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Old Feb 15, 2016 | 03:25 PM
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Trying to tune transmission shiftpoints and most importantly downshift "eagerness" of the tranny. As soon as I touch the pedal a bit, it wants to downshift and scream. Trying to make it do that a bit less. Had good luck increasing the MPH numbers by about 10.

Anyway, during a long scan I noticed my TCC slip percentage up to about 208%. The PCM ocasionally sets the usual P code relating to "transmission component slipping". Is this the sign of a bad converter ?
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Use this to set your shift points. You may need to play around, but this will get you into the ballpark.
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The TCC slip % is only valid when the converter is locked.
You can log lock/unlock as well.
So might want to check that out.
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Originally Posted by RonSSNova
The TCC slip % is only valid when the converter is locked.
You can log lock/unlock as well.
So might want to check that out.
Right! I noticed that today when I saw a slip % of 400+ while in reverse with my foot on the brake. Heh

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Use this to set your shift points. You may need to play around, but this will get you into the ballpark.
Thank you for that. I applied the tables from that piece of software into my tune and I'm very pleased with the results. Takes the "magic" out of it and makes it easy to dial it in how you want it.
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I see a 50% to 80% slip when driving around, with light throttle and TCC locked. Does that sound normal to you guys ?
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Sounds high. Should be 0% if locked up.

Do you have your TCC Duty Cycle set to 100 for Maximum and 90 for Minumum? You don't want the converter "slipping" into lock-up. That'll ruin it. It won't help your slip numbers, but might stop any further damage.

Also, are you sure it's locked? Are you running a MAF tune? Any misfires detected and it'll unlock the converter. So you have to set the misfire table to the max (32700 or whatever) to desensitize. If in SD, that's done automatically.
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Old Feb 16, 2016 | 12:17 PM
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Sounds high. Should be 0% if locked up.

Do you have your TCC Duty Cycle set to 100 for Maximum and 90 for Minumum? You don't want the converter "slipping" into lock-up. That'll ruin it. It won't help your slip numbers, but might stop any further damage.

Also, are you sure it's locked? Are you running a MAF tune? Any misfires detected and it'll unlock the converter. So you have to set the misfire table to the max (32700 or whatever) to desensitize. If in SD, that's done automatically.
The tranny sets a P1870 code every once in a while. Especially on highway runs. I think there might be some hardware issues.

This is a completely stock 1999 PCM/tune. I assume MAF ?

I didn't mess with the duty cycle, but maybe I can increase it to help a dying converter until I can have the tranny rebuilt/looked at ?
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Do you have an aftermarket stall? P1870 is slip.
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Do you have an aftermarket stall? P1870 is slip.
It's a stock converter as far as I know. I just went in and changed the duty cycle to 100 and 90 respectively. It was at 96 and 10 (I assume stock).
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Yes. It's made so it won't lock up so hard. For an aftermarket stall, you want that. If you have a transgo unit, it won't matter. The PWM hits at whatever the transgo unit allows. Otherwise, it's PCM controlled. That should help with a slipping stall though.
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