Strange e4od issue
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Candy Mountain
My suggestion to find the correct part number is to reference the VIN and/or the calibration number with a Ford dealer. Some folks on the forum seem to have access to at least some of that data. It might be worthwhile to start a new thread just about the calibration number.
The OP could also use the cadone part number to reference ford part numbers if he wants to trust their catalog.
Otherwise, I think the OP is left to an educated guess.
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5th Wheeling
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The dealership told you to take the control module out and get the number on the unit. That is exactly what I would do. Any other way could just waste a whole bunch of time and money. Short cuts are a terrible way to go when you are working on a problem. The more you take, the worst it usually gets.
Thinking that Cardone has the right answer is absolutely a terrible idea. Cardone is not known for anything good. Sometimes, it's all you got, but in this case, it's not.
We have all been there, we want a simple answer, we do not want to spend any money, and we want the repair to be cheap. Sometimes, that happens. Sometimes it does not. I've seen it all too often that people waste a lot of time and money taking short cuts.
Thinking that Cardone has the right answer is absolutely a terrible idea. Cardone is not known for anything good. Sometimes, it's all you got, but in this case, it's not.
We have all been there, we want a simple answer, we do not want to spend any money, and we want the repair to be cheap. Sometimes, that happens. Sometimes it does not. I've seen it all too often that people waste a lot of time and money taking short cuts.
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5th Wheeling
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The original computer is gone. The cardone is what is in the truck. The original ford label is gone which is typical of a cadone rebuild.
My suggestion to find the correct part number is to reference the VIN and/or the calibration number with a Ford dealer. Some folks on the forum seem to have access to at least some of that data. It might be worthwhile to start a new thread just about the calibration number.
The OP could also use the cadone part number to reference ford part numbers if he wants to trust their catalog.
Otherwise, I think the OP is left to an educated guess.
My suggestion to find the correct part number is to reference the VIN and/or the calibration number with a Ford dealer. Some folks on the forum seem to have access to at least some of that data. It might be worthwhile to start a new thread just about the calibration number.
The OP could also use the cadone part number to reference ford part numbers if he wants to trust their catalog.
Otherwise, I think the OP is left to an educated guess.
thank you for responsiveness and help. You the man. I’ll give a shot with another post and have been trying to figure out cross referencing the catalogs myself but having a hard time find the right catalogs to do so
Tuned
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My experience with Flagship One is that I bought a number-matched ECU from them. I forget the reason, probably because mine had problems and bad capacitors and I needed a quick fix until I could repair it. Anyway, it ran for a few months. In the mean time I fixed the original and kept it for a spare. The F1 unit failed. I had parked the truck, no indication of a problem, came back and it wouldn't start. Put my original unit in and all was well again. Contacted them for a repair/replacement. Sent all the stuff they asked for and even talked to people there. They ghosted me. If you read the "guarantee" it says you only get one repair/replacement. The price left plenty of room for profit even with this possibility. They didn't care enough to even tell me no. They just quit communicating. No email and they wouldn't return my calls. Luckily the unit I received hadn't been touched so my work was virgin and it's ready if I ever need it. I still cringe when I see that name. My advice is to set your expectations pretty low with them.
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5th Wheeling
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My experience with Flagship One is that I bought a number-matched ECU from them. I forget the reason, probably because mine had problems and bad capacitors and I needed a quick fix until I could repair it. Anyway, it ran for a few months. In the mean time I fixed the original and kept it for a spare. The F1 unit failed. I had parked the truck, no indication of a problem, came back and it wouldn't start. Put my original unit in and all was well again. Contacted them for a repair/replacement. Sent all the stuff they asked for and even talked to people there. They ghosted me. If you read the "guarantee" it says you only get one repair/replacement. The price left plenty of room for profit even with this possibility. They didn't care enough to even tell me no. They just quit communicating. No email and they wouldn't return my calls. Luckily the unit I received hadn't been touched so my work was virgin and it's ready if I ever need it. I still cringe when I see that name. My advice is to set your expectations pretty low with them.
cancelled order found a replacement from Bluestreak electronics on rock auto for 150 bucks, looked on BBB and that flagship one company definitely does something to screw with their reviews on google make them better than they seem. Lots of unhappy customers
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Sounds like a problem I had with my pickup years ago, I talked about it in a thread:
"1996 F350 E4OD hard shifting is fixed"
it had been an issue for so long I was about to just get rid of it but turned out it was just the PSOM in the instrument cluster, sent the whole cluster out for repair, put it back in and never had another issue. Still worked fine when I sold the pickup in '23
"1996 F350 E4OD hard shifting is fixed"
it had been an issue for so long I was about to just get rid of it but turned out it was just the PSOM in the instrument cluster, sent the whole cluster out for repair, put it back in and never had another issue. Still worked fine when I sold the pickup in '23
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5th Wheeling
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Sounds like a problem I had with my pickup years ago, I talked about it in a thread:
"1996 F350 E4OD hard shifting is fixed"
it had been an issue for so long I was about to just get rid of it but turned out it was just the PSOM in the instrument cluster, sent the whole cluster out for repair, put it back in and never had another issue. Still worked fine when I sold the pickup in '23
"1996 F350 E4OD hard shifting is fixed"
it had been an issue for so long I was about to just get rid of it but turned out it was just the PSOM in the instrument cluster, sent the whole cluster out for repair, put it back in and never had another issue. Still worked fine when I sold the pickup in '23
edit going to pull my PSOM today, don’t know how I never stumbled upon or heard of this problem. A lot of people seem to have exact same issues as me
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