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Fleet Mechanic
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Dang, where'd you get that? I ended up going through Amazon. BD wanted something like $17 for shipping so I ended up just going through Prime.
Cargo Master
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From: Wisconsin
I asked them if they had a discount code, they e-mailed back with "12DAYS"............(its only $10 off).
Fleet Mechanic
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I like their stuff and had great luck with their remote start so far, but you have to cycle the ignition to make theirs work which I wasn't a fan of. The big thing I'm really not happy about with any of the kits is having to engage the parking brake. I've had those freeze up on me so I won't be setting that overnight for a cold start. I'll have to start it and manually turn on the high idle, not worth the risk.
Laughing Gas
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So are you saying that if we have the high idle enabled and start the truck it won’t start the high idle until the oil is above a certain temp?
Tuned
Joined: Nov 2019
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From: NE Washington
- Engine coolant temp must be above 20 degrees F
- Transmission temp must be above 20 degrees F
- Engine must be at stable RPM speed
- Vehicle speed is zero
- Vehicle must be in park or neutral
- Foot off gas pedal
- Foot off brake pedal
- Parking brake must be engaged
Didn't say anything about oil on 12volts website.
Junior User
Joined: Jan 2014
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From: Midcoast Maine
I installed the BD kit last week & am very happy with it. However, yesterday morning, 10 degrees, when I started the truck that had been plugged in for a couple hours, BD kit off, the idle went straight up to just over 1000. Now I'm wondering if I even needed it? Its nice to keep the idle up when it idles short periods though.
I only have about a 5 mile trip to work & when I got there, in park, the idle was still at 900 or so. So I let it high idle for 10 min or so to get the temps up to where it would idle normally.
Kinda has me wondering what triggers the normal idle settings. ECT or outside temp because when I initially started it the ECT was 48 degrees. When I'd got to work it was at 150. I would've thought she'd idled down at those temps on the ECT.
I only have about a 5 mile trip to work & when I got there, in park, the idle was still at 900 or so. So I let it high idle for 10 min or so to get the temps up to where it would idle normally.
Kinda has me wondering what triggers the normal idle settings. ECT or outside temp because when I initially started it the ECT was 48 degrees. When I'd got to work it was at 150. I would've thought she'd idled down at those temps on the ECT.
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Cargo Master
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I installed the BD kit last week & am very happy with it. However, yesterday morning, 10 degrees, when I started the truck that had been plugged in for a couple hours, BD kit off, the idle went straight up to just over 1000. Now I'm wondering if I even needed it? Its nice to keep the idle up when it idles short periods though.
More Turbo
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More Turbo
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They have nothing to do with the upfitter switches or the firewall pass through wires in case you were thinking about those.