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Sep 9, 2015 | 02:15 AM

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By the way is the click pretty loud or no? Since I have my pcm inside the car so wont be outside the car doing the tests.

Sep 9, 2015 | 08:20 PM

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That's a good question for a half deaf mechanic...... I can hear them if my workspace is quiet. You may be able to hear a lot better than me?

Sep 9, 2015 | 09:29 PM

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Ok click was pretty loud. It did click on 42 also the power was there. As for #2 no power or click

Sep 9, 2015 | 11:17 PM

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Ok click was pretty loud. It did click on 42 also the power was there. As for #2 no power or click

Connect a test light to Battery Hot, Probe pin 2, If the test light illuminates.....
Unplug the trans connector. If the light goes out, The issue is in the trans (Harness or TCC PWM solenoid)

If the light stays lit, The problem is in the harness...short to ground, Pulling the circuit "Low".

If the light doesn't illuminate, Your dealing with an Open Circuit/bad connection/Open TCC PWM solenoid.

Sep 10, 2015 | 01:41 AM

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Damn alright now to do that might take me about a week to test out since I gotta go to exhaust shop to get my y pipe cut out the way is routed won't let me unplugg my transmission connector

Sep 10, 2015 | 01:43 AM

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Also btw my friend sold me a 4l60 he had just installed the torque converter bad so crushed the pump other then that didn't have any run time on fresh rebuild. So might just end up swapping it

Sep 10, 2015 | 10:18 AM

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Also btw my friend sold me a 4l60 he had just installed the torque converter bad so crushed the pump other then that didn't have any run time on fresh rebuild. So might just end up swapping it

Ask if he started the engine - if he did not start it the damage is only to the pump, particular the rotor. A reasonably good used pump is about $100.
However if he did start it metal fragments may have circulated throughout the trans; unless you want to rebuild it or take the risk, I would think twice about using it.
That is my opinion anyway and I always defer to pro builders.

Sep 10, 2015 | 11:12 AM

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I took it to a shop to get rebuilt and thats how I found out it was rebuilt they told me all It needed was a pump.

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Sep 10, 2015 | 07:53 PM

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I took it to a shop to get rebuilt and thats how I found out it was rebuilt they told me all It needed was a pump.

We went from diagnosing electrical issues to swapping units....Good luck, I hope the swap fixes it!

Sep 10, 2015 | 08:30 PM

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We went from diagnosing electrical issues to swapping units....Good luck, I hope the swap fixes it!

Yeah, what I think he is implying is that you diagnose the problem further before you swap the trans. Plenty of people here have prematurely swapped a trans only to discover the problem is a bad PCM, burnt cable, bad tune, etc.

Sep 10, 2015 | 09:44 PM

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Yeah, That's pretty much what I meant, The TCC PWM circuit has no feedback from the solenoid, Now he is swapping units, Seems odd?

Sep 10, 2015 | 11:22 PM

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No I am still gonna keep diagnosing the problem before swapping out the transmission. I mistyped it but still gotta go get my exhaust cut in order to get to my transmission plug easy

Sep 10, 2015 | 11:24 PM

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The rebuilt transmission is a separate one not the one installed thr car.

Sep 10, 2015 | 11:25 PM

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Oh btw is it normal when I put ground into the #42 my fan turned on too

Sep 13, 2015 | 08:09 PM

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Well I did the test with the test light on hot it didnt illuminate.should I swap solenoid

Sep 13, 2015 | 08:24 PM

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Oh btw is it normal when I put ground into the #42 my fan turned on too

Your probing pin 42 on the wrong connector & it is 100% my fault!, I told you blue connector, I should have typed Red connector. Goes for both pin 2 & pin 42.

Sep 15, 2015 | 12:27 AM

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Ahhh ok I shouldn't have messed anything up by doing what I did right?

Sep 16, 2015 | 01:40 PM

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Ok I did the tests in the correct connector and both are a no go. None of them even lit up with the test light hooked up too ground. Btw has to be tested with connectors off the pcm correct.

Sep 16, 2015 | 07:09 PM

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Ahhh ok I shouldn't have messed anything up by doing what I did right?

No harm done. The fan came on because you activated the fan relay.

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Ok I did the tests in the correct connector and both are a no go. None of them even lit up with the test light hooked up too ground. Btw has to be tested with connectors off the pcm correct.

PCM unplugged & Key-On.

Did you hook the test light to power & see if the circuits are grounded?