I did just that... Told those freakin monkies to put my PCM back on.....Picked up the truck today and it runs like a raped ape in overdrive.......Thanks to all for all the great advice... I hope to never see a stealership again.......FTE ROCKS!!

 

Happy ending to a sad beginning! I'm glad to took our advice, especially when you were stranded. That's the time when you get desperate and do expensive things. When I was new to my truck I was stranded and got great advice on here. Saved me a lot of money.

 

FTE for the win!! Glad that it worked out the way that it should have, you laughin in there faces and them wipin the soot outta there eyes lol.

 

Didya roll coal outa there parking lot after they told you it was gonna be $900 cuz yer chip fried yer pcm HA!

 

Glad it worked out for you. that why i say that most techs at the dealer is part changers and don't know s**t about how to fix a truck.

 

I will say that I take offense to the dealership technicians being retards slander since I was one for 10 years...and a darn good one at that. I quit last week due to becoming burnt-out and showing signs of severe depression due to the lack of ambition in anything I did (I lost my wife due to my job interfering with home life).

Granted, not all technicians are actual technicians but there are a few of us out there that know what we're doing.

 

I tore up some gravel, blew some smoke and gave them a raised middle finger...

 

That's the whole trouble Cody, the good ones get burned out because they have to deal with all the BS from the company, etc. That leaves the tech's that don't know anything and that's what many of us see. When a guy can drive in, not be towed in and they want almost a grand, something is very wrong. As a locomotive engineer I saw way, way to many divorces, guys getting home and there is nothing there. No cars, furniture or cash in the bank. These heartless companies run their employees into the ground and still want more!!

 

That is exactly why I said that they are out there but they are very rare. I have delt with plenty of dealer techs and I wouldn't trust them with a butter knife in a rubber padded room, let alone my vehicle that makes me my living. If I ever have to bring my truck to be worked on for some strange reason of I can't do what needs to be done then it will go to a shop that doesn't say FORD on the side. They charge WAY to much for parts AND the service that they provide. I am sorry if I stepped on your toes there but that is just how I feel about dealer techs, of all the idiots that I've dealt with I've seen maybe 3 that would have half a chance of coming within 15 feet of my truck with a wrench.

 

Thats why i said most.

 

Sorry to hear about the wife and depression. I hope the change in scenery treats you well and your spirits pick back up.