5 Hidden Ford Settings That Save Your 10-Speed (Before the $9,000 Bill)

[TJC]

BUMP... Can anyone answer?

The BMS sensor is on the neg battery terminal. It is the only small cable that plugs into the sensor. that is on top of the battery on the negative terminal

I think dtech is talking about "Load shedding" in the context of the battery being intentionally discharged to 75% capacity. If BMS is active and you charge the battery to 100%, the BMS will immediately discharge the battery down to 75% charge. This is extremely unhealthy for the battery.

Your truck will progressively start turning off power to different systems as the battery starts to weaken. The lower the State of Health (SOH) and State of Charge (SOC) the more systems are turned off.

You can purchase a battery tester that will report both.. The most inexpensive highly accurate tester is the Ancel BA101 at $34. Project Farm tested a large range of battery testers, and this was his pick.

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[twk]

Where do I buy and which options as there serm to be many

There are many threads here on how to get a copy of FORScan, and how to use, if that's what you mean.
This is the FORScan home page. https://forscan.org/home.html

 

[Bkboyes]

There are many threads here on how to get a copy of FORScan, and how to use, if that's what you mean.
This is the FORScan home page. https://forscan.org/home.html

Thanks

 

[got3fords]

Your truck will progressively start turning off power to different systems as the battery starts to weaken. The lower the State of Health (SOH) and State of Charge (SOC) the more systems are turned off.

This is what I thought load shedding was, a weak battery turning stuff off for self-preservation.

 

[TJC]

This is what I thought load shedding was, a weak battery turning stuff off for self-preservation.

The battery doesn't turn anything off. The BMS does to preserve what little charge is left in the weakened battery. The BMS becomes increasingly aggressive the weaker the battery becomes.

 

[got3fords]

The battery doesn't turn anything off. The BMS does to preserve what little charge is left in the weakened battery. The BMS becomes increasingly aggressive the weaker the battery becomes.

That's kinda what I meant.

 

[TJC]

That's kinda what I meant.

I figured you did. Some folks may be new to maintaining their trucks. This was aimed at making it easier to understand.

 

[Bob902]

Once I get my computer fixed, I’m going to see if I can disable that skip shift through forscan

 

[OldHippy]

I figured you did. Some folks may be new to maintaining their trucks. This was aimed at making it easier to understand.

I sure do appreciate your explanation. You answered several questions I have had regarding this issue.

 

[twk]

Tried to disable the Skip Shift function, but I couldn't find it.
I found nothing called "Progressive Range Selection" or "Skip Shift" like the voice mentioned in the video.

The closest thing I found was this, which I don't believe is the right spot.
I was expecting "Enable" and "Disable". Not this.

I didn't check "as built" because no one mentioned a memory location or values to change.
Am I having a senior moment? Um, it will be my first. Probably.

 

[dtech]

The BMS sensor is on the neg battery terminal. It is the only small cable that plugs into the sensor. that is on top of the battery on the negative terminal

I think dtech is talking about "Load shedding" in the context of the battery being intentionally discharged to 75% capacity. If BMS is active and you charge the battery to 100%, the BMS will immediately discharge the battery down to 75% charge. This is extremely unhealthy for the battery.

Your truck will progressively start turning off power to different systems as the battery starts to weaken. The lower the State of Health (SOH) and State of Charge (SOC) the more systems are turned off.

You can purchase a battery tester that will report both.. The most inexpensive highly accurate tester is the Ancel BA101 at $34. Project Farm tested a large range of battery testers, and this was his pick.

I watched some of that project farm video, sad to say my motopower tester that I bought some yrs back for < $15 wasn't highly rated. However it's been around 3 yrs now since I disabled the truck's bms which eliminated the need to do battery testing so the motopower is collecting dust.

 

[ctechbob]

Tried to disable the Skip Shift function, but I couldn't find it.
I found nothing called "Progressive Range Selection" or "Skip Shift" like the voice mentioned in the video.

The closest thing I found was this, which I don't believe is the right spot.
I was expecting "Enable" and "Disable". Not this.

I didn't check "as built" because no one mentioned a memory location or values to change.
Am I having a senior moment? Um, it will be my first. Probably.

The shift strategy can't be changed in Forscan, it requires an actual flash program.

 

[TJC]

The shift strategy can't be changed in Forscan, it requires an actual flash program.

Did you try changing it from Not Configured to None to see if shifts through all the gears?

 

[twk]

The shift strategy can't be changed in Forscan, it requires an actual flash program.

Well that is load of bovine fecal material!

Did you try changing it from Not Configured to None to see if shifts through all the gears?

Nope. I'm not brave enough to try out mystery FORScan settings. <sigh>

 

[TJC]

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Well that is load of bovine fecal material!



Nope. I'm not brave enough to try out mystery FORScan settings. <sigh>
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Yep, I just checked on the options and they won't do what we want. And there is no way to do so without a tune.

What Each Option Means

Value	Label	Meaning
0	Not Configured	Default state when the module has no set value. PCM/TCM may fall back to a generic behavior.
1	None	Indicates no select-shift transmission present — PCM/TCM will behave as if there’s no manual gear selection (i.e., standard automatic).
2	Equipped	Indicates select-shift transmission is installed — PCM/TCM enables select-shift logic (ability to manually up/down shift via shifter or paddles).
15	Not Configured	Same intention as 0 (unused or uninitialized).

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