i have a 07 5.9 that has been recked the theft system is on and without a new steering colum it will not ever crank again. i also have a 92 5.9 12 valve and was thinking on swaping the head and pump to the commin rail and buying a stand alone tcm for the 48re if all this dont work i will just swap the whole engine but the 07 has 40,000 miles and the 92 has 400,000 miles and would like to keep the new block.

 

I think I'd find a way around the skim key before I tore into the motor that far. I would call one of the programmer guys (Smarty or H&S) to see if they can help you out, at the least I'm sure they could point you in the right direction.

 

i will try that but i think i will need the key and the ignition all in working order and man this truck was sure a wreck and i hate to buy a expensive programer and it not work

 

You'll likely spend more money than what a smarty cost to do the swap you're talking about. You'll have several hundred in just gaskets to swap the head and front timing cover alone. I'm not trying to rain on your parade, just saying it might be a whole lot easier and cheaper to stick with what you have and is worth looking into further before you abandon ship on the common rail.

 

after reading your post i got a call into smarty right now mabe thay can help. im just used to working on older equiptment and get real easy with all these wires.

 

Embrace the computers and you'll find they are ten times easier to work on than a mechanical setup. Good luck

 

Keep us posted on how it turns out.. I was thinking of purchasing a theft recovery vehicle that's had the steering colum trashed. I dont know what all it would take to get it running, but it seems to me it would be a pretty straight forward fix.

 

what i have learned so for is that if u have the obd 2 port and replace the colum u can take it to the dealer and thay can reprogram it to the new key and colum no prob. but in my case i am not using the factory key or colum and my colum is trashed to.

 

i would much rather have a 24v head on a 12v then a 24v with a 12v head