Bill

Your response makes no sense. No idea why you'd think any information provided would relate to BA or AU as I have clearly stated BF info?? B5EB & B5EC are definitely BF 290 Tear Tags but the PCMTEC strategy browser doesn't list TCM files, nor do they download. B5ED is the next in the series & it does have a TCM file....if that helps. Use that along with the create stock file/calibration merge function and you'll have 290 PCM & TCM calibrations instead of the 260 you currently have.

The A5ME in your screenshot is the Tear Tag code, along with VIN which shows as XR series, which in BF is a 260.

Is the screenshot a read with the original 260 PCM & TCM? I thought the Tear Tag A5ME was a XR8 one & a check in Etis shows the VIN is for a XR8.

BA na PCM's don't have any pins in the C connector. What fault codes do you have?

Are both the 260 & 290 PCM’s from a BF or is the 290 PCM from a FG? If they’re both BF, post the strategy for more help. If the TCM is BF and PCM is FG, there are only a few people who can reprogram the TCM for you.

Hi Paul, HACH4A5 is a territory turbo strategy & usually uses the same ASU-224 hardware as the later BF turbo. The problem you're going to have & are currently facing is when a different strategy is flashed onto incorrect hardware, it can show up as the hardware type that matches the current strategy. FORScan will often show PCM hardware as variants which appear to be earlier numbers than we are used to on Falcons eg the ASV-114 & ASV-134. Maybe there's a link they've found when reverse engineering to create FORScan. I haven't seen any ASV-112 pcms or any other Ford PCM's with a serial # starting with AASV-112 so this may be a coincidence. The serial numbers are usually very random in appearance. Have a look at the serial numbers on a few PCM's. Powering up the PCM & testing the IO's may be the only way to confirm if it's really Turbo or na PCM. As far as wiring goes, I thought I'd seen a post in one of the Ford forums saying that BF & the SY territory wiring was the same but, I haven't compared them.

A replacement BTR doesn't need to be coded. As long as the BTR is from a BA-FG, your speed source is correct ie if the original box used a speed transducer, the replacement must use one too & there's no issues with wiring or PCM, they are install & drive. Earlier pre BA BTR's, the internal wiring is reverse polarity. Did you have exactly the same issue & fault codes before replacing the gearbox? It helps if you include fault codes when asking for help with diagnosing a problem eg P0753, P0758, P0763 etc. Check wiring & solenoids. It's not uncommon for broken wiring in BA's in particular at the C20 connector, occasionally near the ABS module, PCM & trans connectors. Keep in mind that BA PCM's are failing at a fair rate now & it's not uncommon for them to put the BTR into limp mode & display fault codes for all solenoids. Example broken wires at C20 connector.

You'd need to upgrade to the Falcon One Car Workshop version

Start by reading the guide below. After reading the guide, you can search 2 separate terms for more info "Flex fuel" & "E85". Searching these individually will lead you to a heap more info

Hi Zhuojian, when I clicked on "Login" in either the top right corner or in the lower section, it would show a white banner at the top with no information. I've just done some testing & after clearing history, cache etc. I could go to the PCMTEC website, select Contact Us & login to support successfully. Further testing, if I am first logged into the Forums & then try to login to the website & then into support, it would fail again. I decided to take a screen recording of the white banner that didn't provide any info & as I was moving my fingers across the mousepad, I must have activated the select all, on the page because it highlighted text on the page & also showed some useful text in the white banner at the top of the screen.....login didn't originate from whitelisted domain. 2023-01-27_12h17_27.mp4

There's a lot of differences between a manual & auto strategy. Copying the wrong bits will just make things harder in the end & unless you have workshop, you won't be seeing all the differences. How you go about it all will also depend on whether you're using the original NA PCM & an external boost controller or a turbo PCM with stock boost control. If you're using the NA PCM, search "BA NA+T" or "external Boost control", it'll provide some reading material on what others have done for external boost control & any problems encountered. Go to Home - PCMTec. Support & login to create a support ticket explaining you've chosen an incompatible manual strategy & need to change to an auto strategy. The PCMTEC will assess whether or not you may be eligible for a refund of credits to licence the correct strategy & unlicencing of the incorrect one. Roland has mentioned it's not official policy to do it but will be looked at on a case by case basis. NOTE: If you're having problems logging into the support website, try a different web browser as it's a new support portal & there may be glitches. I just tried to login using Edge browser & it failed but worked using firefox & should also work using chrome. The failure using edge could be due to my settings or extensions being used & may work for you. @PCMTEC

You'd be better off using HAANFHZ as a starting point. It's a BA turbo BTR strategy

Your problem is HAAS4Y4 is a 6 speed manual strategy. You need an auto strategy or spend time making adjustments to make it work.

If it's going to be registered & get engineering compliance, you'll need to add wiring for the O2 sensor on the BA as it was in the body loom. On the BF, the O2 wiring is part of the engine loom. Depending on what the car is going to be used for, you may have some wiring mods to do but either option will work.

BF PCM's & engine looms are usually pretty cheap if the local wreckers have a few & would be my preferred option if available. A faster, more reliable PCM & the strategies all have full independent VCT cam control.

If you're going to use a BA PCM, the ABU-242 is the later hardware. It replaced the ABU-212 part way through 2003. AFAIK, the 242 is no faster than the 212. "auF13397" "Enables Electronic Crash Sensor's control of the fuel pump" was added for the ABU-242. It's likely that Ford changed the hardware number to ABU-242 due to this change. A3AA, A3AB, A3AC, A3AD, A3AE, A3AF is the sequence. There's a change in OSID between some of these strategies. NOTE: Some lazy Ford workshops didn't always replace the PCM sticker when they carried out PCM updates so what's on the sticker may not be correct. I have an ABU-242 from a 2003 BA here that is labelled A3AA but it has the latest update ie A3AF HAANGF5

Sorry Brett, I can't help with the formula. The fact the formula remains the same, it should operate the same at the higher time limits if the 1 minute times were applied for each above. My preference would be to retain the 2 minute time for high speed fans due to high ACPT & only alter 3 minutes & above if I were to make any changes. This would be consistent with the approach taken with BA & BF's. I think Ford fitted a 530-560 CCA battery in FG but Super Charge have 630-650CCA that'll fit. I only ever fit batteries with the highest CCA rating possible in the space provided. It reduces the risk of having any starting issues when the fans have run on. Also, change the alternator settings to target a charge rate of 13.8-14.2v. Having the higher CCA rated battery & alternator maintaining the battery at the higher charge rate, it'll extend the battery life & you may even find that changing the fan run on time may not be necessary. You could easily test this by making the alternator charge rate changes & battery replacement if necessary & check the battery cranking voltage after the fans have run on.

Hi Brett, you could have a look at the scalars below & copy 1 minute values to 2,3,4&5min. It's not something I've done but the formula is the same for each scalar & looks like it should do what you want.

Good to hear the strategy swap went well. When you start datalogging MTX to sort cruise control, BA don't have 6th gear MTX parameters. You'll need to change 5th gear values

@Plumbs if I remember correctly, if you search OLCL switch, you'll find it.

Within PCMTEC, use the Calibration Tools > Create Stock File/Calibration Merge function

If you've already licenced HAANFH4, you could change to manual strategy HAANFG4, datalog & adjust the MTX ratios. You wouldn't need to licence again as it's already using the same OSID. As far as I'm aware, the intercooler, airbox & 3R23 rods were the only differences, so if you want to take advantage of the F6 strategy, you could do it now, change auF12646 & sort MTX ratios. The F6 strategy is my preferred strategy. Your other option would be get the tuner to change to the F6 strategy before tuning if you wanted to.

You'll need to log the MTX pids to adjust the gear ratios, min & max to get the cruise control working correctly.

I'd start by flashing in a turbo manual strategy. This saves all the headaches of getting all the manual parameters right. If you use latest F6 calibration HAAT3VC, you can take advantage of fully independent cam timing. F6 was the only BA strategy to offer this.

It would be interesting to see what differences it makes doing a relearn with stock settings & then with tuned settings. The higher stall might learn poorly with stock settings & may learn better with the tuned settings. It might also be perfectly fine. It'll be great to hear how it all goes