BullyDog Chip
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BullyDog Chip
I bought a 6 pos chip and am trying to install it. I took all the glue and plastic off the comp board contacts w/400 grit sand paper. I then cleaned both surface pins w/mineral spirits. I put the chip in and turn the key-- and my tach doesn't work, check gages light is on, check engine lite on, glo-plug lite stays on. I can start it and it runs at idle. If i try to move, LURCH LURCH. I checked and re-checked the contacts to make sure they were clean. Bad BullyDog? Anybody have a suggestion?
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Welcome to FTE. Is it the right model Bullydog for our 7.3? Take pictures of the contacts in the PCM and be ready to email them to Bullydog. Calling them would be the next recommended course of action. Until then drive it without the chip.
Of course if you can still return the chip for a full refund, for about the same money you can do much better than the bullypup.
Of course if you can still return the chip for a full refund, for about the same money you can do much better than the bullypup.
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Sand paper? Are you seeing copper on the contacts? You can over-clean the contacts. I cleaned mine with green scotch pad. That said, is the 6-pos chip for a certain PCM code? Do you have pics or a model no. you can point us to?
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The Bullydog i have is at this link:
Bully Dog - F250 & F350 02-03 Auto 6 Position 4-Bank Chip - 41617 - Adjustable performance module for Ford Diesel trucks.
I'm a builder so i have alot of 400 grit sandpaper.
Bully Dog - F250 & F350 02-03 Auto 6 Position 4-Bank Chip - 41617 - Adjustable performance module for Ford Diesel trucks.
I'm a builder so i have alot of 400 grit sandpaper.
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So is your truck an '02 or '03? When Tony Wildman put tunes on mine for a 2000 accidentally, my gauges quit and it ran weird.
EDIT: You answered my question before I asked it... LOL Are they completely copper or just the edges? You should just have a hint of copper right at the edges, not the whole contact.
EDIT: You answered my question before I asked it... LOL Are they completely copper or just the edges? You should just have a hint of copper right at the edges, not the whole contact.
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