I bought a 2013 that had an engine swap and the 7007 plate was left off. I have the plate plan on doing the work. I bet it throws a p0315 code and requires a relearn. But it seems to also shim the starter as my starter when warm/hot will occasionally not make contact with the flex plate. OR my bendix is just not coming out and starter is spinning up. I don't hear grinding just spinning I THINK.
Since I haven't had a chance to get back in the garage and keep going with pictures, etc., due to a torn meniscus in my knee, I'm going to answer this one the best I can.This has been a great write up thus far. I am curios I have a 2013 F-150 5.0 and a 6r80 transmission. Mine did NOT come with SST (select shift transmission) I am only getting the run around from Ford Service and Ford corporate on activating SST. I have a new instrument cluster (salvage from what that had SST) and a new shifter with the + - buttons. How do I now activate SST? DO I need the strategy of one that has it? Can I only do it with an IDS? Can I find out my "would be strategy" Can I use a VIN of a "twin" truck with SST to find out ITS shift strategy and dump it into mine if I get an IDS? If so, how? All the tune shops even are saying talk to Ford, Ford says we can't Ford locks us out.
I'm assuming your ECU is from a '13-'14 Mustang Automatic.
First, get on Ebay or Autotrader and start searching cars that match a '13-'14 with all the options that your car has with the automatic trans.
Once you find one, copy the VIN.
Then, go here:
https://www.etis.ford.com/vehicleRegSelector.do
and select "Vehicle" from the top menu.
Enter the VIN of the car you found in your internet search.
The website will give you all the "as-built" data of that car.
You'll use that to enter the necessary ABS and transmission "as-built" codes into the VCM II and load into the ECU via the ALDL port under the dash.
It is the "as-built" codes that will activate the select-shift function as that is handled solely by the computer.
The valve strategy is simply to let the computer know what the flow rates of the valves are that the transmission was built with so the computer can calculate shift times, etc., correctly.