Truck shifts like crap on tune...didnt before

***Jackpine*** · #1 Sun, January 2nd, 2011, 06:35 PM

Longshot beat me to it (damned younsters

). Do what he says.

It really sounds to me like a problem with your transmission install, as you said, rather than anything a programmer did. (And I know Bill is rather "conservative" when it comes to tweaking the transmission because he wants it to last.)

- Jack

BLFX4K · #2 Mon, January 3rd, 2011, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JackandJanet

Longshot beat me to it (damned younsters

). Do what he says.

It really sounds to me like a problem with your transmission install, as you said, rather than anything a programmer did. (And I know Bill is rather "conservative" when it comes to tweaking the transmission because he wants it to last.)

- Jack

Exactly why I think it had to do with the dealer and the failure, it happened not 5,000 miles after they "serviced" it. The problem was noted around the 31,000-32,000 mark with the crappy shifting and I am taking it to a different Ford because I am afraid it will happen again.

Cable and tune has been removed. Do I HAVE to drive 50 miles or just say the battery cable was disconnected overnight to see if the problem went away; to ensure the P1000 code I believe it is, is not stored in the PCM.

Praying to the Ford gods that they fix it under warranty

***Longshot270*** · #3 Mon, January 3rd, 2011, 08:54 AM

Jack I aint so young anymore...I'm a year older than I was a week ago.

I think it would be better to drive around to get rid of the code. You can take the programmer along while you drive and periodically check to see if it is there. The programmer can be used to passively monitor the truck.

BLFX4K · #4 Tue, January 4th, 2011, 02:58 AM

Truck is at ford

The tech drove it around for a few minutes to see what was wrong

He came back around and cruised through the service department..."no reverse?!"

Waiting to hear back from them tomorrow to see what the final verdict is

BLFX4K · #5 Tue, January 4th, 2011, 04:19 PM

Turns out something in the truck is shorting the pcm/trans

Ford says its fixed and I am about to go and find out. Will take it for a drive and put the tuner back in and see if it shifts the same

Does PHP offer a program through the mac computers or just windows? My pc died a month back and still waiting on a replacement drive with operating system

ticopowell · #6 Tue, January 4th, 2011, 07:36 PM

Just windows... but its a small program so find a friend with a working pc, ideally with windows xp still, and install it there