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It's Offical, the FAL VSC is POS!!!!!

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Old 04-15-2007, 02:34 PM
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Yup, My Flexalite Variable speed controller Is Chit. Left my truck Idleing for 7-10 minutes while my wife was doing some real estate stuff. got in to go and the temp was 250*+, fans wouldnt come on at all. had some hiway driving to do anyway so alls cool (some pun) but now have no way to controll them. I can jump them togther and make them run. whats the best way, relay harness? (don't know if my pcm is programmed for it) or can I just get a probe that turns on a relay ( I would do two at two different temps)
who's had luck with what, Thanks
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Nelson who is a sponsor ----> makes a nice fan harness. You just need a tune in order to activate them in the PCM. Maybe you could kill two birds with one stone, get the harness and a tune all at the same time.
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Also check out PCMFORLESS, they do they same. That is who I had my mailorder from a while back.
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Good point, we have several sponsors who can take care of you.
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Same thing happened to my Flexalite controller. I wired it to a switch - works great, especially in the staging lanes at the strip. Just don't forget to flip it on when you need it lol.
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The Dakota Digital and DCC unit are the only ones that are worth a ****. Or just get the harness from Allen.
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we should make it a sticky for people to throw away their flex-a-lite vsc's. i have a nelson harness with a wheatley toon and its 10 gagillion times better than my vsc that crapped out in 3 weeks.
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Originally Posted by FastCrewCab4x4
. . . . whats the best way, relay harness? (don't know if my pcm is programmed for it) or can I just get a probe that turns on a relay ( I would do two at two different temps)
who's had luck with what, Thanks

I made my own. Both fans run on low all the time, until I kill them with a switch. Then both fans on high when the A/C comes on.

I made this for under $60 bucks, with extras left over. I went by this diagram, but reversed the grounds for "positives."

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ghlight=ground

Works great no problems. PM me if you'd like some help.
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I can tell you exactly what causes them to fail, and how to prevent it, but I don't think anyone here is in the listening mood for that
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