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Plug in by fuse box

Old Aug 11, 2011 | 03:36 PM
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Car: 1991 camaro RS
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Plug in by fuse box

Is this the plug you use to "tune" it with a prom or whatever it's called? Or is something unplugged that I need to put back in
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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Re: Plug in by fuse box

It's the ALDL connector - it's for RETRIEVING the codes, not programming. To program, you have to physically remove the chip, and program a new chip to replace it with, in a small chip programmer that connects to your computer (since the factory chip is not to my knowledge "reprogrammable").
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 08:52 PM
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Re: Plug in by fuse box

on 96+ OBDII vehicles, this port would be for retrieving codes, sensor data, and reflashing the pcm. however, 3rd gens are OBDI and have a read-only chip as camaronewbie mentioned.
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