BD Idle Speed Controller...anyone?

[rbattelle]

Has anyone tried the new BD idle speed controller:



http://bd-power.com/ram/product.php?pn=BD Governor Control Kit&tt=ram



Or, have a better suggestion?



-Ryan



(P. S. price is rather extreme!! )

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Wow for $378 I think I'll use a stick. Stick is cheap



Vaughn

 

[Pawpaw]

There is a new TSB out that is supposed to allow you to use the cruise control buttons to raise the idle to 1100 - 1500 RPM.



You can read it at http://www.portjeff.net/df5152



I say "supposed to" because I had the TSB done, but can't get it to work. I suspect that the tech did not enable the feature after the flash. It seems obvious that he didn't test it.



I plan to stop by the dealer Monday morning to have them check with the DRBIII.



There are 3 threads about this TSB running right now. Do a search on "idle" on titles only.

 

[Casey Balvert]

My friend took delivery of his yesterday and I tried it but couldn't get it to work. The way I read the TSB I assumed (wrong again) that the feature was enabled on those built after the TSB date. Guess not. I sure wouldn't mind having that on the manual trucks for the odd time I want to leave it idling for an extented period.



Casey

 

[Pawpaw]

Sorry guys. It was late last night and I completely forgot this TSB is for "automatics only".



That still seems silly to me. You can always put the stick in neutral and set the brake. I guess there's some difference in the ECM code between manual & auto trucks.