I have a 2004 ford f-250 crewcab lariat 4x4 with a 6.0 desiel and i cannot get a programmer to work on it?

my truck has 80000 miles on it ive only put about 3 or 5 thousand miles on it and the only thing ive done is put a straight pipe in the place of the muffler. the catalytic converter is still on it. today i went to a local offroad parts and acsessories shop and one of the owners had a programmer off of his 04 f-250 that he just got rid of so i was going to give him 150 for it but we wanted to make sure it would work so we plugged it in and nothing no lights no codes nothing its like the programmet had no power so we thought it was the programmer so they got a new bully dog programmer off the shelf and same thing by the way the used programmer is a superchips programmer any ideas would be great i have not ever delt with programmers before so help pleaseI have a 2004 ford f-250 crewcab lariat 4x4 with a 6.0 desiel and i cannot get a programmer to work on it?
Alright, now that the ney sayers are done, here is a probable answer, the program MUST be downloaded from the first truck and it returned to stock before it can be loaded into yours! This is what is meant by a programmer being "married" to the vehicle. Realistically, it prevents buying one and programming your entire club.



On my '03 6.0 4X4 I run a 4" cat-back that knocked the EGTs down at WFO (Wide F'n Open), I use an Edge Juice Platinum that is REALLY cool, and an AiRaid filter. I don't drive it like I stole it (but it has seen 26-30 psi) and I could not have asked for a better truck! So bring on your 7.3s your Cummins, and your DuraSmokes, I've spanked them all without issue!!I have a 2004 ford f-250 crewcab lariat 4x4 with a 6.0 desiel and i cannot get a programmer to work on it?
I wouldn't recommend a programmer on a 6.0 only to keep the boost pressures down and less likely to have engine gaskets failures.



But to answer your question... the cigar lighter fuse is blown



Ok I'll give.... Ford taps the 12 volts the programmers and our equipment uses to diagnose with from the same fuse that powers one of the 12 power points/cigar lighters... people blow them all the time and not being able to use the programmer (or in my case the diag tester) was the hint with no lights etcI have a 2004 ford f-250 crewcab lariat 4x4 with a 6.0 desiel and i cannot get a programmer to work on it?
i would not put programer in 6.0 ford diesel they have a hard enough time staying together stock. i have went though three of them in mine a2006 f350.

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