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That is not a ground strap for electrical ground just provides shielding for the PCM case that's all. The actual PCM ground is the passenger side ground cable. Should pay more attention to the main ne
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sub .05 ac is ok
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At .05 AC volts may or may not create random issues. Kind of breaking point depending on the vehicle. Beyond 0.05 it tend to get more absolute and more of a problem.
Newbie here, and this I my first post. I am a 61 year old farmer in South Carolina and my truck is a 2006 Dodge 3500 with a 5.9 Cummins. I'm about to hit 150,000 miles on the odometer and consider this truck just barely broken in. The transmission is a Garmon Stage 2, built 2 years ago, and I run an EFI Live tow tune. Of all the trucks I've owned since 1978, this one is by far my favorite. At least till now, Lol. About a year ago it started cycling the torque converter in and out between 45 and 50 mph. This problem occurred before I put the EFI Live tune on it. I have taken it back to Garmon twice and to my local transmission shop many times with no improvement. I have read through the "Torque Converter Lock/Unlock Issue" thread for the 2nd Generation Trucks on this site twice and tried several fixes suggested there with no improvement. In fact, researching this issue is what brought me to this site. With a scanner on the truck, the torque converter is doing exactly what the ECU is commanding, and so the consensus is there is nothing wrong internally with the transmission. If I set the cruise at say 35 mph and then accelerate up to 45-50 mph, it will not cycle the torque converter. In tow haul at 45-50 mph it jumps between 3rd locked and 4th locked with or without the cruise on. So far I have replaced the Output Speed Sensor, Throttle Position Sensor, Alternator, Fan Clutch (not for this reason). I've checked AC voltage on both alternators and get an approx. reading of .01. I had ordered a new alternator before finding this site and finding out how to check for AC voltage. I've also run the truck with the fan clutch disconnected and with the alternator disconnected with no improvement. I couldn't find the alternator fuse, so I completely disconnected the alternator for the test. I've cleaned every ground I can find on the truck, and the battery connections appear to be good. Both batteries are new and fully charged. The local transmission shop put some filters on it, but I had him remove them because I didn't want a band aid fix, and because the side effects were unbearable. I am really at a loss as to what to do next, and started a new thread because most of the information on the 2nd Generation thread is dealing with earlier model trucks, and locations of wires, electronics, etc. have been changed over the years. I apologize for the length of this post, but there's probably some things I've missed.