PCM: Regular or extra-crispy?
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<p>You're absolutely right there, I'm gonna have someone else unplug the next one for me!</p><p>But seriously I DO NOT advocate unsafe shortcuts. Not following the safety procedures for airbags to the letter is like playing Russian roulette!</p>
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This air bag stuff is all good, Tom when will you be checking that PCM? It's killing me. I went out today and thought I would have some feedback when I got back????? Now we are talking about airbags. Let's cross that wife when we get to it.
Are you going to try the swap?
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Are you going to try the swap?
Usual disclaimer: not responsible for unauthorized swapping of PCMs and any subsequent damages that may result.
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SORRY, BUD... was tackling my roof yesterday and coming in here for relief. I'll be checking that this afternoon, so put your mind at ease, til, say, 4-ish? lol... thanks for the concern tho!
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Originally Posted by spikebee
That's an unfair cliff-hanger. My parts man says "It's NEVER the PCM!" I like seeing him proved wrong...time and time again.
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Originally Posted by Tenn01PSD350
Tom when will you be checking that PCM? It's killing me.
Usual disclaimer: not responsible for unauthorized swapping of PCMs and any subsequent damages that may result.
Usual disclaimer: not responsible for unauthorized swapping of PCMs and any subsequent damages that may result.
I put the SUSPECT PCM From truck 1 into truck 2, known to be in good running order. Truck 2 did NOT FIRE with the PCM, so I took a chance and put the PCM from Truck 2 into truck 1 and she fired right off!!! Unfortunately I had to switch everything back to where it was, as we have a crew leaving with truck 2 tomorrow evening, but at least NOW I can buy a pcm for truck 1 in peace, not risking my livelihood.
Thank you all SO much for your help! Without the aid of this site I would have tossed so many of these trucks into the stealership and rolled the dice of fate.
So what have I learned, here? 1. PCMs can and will fail, and I have even had to buy a couple for my own personal vehicles in the past. so I already KNEW that. But a PCM can fail on an individual circuit or even its memory can fail and still other key processes go on as normal.
2. When you connect/disconnect and tighten/retighten your battery cables too many times, sometimes they CRACK... lol... oh well I knew SOMETHING was gonna have to give in all of this!
Thanks again,
Tom
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Glad you isolated the problem Tom. I would have done just as you did swapping both ways but as my discalimer statement said, I did not want to be responsible in the unlikely event of disaster. Glad you had another truck at your disposal. Think how hard this one is with just one truck. 
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I can get a reman from Jody for $250, plus it'll have the extra flash 80 horse. s far I've had no trouble with the one in my OWN truck so I have no worries getting another from him! Thank you all, again!