EFIDynoTuning Forum

Good deal, glad I was actually able to help in some way lol.

So everything's working as expected? Vehicle starts, no antitheft light, speedo is right?

I BELIEVE that PCMFlash, by default, does not overwrite the VID block (it CAN, but requires an additional step I believe), so once you get your dongle and can use PCMFlash, you should be able to write Decipha's file and you're good... Pro tip though: read your PCM wth PCMFlash first and then take that BIN that it saves and send it to a zip or 7-zip file, so that you have a backup of the original PCM that is also 'uneditable' in a zip or 7-zip file.

Yup, That would be the ODAJ0 strategy, which I haven't seen a Tunerpro XDF for, which would be a problem as far as getting the trans parameter changed...

Yes, PCMFlash will work just fine with the MDI2. I've used mine to read and flash my EEC-V multiple times. The catch code will allow us to know the exact strategy that's being used in your PCM. From the info I have, it looks like it may be the ODAL1 strategy.

Correct, you'd need to purchase the dongle for PCMFlash and module 29 to read/flash ford EEC-V PWM PCMs. It's $108 all in (there might be shipping...)for the hardware dongle and the software license for module 29. And if, down the road, you wanted to add more modules, you'd just buy more modules to add to the dongle.

What's your catch code? In my case on the FBFG2 strategy, it's PTP2, it'll be on the tag on the PCM.

The MDI2 is the J2534 hardware interface between the PCMFLash software and the Ford EEV-V PCM.

With a MDI2 and PCMFlash, yes, you can read the BIN out, then you have to re-arrange the banks so Tunerpro can read it right (The info on rearranging the banks is in the 'Getting Started' section, and I think there's a sticky here somewhere), after making your change with Tunerpro, swap the banks back and you can then flash it back with PCMFlash.

I don't think you're going to be able to do much here with the SCT. If you have the SCT Software, you should be able to open the BEF file and make the needed change (pretty sure the BEF file is a proprietary, encrypted file, similar to Binary Editors BEB files). If you don't, Tunerpro won't be able to help you.

It sounds like you bought he X4 just to 'deal' with this change - I have no idea what the X4 costs, but I think you'd probably be much further ahead returning/selling the X4 and getting PCMFlash and an OpenPort 2.0 (or another compatible J2534 device - I can say that a GM MDI2 works perfectly) and using Michael's definitions and Tunerpro.

Side note: I'm pretty sure a 2002 F-150 doesn't fall under the FBGI0 strategy.

decipha wrote: ↑2025 Jan 13, 08:05 I hate the 10R, all it does is shift constantly.

The 10L90 in my CT6 (essentially the same transmission as the 10R) is probably the smoothest shifting transmission I've seen, always seems to be where it needs to be... If the 10R is shifting too much, must be a calibration thing.

Out of curiosity, why the 5.3 vs a 6.0 or 6.2?