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average-joe Mon, May 25th, 2009 03:41 PM

Questions about Gryphon
 
My truck is going into fords body shop tomorrow ,my question is should i return the Gryphon to stock or leave it alone.?
The bed of the truck has to come off so i think they will disconect the battery for a few days plus my light bar is hardwired in to the wiring loom.(someones going to have fun time with that)

Are there any issues with this?
Thanks for any help.

rednoved Mon, May 25th, 2009 05:47 PM

I would return it to stock. You never know when they might mess with something. Better safe than sorry.

SubiGT Mon, May 25th, 2009 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rednoved (Post 9760)
I would return it to stock. You never know when they might mess with something. Better safe than sorry.

I agree. The less the service department knows about my aftermarket tuner of choice, the better. I remove the unit and re-flash stock whenever I go to the dealer.


Question for Bill if he reads this. Is there a max number of re-flashes like some other manufacturers ECU's are purported to have? I know my Subaru has a max in the 200-250 range of re-flashes. No one seems to know what the exact number is. I was just curious if Ford had this limitation as well.

average-joe Mon, May 25th, 2009 07:25 PM

My ford dealer WON'T re-flash my truck and they are ok with the Gryphon,ive talked at length with them about it,so that i'm not worried about.

Jackpine Mon, May 25th, 2009 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by average-joe (Post 9764)
My ford dealer WON'T re-flash my truck and they are ok with the Gryphon,ive talked at length with them about it,so that i'm not worried about.

If you are absolutely certain they won't reflash you, then there's really no reason to return it to stock. Still, I'd unplug the Gryphon and leave it at home. No sense tempting fate. You can just pull it out of the pod and unplug it at the back of the Gryphon, leaving the pod and cable in place.

- Jack

average-joe Mon, May 25th, 2009 07:42 PM

My advise if you use a Ford dealership is to have them note on your file/account in bolt letters ****DO NOT RE-FLASH PCM****
Dealers will bend over backwards to keep you happy today.

Thanks jack for the reply i needed.

88Racing Mon, May 25th, 2009 10:21 PM

Put it back to stock if the battery is going to be disconnected for a couple of days. Remove unit so it doesn't grow legs.

Lars

Power Hungry Tue, May 26th, 2009 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SubiGT (Post 9761)
I agree. The less the service department knows about my aftermarket tuner of choice, the better. I remove the unit and re-flash stock whenever I go to the dealer.


Question for Bill if he reads this. Is there a max number of re-flashes like some other manufacturers ECU's are purported to have? I know my Subaru has a max in the 200-250 range of re-flashes. No one seems to know what the exact number is. I was just curious if Ford had this limitation as well.

Not that I'm aware of. I've reflashed test PCMs literally hundreds of times without incident. Who know what tomorrow will bring, though. :shrug:

SubiGT Tue, May 26th, 2009 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Power Hungry (Post 9786)
Not that I'm aware of. I've reflashed test PCMs literally hundreds of times without incident. Who know what tomorrow will bring, though. :shrug:

Thx, just curious.

BlackSTX Wed, May 27th, 2009 01:12 PM

Having worked in a dealership, I'll say most techs won't mess with it; however, you can never be sure about some goofball wanting to give it a look and changing something, or walking away with it. I think they're right, take it out of the truck.


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