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Old Oct 6, 2011 | 07:37 PM
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changed rear diff.

do i need to reprogram my computer when i change the rear diff gearing.
installed new rear diff. with 307 gears from 282 gears, and now the trans goes into i lip mode and wont shift until i turn car off and restart, its ok for a little while and then back to lip mode and wont shift again..

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Old Oct 7, 2011 | 06:34 PM
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anyone have any ideas
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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 08:28 AM
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Yes you must reprogram the vehicle if the ratio was changed.
It will take A SDS and a tech that can read code strings to locate the correct code string for the different ratio...We went through this on a 203 when the rear diff was swapped out for another ratio....
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Old Oct 8, 2011 | 04:58 PM
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the rear came from a E320 with a 3.07 rear and my E430 has a 2.82 rear would the trans computer from the E320 work
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