need help chip install gone wrong
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I'm not sure on the year for the pcm. It is a xle4 that was reflashed to the xle8 code. The truck does idle and run better now though, so I think the updated pcm was a good move after all of this
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all the xle codes are for the early birds...i want/need one for a 99.5-01 truck if any one has a spare 
..i want the better trans shift so jody can lock and unlock at a lower speed,,
..i want the better trans shift so jody can lock and unlock at a lower speed,,
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Does this mean that the later PCM is not just new software but also new hardware as well?
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Congrats on getting it back up & running!!
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not sure what the diffs are..just know a lot of guy's i talk to on another site for the early bird truck said it makes the truck run better..not more power..but just run better..i asked jody about my shifts..he said the 99.5 to 00 PCM he can make it run better and program the shifts a lot better..that = better power to the ground...i was the second xle program Jody made with the new tuning for XLE..i have plenty of power...i just want a smother running truck and a little better shifts...99.5 -00 is what Jody said..so thats what im looking for..
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not sure what the diffs are..just know a lot of guy's i talk to on another site for the early bird truck said it makes the truck run better..not more power..but just run better..i asked jody about my shifts..he said the 99.5 to 00 PCM he can make it run better and program the shifts a lot better..that = better power to the ground...i was the second xle program Jody made with the new tuning for XLE..i have plenty of power...i just want a smother running truck and a little better shifts...99.5 -00 is what Jody said..so thats what im looking for..
Edit: Talked to Diane & Jody. XLE not upgradeable. It is a 402 Code, must be 422 Code to upgrade. Jody said his best tunes are to a PMT1.
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Thanks Ron. I am waiting for a call back from Jody and will ask him if an update reflash will bring an XLE up to a 99.5 level. Will post answer.
Edit: Talked to Diane & Jody. XLE not upgradeable. It is a 402 Code, must be 422 Code to upgrade. Jody said his best tunes are to a PMT1.
Edit: Talked to Diane & Jody. XLE not upgradeable. It is a 402 Code, must be 422 Code to upgrade. Jody said his best tunes are to a PMT1.
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Actually that is what Diane told me. I'm not sure why. When I talk to one of them again I will ask. But she did say the PMT1
was for the newer stock turbos and injectors, as in 99.5 and up.
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Thanks Ron. I am waiting for a call back from Jody and will ask him if an update reflash will bring an XLE up to a 99.5 level. Will post answer.
Edit: Talked to Diane & Jody. XLE not upgradeable. It is a 402 Code, must be 422 Code to upgrade. Jody said his best tunes are to a PMT1.
Edit: Talked to Diane & Jody. XLE not upgradeable. It is a 402 Code, must be 422 Code to upgrade. Jody said his best tunes are to a PMT1.
maybe its cause thats what he had the most practice with..PMT1 is the first real PCM...early99 has the xle..most got changes over to pmt1 in 99.5..just another down fall for modding the early bird and why alot of chips and tuners wont work....
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Okay so a new problem now. With the xle8 pcm if I don't baby the throttle the overdirve button will flash and it will shift hard. The trans temps go up also. I've read that it is in like a limp mode. The rpms have to be high for the truck to shift. If I shut the truck off and then start it back up and baby it it will shift some what somooth but if I get on the throttle it reverts back. It stays in this mode until I shut the truck off again.
Is there a way to have the pcm reflashed or do I need another pcm now. I might just try to buy a vdh5 like what was in there and be done with it.
Is there a way to have the pcm reflashed or do I need another pcm now. I might just try to buy a vdh5 like what was in there and be done with it.
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Okay so a new problem now. With the xle8 pcm if I don't baby the throttle the overdirve button will flash and it will shift hard. The trans temps go up also. I've read that it is in like a limp mode. The rpms have to be high for the truck to shift. If I shut the truck off and then start it back up and baby it it will shift some what somooth but if I get on the throttle it reverts back. It stays in this mode until I shut the truck off again.
Is there a way to have the pcm reflashed or do I need another pcm now. I might just try to buy a vdh5 like what was in there and be done with it.
Is there a way to have the pcm reflashed or do I need another pcm now. I might just try to buy a vdh5 like what was in there and be done with it.
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From: Grand Lake, La.
Thanks Robin, I thought you meant that pcm itself was the best for his tunes. I wonder how many different PCMs there is from 99.5 to 03' there is? Does anyone know this?
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I talked to Jody yesterday about the tunes I want. The 80E with lock-up TC he cannot do right now because he sold the only XLE* he had to someone whose PCM got lost in the US Mail. He had a work around but said without the XLE* PCM it wouldn't be a true lock-up. So I told him I would send my XLE4 to him to do the tunes and that it what I'm going to do. The truck will be down for awhile but its not my daily driver and this way when I get it back the contacts will be all cleaned and the DP Tuner will have been tested to my pcm.
Works for me. In the mean time I am trying to find a PMT1 for when I go to single shots.