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  1. 01-13-2025 11:11 AM #1
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    I have a spare zf8 with tuned tcu. At some point if I swapped the tcu's or the whole transmission. Would this be just a protection adaptation? Just future planning.
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    Theres an entire thread on this. Its not just a simple swap.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dspl1236 View Post
    I have a spare zf8 with tuned tcu. At some point if I swapped the tcu's or the whole transmission. Would this be just a protection adaptation? Just future planning.
    Need more details. Why do you want to swap the tcu? Much easier to just tune your current transmission
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    not sure what more there is to know? If my current zf8 died, and I plopped in a replacement unit. What more other than a protection issue might I face? If the tcu has a tune on it, what issues may arise? I bought a whole spare car, ecu was tuned, tcu still tuned.

    I understand there are no immo defeats (yet but in progress) but needing to adapt via odis. I may never swap it. Call it a technical exercise.
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    Gone: '91 200TQA, '90 V8Qm, '97 A4 1.8T, 2x '98 A4 1.8T, '90 80Q, '90 CQ, '91 CQ, '91 CQ 1.8T, '91 200TQ, '95 90cs, '01 Jetta 1.8t, '08 Passat 2.0T, '13 GLI, '76 Audi Fox, '04 1.8T USP
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    I know the immo has been cracked on the Audi zf-8 transmissions. I am waiting for more details to trickle out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dspl1236 View Post
    I know the immo has been cracked on the Audi zf-8 transmissions. I am waiting for more details to trickle out.
    go on nefmoto forum and search there is a guy who cracked it, but none publicly available that ive seen. Maybe you can reach out to him and slide him some coin
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    I am aware. I have been on Nef for 10+ years... Was just passing along that the AL551 immo has been figured out. Just another tool available. That user "neuro" sells his own software. I am sure it will be more than the Odis rental time.
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    Gone: '91 200TQA, '90 V8Qm, '97 A4 1.8T, 2x '98 A4 1.8T, '90 80Q, '90 CQ, '91 CQ, '91 CQ 1.8T, '91 200TQ, '95 90cs, '01 Jetta 1.8t, '08 Passat 2.0T, '13 GLI, '76 Audi Fox, '04 1.8T USP
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