Mike - Got my new chip today.Quick question
can I use a little wire wheel for a dremel
tool to clean the plug on the chip?
Thanks in advance
Paul

 

give him a ring at MikePerformance@cs.com,i belive they sent instructions,follow them,you,ll appricieate it

 

Thanks TxfordD just thought it would work
just as well, I have some pretty soft wirwheels
for my dremel.
Paul

 

STEP AWAY FROM THAT WHEEL. FREEZE, DON'T MOVE. If ya bought that chip from Mike, you should call him at the phone number he sent with it.
They have untold experience at the best way to install that chip and I sure wouldn't come up with my own way.
Call him, the phone number is real. it is just for this kind of thing.

Rocks

 

hey the coating on the chip is pretty soft to me it seamed like silicone? but anyway just follow the instructions and don't rush it I just did mine last week , and was a very small anoyence really done in just a few minutes , and I have to tell you big diferance in shift points on my truck , and does run good! this is all I was hoping for my wife and even my 13 year old moter head son , said it runs different! and certainly does rev higher! when you shove your foot in it! , happy customer here, just ordered Rancho 9000s . and next stop will be custome exhaust , or maybe magnaflow cat back , just a matter of $$$ ya know.... later and enjoy the chip! ,Skully

 

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OK Rocks - I think I got it, I'll check
with Mike before I do anything.
Thanks for your input.
Paul

 

LOL.

I was tring to prevent another one of those threads that always start out with..."hey Mike, I have a question. My truck stalls...."


Good luck With the chip. I couldn't believe how well mine did when I got it put in.

Rocks

 

Skully - Thanks working on removing coating
while reading posts. Clean a little - read a
little I'm really not in a big hurry, after
all I have the chip and my truck and they aren't
going anywhere.
Paul

 

Rocks I really don't want to start one of those threads

 

Hi F150/Paul,

Sorry to be a day late in getting back to you, we're very rushed right now getting ready to leave for our 3rd Annual F-150 Online/Performance Products National Rally!

Actually, this is an interesting question that has not been asked in a quite a while.............

You might be able to do that with a Dremel, but only using a very soft wheel of course, as you mentioned. The CF is clear in color and is silicon-based, it's not the older hard lacquer-based material used in most of the pre-1997 vehicles, therefore I think that *might* just be do-able.

I would be very careful (of course) doing this, the main thing is to make sure that you don't make a mis-lick (that's a Southern expression ) on it, and don't go thru the protective tin coating on the contacts themselves, which is the next "layer" after the conformal coating is removed. If the protective tin is removed from the contacts, then you expose the copper underneath, which is an even better conductor of signals & current, but is very soft & will eventually wear thru in some cases.

If you decide to give this a try, do let us know how that works out for you. I'm only saying a conditional "maybe" on this assuming that a soft wheel and a very soft & careful "touch" is used. We wouldn't recommend this of course, but it just might be something that, in the right hands, is do-able without damage.

I think it will clog the wheel pretty quickly, *especially* on all 2001 & newer vehicles due to the greatly increased thickness of the CF starting in 2001, and therefore that clogging will likely be a problem that may make this not feasible. But if you do try this, please let me know how that works out.

Be careful, & good luck!