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Apr 19, 2010 | 11:26 AM

97haymachine

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50 cent mod

what is the 50 cent mod i keep hearing about it but cant find anything about what it is

Apr 19, 2010 | 11:34 AM

Chvyrkr

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Just get a custom tuned chip. 50cent mod is a resistor on the ICP sensor that fools the computer. Lots of ways for things to go wrong with it.

Apr 19, 2010 | 11:37 AM

BillyBob69

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It is the cheap and easy mod to keep your UVCH, (Under Valve Cover Harness), from coming apart causing "no fire" in the injectors.

You take a quarter and grind down one edge just a touch. This will allow it to fit under the little tab in the connector at the top side of both valve covers. The "catch tab" has a tendency to not stay in the utmost "up" position and with engine vibration, the harness will literally unplug itself. So two quarters, one for each side = 50 cents.

I know there is a link somewhere of a step by step with pics but I am sure someone else will post it on here soon.

Apr 19, 2010 | 11:37 AM

BillyBob69

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Originally Posted by Chvyrkr

Just get a custom tuned chip. 50cent mod is a resistor on the ICP sensor that fools the computer. Lots of ways for things to go wrong with it.

HUH?......

Apr 19, 2010 | 11:38 AM

onelionhunter

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50 cent

the fifty cent mod is grinding down 2 quarters, one for each side, and using them to hold the undervalve cover wiring harness in place. Ford also sells a set of plastic chims that will do the same thing, its just cheaper to grind down real money, lol

Apr 19, 2010 | 11:39 AM

BillyBob69

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what is the 50 cent mod i keep hearing about it but cant find anything about what it is

Do a search for UVCH that should help.

Apr 19, 2010 | 11:39 AM

riverrat41

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From: Glen Rose,Texas

The .50 mod is done underneath each valve cover on the gasket where the harness plugs in.The harness is known to come un-clppied and you start getting eratic behavior out of the motor.You can grind the head down on Washington and slip it in the connector so it will not work loose again.There are pictures but I do not have them here.