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m3mark558 
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Posted: October 13, 2009 at 8:26 PM / IP Logged  
I bought a Viper 160XVL remote start system and I'm trying to install it on my '02 Ford Explorer. This is my first attempt at something like this and any help would be greatly appreciated!
|       ITEM      |     WIRE COLOR   |POL| WIRE LOCATION        |
|        12V      |yellow            |+ | ignition harness       |
|     STARTER     |red|+ | ignition harness       |
|   IGNITION      | RED / lt. green    |+ | ignition harness       |
|      ACCESSORY | GREEN/ lt. green |+ | ignition harness       |
|    POWER LOCK   | pink / YELLOW     |- |driver kick panel or CSM *1|
|   POWER UNLOCK |pink/lt. green *4 |- |driver kick panel or CSM *1|
| PARKING LIGHTS+ | brown            | |headlight sw or driver kick|
| DOOR TRIGGER   | BLACK/ lt. blue   |+ | driver kick panel      |
| TRUNK/HATCH PIN |common with doors | |             |
|TRNK/HTCH RELEASE|org/lt grn or pur/ye|+ |Central Security Module *1|
|FCTRY ALRM DISARM|GREEN/ purple      |- |driver dr harness or CSM *1 |
|    TACHOMETER   |*3 |   |ignition coil/coil pack   |
|    BRAKE WIRE   |tan/red to lt. green|+ | brake pedal switch      |
1. I don't have a hood pin switch and the remote start manual says one is required. How do I deal with that?
2. For the tach, do I connect it all three wires that aren't WHITE/ LIGHT BlUE?
3. The Power Unlock says pink/lt. green *4. What is the *4?
4. What part of the alarm does the Door Trigger wire go to?
5. Do I have to hook up the Trunk/Hatch Pin and Trunk/Hatch Release wires?
Thank you!
road_dog 
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Posted: October 13, 2009 at 8:49 PM / IP Logged  

m3mark558 wrote:
I bought a Viper 160XVL remote start system and I'm trying to install it on my '02 Ford Explorer. This is my first attempt at something like this and any help would be greatly appreciated!
|       ITEM      |     WIRE COLOR   |POL| WIRE LOCATION        |
|        12V      |yellow            |+ | ignition harness       |
|     STARTER     |red|+ | ignition harness       |
|   IGNITION      | RED / lt. green    |+ | ignition harness       |
|      ACCESSORY | GREEN/ lt. green |+ | ignition harness       |
|    POWER LOCK   | pink / YELLOW     |- |driver kick panel or CSM *1|
|   POWER UNLOCK |pink/lt. green *4 |- |driver kick panel or CSM *1|
| PARKING LIGHTS+ | brown            | |headlight sw or driver kick|
| DOOR TRIGGER   | BLACK/ lt. blue   |+ | driver kick panel      |
| TRUNK/HATCH PIN |common with doors | |             |
|TRNK/HTCH RELEASE|org/lt grn or pur/ye|+ |Central Security Module *1|
|FCTRY ALRM DISARM|GREEN/ purple      |- |driver dr harness or CSM *1 |
|    TACHOMETER   |*3 |   |ignition coil/coil pack   |
|    BRAKE WIRE   |tan/red to lt. green|+ | brake pedal switch      |
1. I don't have a hood pin switch and the remote start manual says one is required. How do I deal with that?
2. For the tach, do I connect it all three wires that aren't WHITE/ LIGHT BlUE?
3. The Power Unlock says pink/lt. green *4. What is the *4?
4. What part of the alarm does the Door Trigger wire go to?
5. Do I have to hook up the Trunk/Hatch Pin and Trunk/Hatch Release wires?
Thank you!

bro im in the same position as you i bought the same kit from amazon.com but my kit came with every thing even the hoodpin switch not sure how you can work around it from what i understand the hood pin switch disables the remote start when hood is open. but yeah this is my first time also

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cvsct698 
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Posted: October 13, 2009 at 9:55 PM / IP Logged  
1)You don't need it. It's recommended to help keep a mechanic from losing a digit or two, but the R/S will work without it.
2)No, just one
3)Not sure what the 4 is for, but it's most likely regarding GEM wake-up. I'll see if I can dig up the info for you.
4)I'm not seeing a door trigger input on the 160xvl, so you won't need to use that.
5)No.
t&t tech 
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Posted: October 13, 2009 at 10:12 PM / IP Logged  
That 160xv does have a door trigger wire it's green on the h1 harness. Also, imo, if you aren't installing a hood switch, install a switch inline with the BLACK/ white neutral safety wire, one side to ground the other side to the BLACK/ white wire, so yo can disable the remote start in the event you or you or anyone for that matter has to dig under your hood! It could save you alot of trouble. Safety first!
m3mark558 
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Posted: October 14, 2009 at 6:35 PM / IP Logged  
Thanks a lot for your help. I've got the door locks working correctly now, but have a couple of more questions. I'm trying to hook as little up as possible right now to get the remote start to work. After that, I will hook up the hood pin switch (found it), lights, horn, etc. Currently I have the following connected: 12 V constant, starter, ignition, accessory, power lock & unlock, factory alarm disarm, tach, brake, program switch, LED, and ground. Is there something else that I'm missing or am I doing the steps out of sequence?
1. I'm trying to complete the tach learning process. I have the Violet/White wire from H3 connected to one of the other 3 wires that isn't WHITE/ light blue at the ignition coil pack. I started the car and put a meter on this and it floated between 1 and 6 volts as the car ran, as the instructions said it should. It did, however, often go to 0 volts and then back to 1-6. Is this a loose connection or something else wrong?
I'm trying to hook as little up as possible right now to get the remote start to work. After that, I will hook up the hood pin switch (found it), lights, horn, etc. Currently I have the following connected: 12 V constant, starter, ignition, accessory, power lock & unlock, factory alarm disarm, tach, brake, program switch, LED, and ground. Is there something else that I'm missing or am I doing the steps out of sequence?
Sorry for the mess of a post. Thanks again for the help!
t&t tech 
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Posted: October 14, 2009 at 8:29 PM / IP Logged  
Have you connected the BLACK/ white wire to the switch as i suggested, also ensure that the switch is in the proper position for the wire to see ground, the tach wire should read from about 1 and increase with the rev of the motor, if it goes to six without any acceleration of the engine then you have the wrong wire. Also ensure to solder that tach connection, or else you might as well use voltage sense!
m3mark558 
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Posted: October 14, 2009 at 8:47 PM / IP Logged  
No, I haven't connected the BLACK/ white wire to a switch. I will do that tomorrow. Do I also need to have the hood pin switch connected (or at least grounded until I get the hood pin switch connected)?
Thanks!
t&t tech 
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Posted: October 14, 2009 at 10:46 PM / IP Logged  
No if you ground the hood wire, the unit will not remote start!
m3mark558 
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Posted: October 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM / IP Logged  
Ok, so now the stupid gear shift lever won't go out of park. Any ideas?
m3mark558 
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Posted: October 17, 2009 at 1:29 PM / IP Logged  
The shifter being stuck in park was due to the brown brake wire breaking near where I soldered the remote starter wire to. I fixed this and it works fine.
The remote starter, however, still doesn't do anything. I can't get it to learn the tach. I did put in the switch that puts the BLACK/ white wire to ground. I just re-read t&t tech's post about possibly having the wrong tach wire, so I will double check that.
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