with Installation Instructions Owner’sManual Banks Six-Gun Diesel Tuner ® WITH OPTIONAL SPEED-LOADER™ MODULE 2001-2004 (LB7) Chevy/GMC 6.6L Duramax Turbo-Diesel Pickups THIS MANUAL IS FOR USE WITH SYSTEMS 62957, 62958 & 62959 Gale Banks Engineering 546 Duggan Avenue • Azusa, CA 91702 (626) 969-9600 • Fax (626) 334 -1743 Product Information & Sales: (800) 438-7693 Customer Support: (888) 839-5600 Installation Support: (888) 839-2700 bankspower.com ©2005 Gale Banks Engineering 10/10/05 PN 96446 v.5.
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Dear Customer, If you have any questions concerning the installation of your Banks Six-Gun Diesel Tuner, please call our Technical Service Hotline at (888) 839-2700 between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm (PT). If you have any questions relating to shipping or billing, please contact our Customer Service Department at (888) 839-5600. Thank you. The Banks Six-Gun Diesel Tuner has 6-power levels adjustable by the supplied Six-Gun switch.
General Installation Practices 1. For ease of installation of your Banks Six-Gun, familiarize yourself with the procedure by reading the entire manual before starting work. This instruction manual contains 28 pages of text, illustrations and parts listing. 2. Disconnect the ground cable from the battery before beginning work. If there are two batteries, disconnect both. 3. Route and tie wires and hoses a minimum of 6 inches away from exhaust heat, moving parts and sharp edges.
Section 1 BANKS SIX-GUN, GENERAL ASSEMBLY Item # Description Part # Item # Description Part # 1 Banks Six-Gun Diesel Tuner . .62956 8 Cable Ties, 7" (10) . . . . . . . . . .62010 2 Wire Harness, Six-Gun . . . . . .62593 9 Banks Speed-Loader™ Module (Optional) . . . . . . . . . .62596 3 Banks Six-Gun Selection Switch . . . . . . . . . . .62594 4 Wire Harness, TCC . . . . . . . . .62940 5 Banks Six-Gun Switch Label . .62138 6 Banks Six-Gun Switch Knob . .62595 7 Hex Key Wrench, .050" . . . . . .
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Section 2 SIX-GUN DIESEL TUNER INSTALLATION 1. From the engine compartment, locate the rubber grommet high on the driver’s side of the vehicle firewall. The grommet is about 3" in diameter. Make a 1" x 1" cross-shaped incision in the grommet (see Figure 1). 2. From the engine compartment, feed the two white 8-pin and the white 10-pin connectors through the grommet into the cab. From inside the cab, remove the lower dash panel under steering column to allow access to the wire harness. 3.
the back of the connector so the pin numbers are viewable. 7. Install the male spade connector on the end of the GRAY wire of the supplied Torque Converter Clutch (TCC) harness to the red T-Tap installed on the BROWN wire in Step 6. Attach the BLUE wire of the TCC harness to the RED T-Tap on the GREEN wire with white tracer. Route the TCC harness through the grommet on the firewall to the Six-Gun. Re-install the TCM housing onto the radiator fan shroud.
and 10-pin connector are upright and the TCC and single 8-pin connector are facing downward. 10. The Six-Gun is to be installed on the outside of the left steering column support bracket (see Figure 3). Make sure the outside of the column support bracket is free of oil, grease and dirt. 11.
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Section 3 SIX-GUN POWER LEVEL SELECTION SWITCH INSTALLATION Caution: Do not use force when working on plastic parts. Permanent damage to the part may result. 12. The Six-Gun switch will be installed on the driver’s side of the instrument panel (IP) next to the steering column (see Figure 4). Carefully remove IP from the dashboard by slowly pulling IP, allowing the pins to pull free from the dashboard sockets.
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Section 4 OPTIONAL THERMOCOUPLE INSTALLATION (REQUIRED FOR SPEED-LOADER) NOTE: The thermocouple must be installed in combination with the SpeedLoader. If the thermocouple is not installed, the Speed-Loader and Six-Gun Diesel Tuner will NOT add power, resulting in stock-power level. 21. The thermocouple monitors the temperature of the exhaust gases entering the turbocharger at the turbine housing. Installation requires that the exhaust manifold be drilled near the manifold outlet.
28. Attach the thermocouple to the supplied thermocouple leadwire extension with supplied nuts and bolts. Cover this joint with the supplied heat shrink tubing and heat until the tubing conforms to the joint. Make sure the entire joint is insulated. grommet in the firewall. From inside the cab, route the leadwire on the left side of the support bracket to the SixGun Diesel Tuner. Connect the 2-pin thermocouple connector to the front of the Six-Gun Diesel Tuner into corresponding 2-pin connection. 29.
Section 5 OPTIONAL SPEED-LOADER MODULE INSTALLATION (FOR OFF-ROAD, SHORT DURATION USE ONLY) 31. Install the 4-pin connector of Speed-Loader harness to the 4-pin connector on the Speed-Loader module. 32. Verify the Banks wire harness, SixGun Diesel Tuner and Six-Gun switch are installed as specified in the Owners Manual. Disconnect the SixGun Switch from Banks Wire harness. 33. Connect the Six-Gun switch’s 2pin receptacle to the Speed-Loader’s 2-pin plug.
Section 6 CHECKING ENGINE PERFORMANCE When the vehicle engine is cold, the Six-Gun module initiates an internal warm up sequence that takes about 60-seconds to complete. During this 60-seconds, you will not see any performance gains to your vehicle. Go over the entire installation as a precautionary check to ensure that all clamps are tight, wiring and hoses are properly routed, and connections are tight.
Section 7 TROUBLESHOOTING When the vehicle engine is cold, the Six-Gun module initiates an internal warm up sequence that takes about 60-seconds to complete. During this 60-seconds, you will not see any performance gains to your vehicle. If you feel that your Six-Gun Diesel Tuner is not functioning properly, some diagnostics can be performed. Your Six-Gun Diesel Tuner is equipped with diagnostic features that will detect and display certain errors.
Table 1: Banks Six-Gun Diagnostic Codes Diagnostic Code Code Description 1,1 Fuel Rail Pressure Input Signal Fault Check Main Harness Connection 1,2 Boost Input Signal Fault Check Main Harness Connection 1,3 Six-Gun Input Switch Not Connected Check Six-Gun Switch or Speed-Loader Connection 1,4 Barometric Pressure Input Fault Check Main Harness Connection 2,1 Fuel Rail Pressure Output Signal Fault Check Main Harness Connection 2,2 Boost Output Signal Fault Check Main Harness Connection 2,
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