'normal' (low-buck) shops can't figure out.
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