Well Gang, 

 

 

The Board of Directors on the Mopar1973Man.com has decided that we need to produce some new High Idle Switches for the 2nd gen 24V Cummins.  We have spent a considerable amount of time designing a Brand New High Idle / MPG fooler Switch.  

 

We have learned from the last switch design and have made significant improvements.  The New High Idle / MPG Fooler switch will be the same price as before, but it will be more robust and modular to allow for easier install.  

 

We have decided to only offer a "Install Anywhere  Kit" rather than a gauge mount or Cubby Mount.  You will nly have to drill one 1/4" hole to allow for the fitment of the switch.  

 

Some teaser pictures. 

 

 

 

 

 

We are making 50 switches to start then another run of 50 after that.  You can order them from The Mopar1973Man.com Store I expect to have them ready to ship within a 6 week time. 

Edited November 22, 20159 yr by Mopar1973Man

7 minutes ago, dodgedieselnewbie said:

I have read though most of this thread but not all.. Is this the only switch out there that has MPG fooler? Not, sure, there are plenty of other modules out there and are meant for just improving MPGs thought. Is there a MPG only switch? Yes there is. MPG is the first selection you get to from OFF. I had 6 cylinder enabled by a smarty and don't think I really need 3 cylinder. Am I correct that because I have a grid delete that I can just leave this in MPG mode all the time? Grid heater or not you can leave MPG mode selected all the time. Keep in mind on colder days, the truck will not be too happy when starting with the switch in MPG mode. If on a cold enough day... will the programmed 6 cylinder mode kick in while in MPG mode on this switch? As far as I know, no, it will not kick into 6cyl with the switch in MPG. The high idle switch overrides temp readings and causes the engine to react accordingly. So if it's in MPG mode, its fooling the engine into thinking it's a nice warm summer day and so on with 6cyl and 3cyl high idle modes.

Hopefully I answered this correctly. If not I'm sure the smart guys will correct me!

I really need one of these!

All modes are built into the switch.  The cost for just a mpg switch would be very close to all 3 modes.  You can just leave it in mpg mode.

Thank you!

Does the mpg mode mess with the edge at all?

nope, no different than running in the summertime on a hot day.  

We are happy to say that we have got 15 switches in the store for sale.  We expect these to go fast.  We will be updating the store each day as the remaining parts come in.    

 

This run of switches has 2 LED's that shine green in MPG mode and red in high idle mode.   Check out the store. 

Awesome!

We are working through a Paypal API issue now so if you see the error when trying to checkout, dont worry we are working on it.

This is awesome. I'll have to check the funds. I just dropped money on a new track bar and summer is around the corner so I might hold off until the next batch or so. 

But these looks great! It's great to see you guys continually improving and expanding on this platform!

Store issue has been fixed.  We have migrated to a better shipping process that uses an outside source to process the shipping.  It is working much better.  

 

Orders will now go through, without special address formatting thankfully.  

 

Please let us know if you have issues.

Hey guys, got a high idle switch question.

 

I haven't driven the 99 in a while so yesterday when I took it into work, I was going to start, made sure I had the switch in the MPG mode, turned the key to ON and my WTS light stayed on fffooorrreeevvveeerrr! Like seriously at least 45 seconds! After it went off I just started the truck and went because I didn't have time to do any diagnosing.

 

So on my way home, I did the same exact thing, thinking maybe it was just a fluke, but nope, did the same thing. So instead of starting I removed the key, let it sit for 30-45sec and tried again, same thing.

 

Next I removed the key for the same time, but moved the switch the off position, turned the key on and the WTS light went out almost immediately as expected since the truck was somewhat warm already and the outside air temp was pretty warm as well. Just for kicks, I let everything reset and tried again with it in MPG mode since I should be getting basically no WTS light and again, it stayed on suuuper long.

 

Any ideas?

Do you have anyway to read live data from the truck?  

 

 

Need to see what temperature the ECT and IAT is reporting. 

Edited September 1, 20168 yr by Mopar1973Man

Yea I can plug in my obd. What all do you guys need to see? Like numbers while trucks running/moving or just what numbers I'm seeing at key on and switching through modes?

Just need to see the IAT and ECT with the key on and in the 4 position (OFF, MPG, 6 CYL, and 3 CYL)...

 

OFF should show the ECT and IAT match on a cold start.

MPG should show 143*F IAT temp.

6 CYL should show 26*F IAT and 123* ECT.

3 CYL should show 13*F IAT IIRC... 

Edited September 1, 20168 yr by Mopar1973Man

Yep.

 

 

Got it, I'll get those numbers as soon as I can.

This is one reason I love having the scangauge 2 on my steering column! So nice to always be able to see all that data. Btw just a thought, is it possible that your switch got rotated so that it looks like its point to mpg when its actually pointing to 6cyl or 3cyl?

Yes it is possible.  Depends on how tight you have th elock nut.,