Free Chip. Need help.
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Free Chip. Need help.
Ok so dad randomly found his old bully dog 4 position chip today while looking through some stuff in the basement. He got the chip about ohhhhhhhhhhhh 6 years ago. he used it on his old CC psd while we hauled our 32' 5th wheel. the chip did great while hauling, we took a 3k road trip with the 5th and remember doing 80mph and never having a problem. so the kid in me wants to go plug and play like a mother f-er but i the reasonable side of me said i should wait. so im on here asking if i can plug and play without destroying anything? i know i might have to be reburned because if i remember right dads was a 96 but all stock except for a dp. so what can i do? I WANNA GO ROAL SOME COAL SOOOOO BAD! give me some good news guys.
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I suggest contacting the manufacturer for advice. If you need any manuals or instructions, they'd be the ones to get it from.
I have no experience with any chip / tuner usage. As the CB crowd says, "I'm running barefoot with a mud duck."
That means I don't know anything about nothing when it comes to chips and tuners.
If you're not 100% certain you have everything you need to plug and play, I suggest you wait until you have everything you need.
I have no experience with any chip / tuner usage. As the CB crowd says, "I'm running barefoot with a mud duck."
That means I don't know anything about nothing when it comes to chips and tuners.
If you're not 100% certain you have everything you need to plug and play, I suggest you wait until you have everything you need.
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Yea i might call Bully Dog monday and c what i can do. probably give them my truck info and have it reburned. idk how much it will cost me $50 probably idk but it'll be nice. now i just need a pyro gauge i guess. im just wondering if i can plug it in right now and play a little bit? any help is much appreciated. thanks blake.
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I wouldn't think it would hurt anything but I'm no expert. I've heard guys running chips on their PSD's with different mods, I would probably try it. But maybe you should be safe. Was your Dad's truck much different then yours?
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Glenn my dad had a 95 crew cab all stock except for the downpipe. mines a 95 supercab all stock except for the 6637 kit. im just going to play it safe and call bully dog monday and c what they have to say i know that u have to give them the pcm code to make the chip work right because i dont konw if my dad had a cali truck with different injectors or what ever might be different idk exactly i just dont want to blow something and end up without my truck. so i can wait a while i guess to roll some coal.
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If you still have stock injectors you really can't do much harm.
The OBS trucks are so pathetic with their fuel output in stock form.
The OBS trucks are so pathetic with their fuel output in stock form.
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yea thats true i wish i had some "fire hose" injectors lol. but maybe i'll plug it in and c what it does idk im really tempted to im just worried about teh computer but who knows it could be fine.
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I would plug and play, I don't believe they came out with a California injector till like 1997 or later. Also if your truck never had a chip then make sure you clean off the connector where the chip goes because it has a coating on it. If you don't do that then you have the possiblity of causing the computer to go into limp mod or no start. I would also make sure to disconnect your batteries before doing electrical work.
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i have a 6 position bully dog and i hate it. sure it blows some smoke, but thats about it. it runs better off the chip then on... i cant wait till i send it to php to re tune
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well i tried it about 2 weeks ago and it didnt work, i cleaned the ecu connection as good as its gonna get but no go. idk if the chip was to old or moisture got to it sitting in the basement for 6 yrs. but i'll just have to wait and get my php 6 pos chip. the good news is that the connection is already clean si i just goota plug it and and zoom zoom lol
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well i tried it about 2 weeks ago and it didnt work, i cleaned the ecu connection as good as its gonna get but no go. idk if the chip was to old or moisture got to it sitting in the basement for 6 yrs. but i'll just have to wait and get my php 6 pos chip. the good news is that the connection is already clean si i just goota plug it and and zoom zoom lol
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yea the truck kept cranking over and wouldnt start so maybe i did do something wrong idk. i might try it again once i get out of school and have a day off to mess with the truck. amd my dads old truck was an auto and it worked on his perfectly.