Re: DOH! Well this explains a lot..

From: Bill Pitz (dakota@billpitz.com)
Date: Fri Apr 09 2004 - 20:58:59 EDT


On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:45:40 -0400, dusterrt@msn.com ("Travis Bailey")
wrote:
>When I bought my truck, the guy I bought it from handed me a box with a PCM
>in it. I assumed the PCM must have gone bad and this was just the old one.
>Fast forward to last week when I got my Mopar Performance PCM. I got the
>box and the part number sounded familiar...really familiar. I came home
>this weekend for easter weekend and looked at the box the guy gave to me.
>Didn't say anything about Mopar performance but I knew exactly what had
>happened when I saw it was a P part number. I think my truck already has
>the MP computer, lol. That would explain why it pings on anything but
>premium. The PCM under the hood just had the remains of a sticker on it
>that says "REMANUFACTURED" and I can't read anything else. The new PCM also
>says it's a reman. Anyway, between 2001 (shipping date on the sticker on
>the old box) and now, they wouldn't have changed the comptuer specs, would
>they have? Looks like I'm going to have the money for the body lift and
>Viper fan now.

Heh.. That's cool. I couldn't imagine why they would have changed the
MP PCM specs, particularly for an older model like yours.

>Other news...just landed a part time gig at NAPA, don't know about the
>others but this one is an Amsoil dealer. Hoepfully I can get that stuff,
>along with other things, at cost instead of retail (crossing my fingers)...

That will depend a lot on the store. If it's a privately owned store
(NAPA franchise, basically), they will have a lot more leeway. If
it's a NAPA corporate owned store, the management will be subject to
all of NAPA's internal policies.

-Bill



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