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Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:58 pm 
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last week we converted a mates BA Xt to a manual, and its at ford at the moment to get the ecu re-programmed so its a manual. cos witht eh auto one, when the auto is dosconnected it kind of goes into limp mode and wint go over 50km/h. but the prob is the computer cant be re-programed to a manual one.
does anybody know how or if the BA's can be tricked so it thinks the auto is there and gets out of this limp mode.

 

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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:33 am 
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I know with previous 4 speed autos it was possible but I am not sure with BA as I think they change the ECU in BA

 

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Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:37 am 
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ECU was changed.. but the princilple should be the same, the ECU should see a temp sensor (resistor based), a neutral switch, and a gear selection sensor(resistor based). So therefore, if you get the wiring diagrams, get a resistor on the temp line, the gear sensor, and bridge the neutral switch, it should still think that the auto is still there.


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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:21 am 
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Im pretty sure the BA ECU's can be completely re-programmed to be a manual ECU. I read in a tech article in Performance Ford (the Mal Wood tremec conversion, previously automatic, on a BA XR6T) that they had the ECU re-programmed to suit. From memory a Ford dealer did it in about 9 hours! :shock: .
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:58 pm 
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yeah, I thought the BAs could get flashed aswell... but who knows.


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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 9:09 pm 
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problem solved we just got a custom flash tune done
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