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After almost 3 years of loyal service, my 4L80E gave up the ghost. I loaned my truck to my sister back in late May so she could help set up some jumps and get stuff prepped for a horse show my niece was riding in. She kept the truck for 3 months (horse show season) and absolutely fell in love...

that tool isn't cheap, but it will save mucho pain.

Yup. The glow plug extractor mentioned early in this thread (JJ&A Racing) is pricey, but will save you so much pain in the long run. If a tip breaks off when you are trying to Pull it out, yank the injector and get a pair of surgical hemostats (wife is a Nurse...she knew what to get for me) with...

Well, that starter I installed in Nov '13 is dead already...not even 18mos out of it. Worse yet, it crapped the bed in the parking garage at the metro station (wife's truck took a lacrosse ball thru the sunroof and was in the shop, so she took my car and I drove Merle), so I will have to lug all...

As soon as it warms up outside, I'm gonna go ahead and pull the trigger on this mod. I have all the pieces parts and tools ready to go...just need some time and for it not to be 11 degrees outside!

No...but I think the engine was rebuilt/replaced by Uncle Sugar before DRMO claimed it...Merle has 95,000 miles on his odometer, but the 6.2 runs like a well oiled sewing machine. I'll drop the pan and check the mains when I go to stuff the turbo under the hood...see how cherry the mill is.

Whew - I finally got my trans sorted out...third time was the charm with the EZ-TCU. Oh, and the TCI system only works with the "new style" internal harness. If you have the old 4L80E harness, it throws temp fault codes and won't come out of recovery mode (2nd gear only). It cost me an arm and a...

Heck no! They paid to fetch and return both times. This is their last chance...the techs are really nice, but slow as molasses. They kept telling me "These things have a less than 1% failure rate..." It's my personal experience, but they're running a 200% fail rate. I sure hope it works this time.

So TCU #2 failed the dyno test back at TCI, and the FEDEX guy dropped box#3 on my porch last night. Let's hope the third time is a charm, otherwise the whole shooting match is going back to TCI for a refund...and I'm considering sending them a bill for the 3 x installation / removals. Gahhhhh!

I'm so hopping mad I could spit. TCI's dyno was down, so they sat on it for a week for swapping out a new computer (after I called and yelled). The new unit got here on 13 August, and my mechanic tried Thr and Fri to get it working, but got a new fault - no power to computer. He rechecked the...

The computer finally arrived back at TCI today, all the way in Ashland, MS. They are going to "run diagnostics on it" (why it didn't get this before it was shipped is a mystery) and get it back to me in a few days. I'm thinking I have lost yet another week with the testing and the shipping back...

This is exactly what I needed to see. I think I'll put mine up front, since the 6.5 turbo manifold will chew up most of the space in this general vicinity...but seeing how it is done gives me a great jumping off point.

Yah - mine too! It works if I hold my mouth JUST right, but not consistently... gotta get after it when I finish installing the 4L80E trans!

Ugh... I had a heck of a time getting everything wired together, so I enlisted some help from a local trans shop. After their top mechanic spent several hours on it, he called TCI and talked to them about the difficulties. The tech confirmed they had a few bad units recently, so it needed to...

Nice...where I want to end up with my 1028, Merle. Now if I can just get that darned 4L80E wired up right...

Yeah, you're crushing it! Great work so far!

Me three.2cents Mine works like a charm. I actually put it inside, on the dashboard. My driveway faces SSW, so I back Merle in and let the sun trickle charge him all day, every day.

I'll let you know how it goes...I intend to do the exact same thing! I can not wait to get Merle back on the road with a real OD trans...be cruising as slick as you and your 700R4 equipped 1008's.

FEDEX man brought the Dakota Digital DSL-2 flywheel sensor/tachometer interface in from Speedway today. If it would quit raining (cats and &$%# dogs), I might be able to get this ****ed thing together this weekend. Excited to get this done and back on the road.