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[Int.Tech04]

if you want perfect evidence of an FICM in the early stages of failure, heres mine last night when leaving for work. half way through my 11 mile drive, i was at full 48.5V.

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performed the "at home" fix, and now im still dropping to 38-40v on cold start, with full 48.5V within a few minutes of idle. im gonna be ordering a half shell from work monday night. meant to say "64 on oil temp, 64 on coolant temp"

[southend]

I'd say thats late stages of failure, my alarm on my cts is set at 46v. I've heard it go off about 5 times when my ficm hit 45.5v. Ficmrepair.com is a great option, but you will be charged more for trying your own repair.

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[Heathrm]

Originally Posted by southend

I'd say thats late stages of failure, my alarm on my cts is set at 46v. I've heard it go off about 5 times when my ficm hit 45.5v. Ficmrepair.com is a great option, but you will be charged more for trying your own repair.

Sent from my phone that somebody didn't help me get.

I'll second what Southend said. I had a great experience with Ed at Ficmrepair.com. I also recommend getting a FICM tune while you are at it. I have the Atlas 40 tune and love it. Increased throttle response is very noticable.

There are a lot of threads on here about the BDP FICM also, something you might want to look into. A lot of people here speak highly of it.

[Int.Tech04]

the reason i say "early" stages of failure, is because i have no idle issues, no start issues, no smoking, no skipping/missing, and no codes. i would have never know something was wrong until i bought the livewire.

i can order the FICM driver half shell through work, and get it at 10% above their cost. should be the same as sending it for repair, possibly cheaper, and no downtime. i cant afford the be without it all week, and im not paying UPS $90 to overnight it.

[sinner6.0L]

hey just out of curiousity what is 10% over cost on a VT365 halfshell. I've got a guy getting ones for me for $150, I've heard that they can be had for cheaper though

[Int.Tech04]

Originally Posted by sinner6.0L

hey just out of curiousity what is 10% over cost on a VT365 halfshell. I've got a guy getting ones for me for $150, I've heard that they can be had for cheaper though

when i get to work monday night, im gonna have my parts guy look it up. if a guy can sell them on Ebay for $180, it cant be much.

[Int.Tech04]

couldnt find the "half shell" part number, but my cost on the WHOLE FICM is $474.00+10% (employees get 10% above cost.) too lazy to do the math. i played around on google and found the part number for the "half shell". i'll keep everyone posted.

[sinner6.0L]

try 5010598R92 for the halfshell part number

[Int.Tech04]

ordered my half shell, cost me $90 bucks, plus %10, so $99 for a half shell. installed, no more voltage drop.