skip shift delete
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
If your really that concerned with it not going into skip shift, when the 1st/4th light comes on, just press the throttle a little bit and it will go off. I dont drive my car easy enough to ever experence it!
You can also purchase a CAGS eliminator that plugs into the harness OR have a tuner tune it out of the ECU.
BC
You can also purchase a CAGS eliminator that plugs into the harness OR have a tuner tune it out of the ECU.
BC
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Thanks for the info, I had a5th gen camaro , in that case it was a simple fix by unpluging the harness at the trans and adding a resistor, i was hoping the z would be the same procedure
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I told the ECM in my car that I needed to be at an operating temperature of 483 degrees before it could initiate the light and 1-4 solenoid. Funny, I seem to miss seeing that light now. I wonder why?
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I bet you would crap your pants if one day, it came on!
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I installed the CAGS eliminator on my 09 Z06. $18. Wait until the transmission/exhaust is really cooled down. Not much room, with my big hands, to get in there. Also, spring for a M2W while you're ordering the CAGS eliminator, it's worth the money.
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Get the CAGS Eliminator. Its around $20 and I installed by just backing the car onto two 2x12s. A tight squeeze, but do-able in just a few minutes. Sure you can push the gas and make it go away- but it always would get me in bad times in traffic...
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There is a simple technique that requires nothing more than a fuse swap under the hood.... http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html . You'll still see the 1-4 shift light on the dash (you'd also see the light with the CAGS eliminator at the transmission) but this fuse works like a charm...the "Smart Fuse" is about $1-$2 at the local auto parts store.
...or you could pay a forum vendor $24.95 for that same $1.00 fuse....pirated the original idea from the guy who discovered the fix.
...or you could pay a forum vendor $24.95 for that same $1.00 fuse....pirated the original idea from the guy who discovered the fix.
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There is a simple technique that requires nothing more than a fuse swap under the hood.... http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html . You'll still see the 1-4 shift light on the dash (you'd also see the light with the CAGS eliminator at the transmission) but this fuse works like a charm...the "Smart Fuse" is about $1-$2 at the local auto parts store.
...or you could pay a forum vendor $24.95 for that same $1.00 fuse....pirated the original idea from the guy who discovered the fix.
...or you could pay a forum vendor $24.95 for that same $1.00 fuse....pirated the original idea from the guy who discovered the fix.
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Buy the smart glow fuse. Short with a jump battery to blow the fuse. Install. The LED will glow and that provides the resistance needed for the CAGS.
Works great. No crawling under car. No waiting on shipping. Cost $2.00 or less.
Works great. No crawling under car. No waiting on shipping. Cost $2.00 or less.
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From: Anthony TX
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There is a simple technique that requires nothing more than a fuse swap under the hood.... http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html . You'll still see the 1-4 shift light on the dash (you'd also see the light with the CAGS eliminator at the transmission) but this fuse works like a charm...the "Smart Fuse" is about $1-$2 at the local auto parts store.
...or you could pay a forum vendor $24.95 for that same $1.00 fuse....pirated the original idea from the guy who discovered the fix.
...or you could pay a forum vendor $24.95 for that same $1.00 fuse....pirated the original idea from the guy who discovered the fix.
THANK YOU for your EXCELLENT input!! Outstanding info!
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I tried one of the fuses on my C6, and had my check engine light come on and stay on. On a z06 is completely messed up the ECU until we took the fuse back out.
Spend the extra $15 and get the trans harness, or even better, have someone disable it in the car's computer.
Spend the extra $15 and get the trans harness, or even better, have someone disable it in the car's computer.
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The fuse thing works but not on all of our cars. Some guys get a SES when the fuse is installed. Whether they have the correct type of fuse to fool the ECM is another point. I've read where "pulling" the fuse would work on some cars but not on others. The device in the tranny connection always works as does having the tune set to eliminate the CAGS.
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