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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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i got my twildman chip and i thought i knew where the PCM was but now i found what looks like 2 boxes that could both be the PCM... one behind the glovebox and one under the hood by the intake... which one is it!!!
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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Under the hood by the intake.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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thanks man!! gotta go have some fun with these tunes!!!
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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Good Luck!
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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i'll update when i get done!!
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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stage ll's & wildman = new tranny have fun glasseater
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 12:52 PM
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oh i know fuelman, i know lol
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 01:36 PM
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glass.. where can I see pics of your truck, my son's truck is a 97rclb4x4 he wants stacks
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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glass.. where can I see pics of your truck, my son's truck is a 97rclb4x4 he wants stacks
i should have some in my gallery... but i think they got deleted somehow....
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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and for some reason it wouldn't work... i'm gonna re-clean the contacts and try again
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 03:04 PM
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has your truck been chippped before? you know you have to pull the pcm out of the truck and dissassemble it to get it fully cleaned off on both sides right.. just checkin
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 03:10 PM
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you first time if the pcm has the protective coating still on it its gotta come all the way out and you gotta pull the ebrake and the 2 bolts on the firewall and the wiring harness. slide pcm out of firewall. clean reinstall put on chip and route the wire out of the ebrake assy hole and put it back on.
 

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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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my truck has never been chipped, i just cleaned the contacts off again and nothing happened... i'm starting to wonder whether there are any tunes burned onto this chip? lol and i didn't remove the ebrake assembly to get to the pcm... you can just put the chip in first and then feed the wire through the back by the firewall... oh and how far did your chip stick out when you installed it?? mine sticks out a decent amount.. like how far does it slide up?
 
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 05:16 PM
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I was almost sure you had to remove the e brake assembly to even see the PCM. You may have gotten a bad chip.
------------Jeremy
 
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