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Question for Mike T.
I've e-mailed you before but as many posts as you get I'm sure you won't fully remember.
I have a 97 Expy w/ the 5.4, towing package, 3.73 gears. My computer was reflashed a couple of times a couple of years back. The service tech tells me that they would not have entered a new different code but an updated version of the original code. The sticker on the door jamb has 746F at the left, the Oasis readout they pulled up says 746FR07A. (They were not able to pull the code from the vehicle that day).
Is 746F the code you would need. Thanks for your help.
I have a 97 Expy w/ the 5.4, towing package, 3.73 gears. My computer was reflashed a couple of times a couple of years back. The service tech tells me that they would not have entered a new different code but an updated version of the original code. The sticker on the door jamb has 746F at the left, the Oasis readout they pulled up says 746FR07A. (They were not able to pull the code from the vehicle that day).
Is 746F the code you would need. Thanks for your help.
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Hi Tuchy,
That tech just doesn't understand/reference this properly as we have do. To *them*, they generally view that as just an "updated" original code, as many times it's referenced from the same "family" of codes, so to speak, meaning the first 4 digits may be the same. In reality what it actually is, is a completely different software revision, plain and simple.
No, I'm afraid that is not the info we need, and doing a lookup on OASIS is virtually never the way to determine just what's actually in the PCM, you can only count on OASIS having the correct *original* code the vehicle came with from the factory. They either should have written it down and placed that information on a "Ford Authorized Modification" sticker and placed it under the hood when the reflash was actually done (each time), or the PCM will need to be scanned to see just what it actually contains, and any Ford dealership can do that.
We need either the actual Ford part number for the revision they flashed the PCM to (which would be in a format like say, 1FL3-12A650-AB, and many times they'll just skip writing down the 12A650 in the middle, and just give you the first 4 and then the last 1 to 4 digits, and that would be OK for us to cross-reference by), or the complete calibration code (not just the first 4 digits), or even the hex code reference, we need one of those 3.
This is something that gets into too much detail to be able to discuss properly here or in email, this really needs to be discussed via phone to cover properly. If you can get us the info as I described above, please give us a call or email with that info (not here) and we'll attempt the cross-reference, which we can always do if the info given us is correct. And if you can't get that info as I've described above, then give us a call & we can go over with you the options for actually determining just what's actually in that PCM of yours.
However, we can actualy get around ALL of this hassle if you use the newer Superchips Micro Tuner instead of the traditional Superchip module. The tuning is the same in both, plus the Micro Tuner gives you more features and is easier to install, and it won't matter what code you have, as it has all of them built into each tuner, so you don't even need to know the code. This is what most people are doing these days, as it's much easier and it eliminates the need to know the code and you still get the code-specific Superchips tuning (the Micro Tuner does that automatially via internal lookup after downloading your PCM's software to store it so you can return back to stock at anytime), etc., and that sure would be the simplest solution for your situation.
So it's either back to the drawing board so to speak, to determine just what your code actually is so you can use the Superchip module, or just use the recently released Superchips Micro Tuner instead, which eliminates any need to worry about any of that, just let the Micro Tuner do it automatically.
Give us a call at your convenience if you'd like to go over any of this in more detail, I suggest just using the Superchips Micro Tuner so you don't have to worry about any of that.
That tech just doesn't understand/reference this properly as we have do. To *them*, they generally view that as just an "updated" original code, as many times it's referenced from the same "family" of codes, so to speak, meaning the first 4 digits may be the same. In reality what it actually is, is a completely different software revision, plain and simple.
No, I'm afraid that is not the info we need, and doing a lookup on OASIS is virtually never the way to determine just what's actually in the PCM, you can only count on OASIS having the correct *original* code the vehicle came with from the factory. They either should have written it down and placed that information on a "Ford Authorized Modification" sticker and placed it under the hood when the reflash was actually done (each time), or the PCM will need to be scanned to see just what it actually contains, and any Ford dealership can do that.
We need either the actual Ford part number for the revision they flashed the PCM to (which would be in a format like say, 1FL3-12A650-AB, and many times they'll just skip writing down the 12A650 in the middle, and just give you the first 4 and then the last 1 to 4 digits, and that would be OK for us to cross-reference by), or the complete calibration code (not just the first 4 digits), or even the hex code reference, we need one of those 3.
This is something that gets into too much detail to be able to discuss properly here or in email, this really needs to be discussed via phone to cover properly. If you can get us the info as I described above, please give us a call or email with that info (not here) and we'll attempt the cross-reference, which we can always do if the info given us is correct. And if you can't get that info as I've described above, then give us a call & we can go over with you the options for actually determining just what's actually in that PCM of yours.
However, we can actualy get around ALL of this hassle if you use the newer Superchips Micro Tuner instead of the traditional Superchip module. The tuning is the same in both, plus the Micro Tuner gives you more features and is easier to install, and it won't matter what code you have, as it has all of them built into each tuner, so you don't even need to know the code. This is what most people are doing these days, as it's much easier and it eliminates the need to know the code and you still get the code-specific Superchips tuning (the Micro Tuner does that automatially via internal lookup after downloading your PCM's software to store it so you can return back to stock at anytime), etc., and that sure would be the simplest solution for your situation.
So it's either back to the drawing board so to speak, to determine just what your code actually is so you can use the Superchip module, or just use the recently released Superchips Micro Tuner instead, which eliminates any need to worry about any of that, just let the Micro Tuner do it automatically.
Give us a call at your convenience if you'd like to go over any of this in more detail, I suggest just using the Superchips Micro Tuner so you don't have to worry about any of that.