Cags?
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Pro
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From: Blaine Minnesota
Cags?
2008 C6 Ls3 car, is the only CAGS eliminator the one you buy and put in-line in the transmission wiring? Or does the fuse trick method work, and does someone sell the fuse? Is the CAGS wiring harness hard to install without a lift and does it throw any check engine lights? thanks all!
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '15
On my 06 I did the blown LED fuse method and it works well - no messing with a lift or wiring harness. The lighted fuse can be bought at just about any auto parts store and possibly some Walmart locations for a just few bucks.
http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html
http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html
Drifting
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CAGS eliminator is a 5 minute install, need to have the rear of the car up on stands, the connector access is high up on the driver's side of the trans, very easy to identify, just unclip it, put the plug that comes withthe CAGS kit into the trans connector spot, clip the CAGS into the wiring harness, ZIP tie it up out of harms way, you're done 
No it does not throw any check engine lights. The 1-4 shift light will still activate but it just won't prevent 1-2 shifts anymore
No it does not throw any check engine lights. The 1-4 shift light will still activate but it just won't prevent 1-2 shifts anymore
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From: Blaine Minnesota
On my 06 I did the blown LED fuse method and it works well - no messing with a lift or wiring harness. The lighted fuse can be bought at just about any auto parts store and possibly some Walmart locations for a just few bucks.
http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html
http://xse.com/leres/z06/cags.html
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St. Jude Donor '15
Burning Brakes
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Try a search. I was a big fan of the blown smart fuse until it eventually gave me a check engine light after two years. Had to go the traditional route. The fuse route does NOT work on all cars, the traditional route will.
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Sounds to me like maybe the LED just burned out, 2 years is an awful long time for a CEL to trigger? Doesn't make much sense to me...
Burning Brakes
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Yes, the blown fuse was still working correctly, exactly the same as when I installed it. I think the resistance of the led is just on the edge of what the car will accept without throwing a code. It's possibly variations in the leds that causes it to work on some cars and not others.
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From: Missouri City, TX
CAGS eliminator is a 5 minute install, need to have the rear of the car up on stands, the connector access is high up on the driver's side of the trans, very easy to identify, just unclip it, put the plug that comes withthe CAGS kit into the trans connector spot, clip the CAGS into the wiring harness, ZIP tie it up out of harms way, you're done No it does not throw any check engine lights. The 1-4 shift light will still activate but it just won't prevent 1-2 shifts anymore
No it does not throw any check engine lights. The 1-4 shift light will still activate but it just won't prevent 1-2 shifts anymore 
That's my preferred CAGS defeat method. I do my own oil changes so lifting the car and getting underneath is no problem for installing the CAGS defeat resistor at the solenoid.
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From: Cape May, NJ; Guntersville, AL; Orange Beach, AL
CAGS eliminator is a 5 minute install, need to have the rear of the car up on stands, the connector access is high up on the driver's side of the trans, very easy to identify, just unclip it, put the plug that comes withthe CAGS kit into the trans connector spot, clip the CAGS into the wiring harness, ZIP tie it up out of harms way, you're done No it does not throw any check engine lights. The 1-4 shift light will still activate but it just won't prevent 1-2 shifts anymore
No it does not throw any check engine lights. The 1-4 shift light will still activate but it just won't prevent 1-2 shifts anymore Just install the CAGS. Takes less than 5 min.
