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Old Sep 6, 2017 | 07:15 PM
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hello all! im going a GM "corperate" steering wheel install in my 2000 SS camaro. i got a steel on my parts. corvette column for 45.00, steering wheel out of a saturn aura for 30 bucks. the wheel has paddle shifters. anyways im planning on using the paddles and running a TCI ez TCU. what clock spring are you guys running? the vette one was all mangled and wouldnt fit in the column to begin with. any help would be awesome!!
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I saw your thread on FB but sorry I don't know what what clockspring you need... Have you taken the wheel apart to see if the buttons for the paddles are separate buttons with wires of if they're soldered to a board? If they're soldered to a board they would be communicating with the PCM/TCM via CANBUS. If you have any questions about setting up the TCI EZ TCU let me know, I'm running it with the TCI paddle shifters.
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 04:16 PM
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how are you liking it?
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Old Sep 12, 2017 | 04:22 PM
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to answer your question there is no physical board in the wheel. just a plug connector that i modded to work with the TCU
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Originally Posted by dans2000camaross
how are you liking it?
Its ok, It was easy to setup and easy to use, I just don't like how limited the settings are and I don't like the TCC lockup settings available, I'll be turning TCC off and only controlling it manually with a switch.

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to answer your question there is no physical board in the wheel. just a plug connector that i modded to work with the TCU
Thats good to know.

Do you have plans for your speedo? I had to run a DD signal converter to get my PCM VSS info as the TCU uses up the VSS sensor and it cannot be shared.
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Originally Posted by Cpt.Derrek
Its ok, It was easy to setup and easy to use, I just don't like how limited the settings are and I don't like the TCC lockup settings available, I'll be turning TCC off and only controlling it manually with a switch.



Thats good to know.

Do you have plans for your speedo? I had to run a DD signal converter to get my PCM VSS info as the TCU uses up the VSS sensor and it cannot be shared.
i was hoping you would share your knowedge...with esquisite detail if you could.
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Originally Posted by dans2000camaross
i was hoping you would share your knowedge...with esquisite detail if you could.
Haha It's been a while but I was able to take the signal output from the TCI EZ-TCU and use the dakota digital SGI-5e to convert that signal back to the a/c signwave signal that the PCM requires. If you look through the SGI-5E documentation I think it was application #7 or whatever the last application it was used for. VSS high cable is the one that is ised, VSS low is just a ground. Heres a couple links to when i was trying to figure it out.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/pcm-diagn...questions.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/stereo-el...plication.html

https://ls1tech.com/forums/automatic...s1-f-body.html
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