M3 Flash and GWS into non M coding document

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I'm honestly not sure where to place this post, but I figured I'd put it here since I don't want to interrupt some of the other threads. Not that this thread isn't informative of course!

If I bought the M3 GWS, is it possible/feasible to keep the standard non-M flash on the TCU until all the hiccups can be resolved? I realize there is a park lockout wiring difference, perhaps i'd take those two wires and plug them in manually?

Since I'm doing a swap at the same time as the M3 GWS upgrade, I figured I have to buy a new GWS anyway, but would like to wait to flash the M3 GTS file until I know its safe for my Dodson clutches etc.
 

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I'm going in reverse of my install so let's see how bad it is. Meaning I'm starting with the kombi then the gws and then the TCU update.
 

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K. So as expected. With MDCT programming, the non M shifter is dead. With non M dct programming, the M shifter is dead. Having winkfp error on write so not making it too far.

I plugged factory GSW in and cleared codes just in case. Trying to restore factory but no luck. Same data transmission error occurring. Yay.

EDIT: VM reboot seemed to do the trick. One step closer.
 
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