Replacement PCM ?'s
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I posted this in the PCM section yesterday, but got no response so thought i'd try here instead.
My PCM won't communicate with any of the software I have (Freescan, Datamaster, Tunercat) so tonight I bought a replacement off of e-bay.
The replacement is for a Caprice but is the same type and # as my Firebird, what I need to know now is, can I just flash a stock Firebird file on to it?. And will Tunercat communicate with it using $EE def file?.
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My PCM won't communicate with any of the software I have (Freescan, Datamaster, Tunercat) so tonight I bought a replacement off of e-bay.
The replacement is for a Caprice but is the same type and # as my Firebird, what I need to know now is, can I just flash a stock Firebird file on to it?. And will Tunercat communicate with it using $EE def file?.
Sara Lou
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My spare PCM came from an L99 Caprice. Programmed my 94Z file right over the top of it, worked fine. I think it was the first PCM ever programmed using LT1Edit that actually drove a car.
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Originally Posted by 96capricemgr
If the pcm is the same year then it is the same PN, just need to reflash it.
94-5 are the same but 93 would be different, 96s are the same and in 97 there was no Caprice.
Did the pcm lockup while trying to program or have you just never gotten the software to connect?
94-5 are the same but 93 would be different, 96s are the same and in 97 there was no Caprice.
Did the pcm lockup while trying to program or have you just never gotten the software to connect?
At first, Freescan wouldn't communicate, but Datamaster would. Over the last couple of weeks its got progressively worse and now Datamaster won't communicate either.
I tried hooking up Tunercat yesterday in the hope of recovering it, but TC wouldn't communicate either, it kicked the fans on for a second, then shut down saying no communication.
Datamaster will log until the car is started, then it looses the conection and throws every DTC code in the PCM, it reconnects for 2 seconds, then disconnects again.
I'm going to replace the PCM in the hope this cures it, if not then its tracing wiring!!
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