cbriggs Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 We just got a couple of emergency ordered ficms from the vendor, and guess where they came from? The caterpillar reman facility. Another good one is the tsb for the blend door motor on an 05 -08 f-150. Gives part # that is backorder usa, as is the old part #. How are we supposed to keep customers happy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrunoWilimek Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 At least we are not alone. One of our techs has had a 2005 6.6 Durajunk diesel torn apart for head gaskets since before the new year. Parts backordered, possibly here tomorrow. The $300 gasket set doesn't even include new head bolts. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whattodo.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunan Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 try doing head gaskets on the 08 duracraps.. i waited for a month and a half for parts. that was before i quit...still dont know if they ever came in lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Quote: One of our techs has had a 2005 6.6 Durajunk diesel torn apart for head gaskets since before the new year. Parts backordered, possibly here tomorrow. The $300 gasket set doesn't even include new head bolts. Be careful on the head gaskets. There is 3 different grades on the gaskets, be sure that you lay the old ones side by side to the new ones and make sure everything is the same, all the holes all the slots, everything!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 So, once again, has anyone replaced a FICM on an E-Van? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/coffee.gif Well, today an E-450 came in on the hook as a no-start. CMDTCs P0678, P0683, P0611, P1378, P0275. Unit is an '07 with only 54,263 kms. (33,717 miles). Only clicks when I went to try to start it. So, I go to boost it. Miraculously, I was able to fire it up. Once it fired up, I monitored all the PIDs and FICM_L/FICM_M/FICM_V all remained nice and steady at 13/48/13. When doing the KOER test, I noticed that after the engine RPM decrease back to engine idle speed, it didn't give me the usual "hiccup" just before the test concluded. IIRC, that "hiccup" is the glow plug system running a test? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. So, just for shits and giggles I ran a glow plug system monitoring KOER test, and sure enough, P0678 and P0683 were the hard faults. After following pinpoint test AF, it led me to replace the GPCM. My question is, can a bad GPCM also set P0611 and P1378 DTCs, even if the FICM checks out GOOD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony302600 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Originally Posted By: Bruce Amacker So, once again, has anyone replaced a FICM on an E-Van? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/coffee.gif Well, today an E-450 came in on the hook as a no-start. CMDTCs P0678, P0683, P0611, P1378, P0275. Unit is an '07 with only 54,263 kms. (33,717 miles). Only clicks when I went to try to start it. So, I go to boost it. Miraculously, I was able to fire it up. Once it fired up, I monitored all the PIDs and FICM_L/FICM_M/FICM_V all remained nice and steady at 13/48/13. When doing the KOER test, I noticed that after the engine RPM decrease back to engine idle speed, it didn't give me the usual "hiccup" just before the test concluded. IIRC, that "hiccup" is the glow plug system running a test? Someone correct me if I'm wrong. So, just for shits and giggles I ran a glow plug system monitoring KOER test, and sure enough, P0678 and P0683 were the hard faults. After following pinpoint test AF, it led me to replace the GPCM. My question is, can a bad GPCM also set P0611 and P1378 DTCs, even if the FICM checks out GOOD? Ive done 3-4 FICMS on evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjubain Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 So, once again, has anyone replaced a FICM on an E-Van? : coffee: Never seen a ficm failure on E-series yet until today, had two back to back . Had one in stock and second BO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Ditto for me. Just did one yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjubain Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I got another 6.0l e sees today with hard cold start, was left over the weekend. Started it up this am and would barely crank. performed self test before disconnecting batteries and had no codes. Ended up cleaning all battery posts and replacing both batteries.Vehicle still cold, now i was monitoring Ficm mpower 22volts, ficm Lpower 3-5volts, ficmVpower 3-5 volts and Vpower 11.8volts> this only last for 15 seconds when key is on each time, all normal after.vehicle starts fine and no codes. Have performed tsb procedure , check all grounds, power from ficm relayto ficm connector,swap ficm relay, load test circuits and disconnected glow plug system.also tried another ficm and still the same. I did not have another e series to compare but and f series ficm Mpower is 47.5 volts and ficmlpower is same as battery voltage when key is first turned on. Will be checking further more tomorrow but was curious if anybody ever notice or seen this before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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