Unable to Identify? Have a Tune? This is the fix!
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 4:13 pm
After riding the struggle bus trying to connect for a few days and not finding any really solid actionable information I wanted to share my journey with you all in hopes to help others.
I just purchased a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT/SC (2nd owner). This is a vehicle that gets a tune loaded on it when the supercharger is added. It is a Roush 2.6 - but has Shelby badges instead of Roush. SO when hooked up to Forscan I get the "not identified, put in the part number or strategy number".
Step one - find your Part number for the PCM - it is the H/W number. (Mine was JL3A-12B684-CA )
Step 2 - don't bother typing it into the Forscan tool - it will not work.
Step 3 - pull you "As Built" file from Ford here - Download it : https://www.motorcraftservice.com/AsBuilt
Step 4 - open it with notepad on your computer (you may have to look for "all files" when opening it and not just "txt" files.)
Step 5 - Use the "Find" function (Ctrl-F) and have it search for the 6 middle numbers of your H/W number - in my case it was 12B684.
Step 7 - once you have that located look for the 2 other numbers following it - in my case it looked like this:
"<F111>JL3A-12B684-CA</F111><F113>JR3A-12A650-ABA</F113><F188>LR3A-14C204-AVA</F188><F18C>7864016392293</F18C></NODEID><NODEID>706<F110>DSH1BT-19H406-AE</F1"
The Bold number is my hardware number - the 2 numbers after it are underlined above(I added the bold and underline for clarity - it will not be in your notepad). The 2nd one :LR3A-14C204-AVA was my strategy number. Try the 2nd one in Forscan and see if you can successfully connect. If not try the other number. BOOM Done.
I just purchased a 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT/SC (2nd owner). This is a vehicle that gets a tune loaded on it when the supercharger is added. It is a Roush 2.6 - but has Shelby badges instead of Roush. SO when hooked up to Forscan I get the "not identified, put in the part number or strategy number".
Step one - find your Part number for the PCM - it is the H/W number. (Mine was JL3A-12B684-CA )
- I used this link: https://support.lundracing.com/hc/en-us ... 1-Mustang-
Step 2 - don't bother typing it into the Forscan tool - it will not work.
Step 3 - pull you "As Built" file from Ford here - Download it : https://www.motorcraftservice.com/AsBuilt
Step 4 - open it with notepad on your computer (you may have to look for "all files" when opening it and not just "txt" files.)
Step 5 - Use the "Find" function (Ctrl-F) and have it search for the 6 middle numbers of your H/W number - in my case it was 12B684.
Step 7 - once you have that located look for the 2 other numbers following it - in my case it looked like this:
"<F111>JL3A-12B684-CA</F111><F113>JR3A-12A650-ABA</F113><F188>LR3A-14C204-AVA</F188><F18C>7864016392293</F18C></NODEID><NODEID>706<F110>DSH1BT-19H406-AE</F1"
The Bold number is my hardware number - the 2 numbers after it are underlined above(I added the bold and underline for clarity - it will not be in your notepad). The 2nd one :LR3A-14C204-AVA was my strategy number. Try the 2nd one in Forscan and see if you can successfully connect. If not try the other number. BOOM Done.