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May 19, 2009 | 04:05 PM

#31

miller_feed

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From: Grand Lake, La.

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Originally Posted by gtnwood

Pardon the tiny hijack,

You mean to tell me install isn't as simple as removing the 2 tiny bolts from the pcm under the drivers side dash and pulling it from there and removing the cover to install the tuner

Have a look at this vid. click here

May 19, 2009 | 04:17 PM

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superduty4x4

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That's a good vid. The one extra bolt under the hood isn't much more trouble... slightly a pain to get at but once you figure out the right way to bend yourself its cake.

May 19, 2009 | 04:20 PM

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gtnwood

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Thank you Sir

One friend told me I had to "remove the drivers side front wheel and the fender skirt and pull some bolt", and another told me "no you dont just pull it from under the dash"

May 19, 2009 | 04:28 PM

#34

miller_feed

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From: Grand Lake, La.

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Originally Posted by gtnwood

Thank you Sir

One friend told me I had to "remove the drivers side front wheel and the fender skirt and pull some bolt", and another told me "no you dont just pull it from under the dash"

Now you know the rest of the story.

May 19, 2009 | 04:55 PM

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superduty4x4

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You have to move the inner fender to get to the IDM, but not the PCM. Maybe that's what your friend was thinking.

May 19, 2009 | 07:22 PM

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mndiesel

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Originally Posted by DieselCamper01

Even when your just a spectator?

How about dropping the magnet, thats why I have TWO

May 19, 2009 | 08:53 PM

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dvani

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OK I am officially screwed. The socket is in the idler pulley based on the belt layout on the radiator support. I pulled the fan loose and tried to loosen the bolts on the pulley.... no way they are moving.
Any other ideas?

May 19, 2009 | 09:12 PM

#38

dvani

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I was wrong... its the water pump.

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May 19, 2009 | 10:55 PM

#39

dvani

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Kudo's to 12ozd,
Got an air compressor ?
If so , blow air behind / under the pulley.
May move it so you can get it.

A combination of compressed air and my long flex magnet did the trick after a couple of hours getting the socket set exactly in the center of the pulley.