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manning58 
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Posted: June 14, 2003 at 10:10 PM / IP Logged  

Can anyone give me some good advice on what I should and should not do when it comes to installing my cheap whistler sk-3003 to my 1993 ford taurus lx.  Does anyone know where the wires are that I need to splice into? 

I do install all my car audio components but all these wires on this thing has got me intimidated.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Niko Suave
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Posted: June 15, 2003 at 10:26 AM / IP Logged  
  • ALWAYS test the wires prior to hook up with a DMM
  • Use solder and tape for all connections
  • start the install systematically by starting from the front of the vehicle and working your way back into the trunk area
  • mount your CPU in the spot where you think it should go and attach the harnesses and then connect them to the target wires. This way you reduce the amount of excess length on the wires
  • Here is the wiring diagram for your vehicle.

|       ITEM      |     WIRE COLOR     |POL|       WIRE LOCATION        |

|              12V|yellow              |+  |ignition harness            |
|          STARTER|WHITE/ pink          |+  |ignition harness            |
|         IGNITION|RED / lt. green       |+  |ignition harness            |
|        ACCESSORY|gray / YELLOW         |+  |ignition harness            |
| SECOND ACCESSORY|BLACK/ green         |   |ignition harness            |
|       POWER LOCK|pink / YELLOW         |*2 |either kick                 |
|     POWER UNLOCK|pink/green          |*2 |either kick                 |
|       LOCK MOTOR|pink/black          |   |drivers door harness        |
|     UNLOCK MOTOR|RED / orange          |   |drivers door harness        |
|    DISARM DEFEAT|pink/orange         |   |passengers door harness     |
| PARKING LIGHTS +|brown               |   |headlight switch            |
|       HEADLIGHTS|RED / yellow          |+  |headlight switch            |
|     DOOR TRIGGER|BLACK/ blue          |+  |either kick                 |
| DOME SUPERVISION|use door trigger    |   |                            |
|  TRUNK/HATCH PIN|                    |   |                            |
|TRNK/HTCH RELEASE|gray/red            |+  |at release switch           |
|       TACHOMETER|tan / YELLOW *1       |   |ignition coil *1            |
|       BRAKE WIRE|RED / lt. green       |+  |at brake switch             |
|     HORN TRIGGER|yellow/lt. green    |-  |steering column             |
|           WIPERS|BLACK/ pink          |+  |at switch                   |
|  LF WINDOW UP/DN|yellow - red        |A  |drivers door switch         |
|  RF WINDOW UP/DN|yel/blk - RED / blk   |A  |drivers door harness        |
|  LR WINDOW UP/DN|yel/blu - RED / blu   |A  |drivers door harness        |
|  RR WINDOW UP/DN|yel/blk - RED / blk   |A  |drivers door harness        |

Notes:

*1 For multi-coil engines the tach is gray/orange at the DIS module on the pass side of motor.  *2 Five-wire for non-keyless, negative-pulse for the keyless versions.

Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
manning58 
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Posted: June 28, 2003 at 6:12 PM / IP Logged  
I just hooked up the ground and power to the brain of the alarm and hooked up the siren (+) to the battery and the negative to the brain siren (-) wire but all i get is the siren screaming and wont quit. ....       What am I doing wrong???
Niko Suave
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ViperATC5 
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Posted: June 28, 2003 at 8:10 PM / IP Logged  
hook up the + siren wire to siren output wire on your brain and chassis gound the other wire on the siren. These wires should not be interfaced with the battery.
manning58 
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Posted: June 29, 2003 at 11:35 AM / IP Logged  

I have the positive and negative wires hooked up right but the siren still just keeps going off...???

Niko Suave
Self Installer
racingtoys 
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Posted: June 30, 2003 at 11:57 AM / IP Logged  
the red wire from the siren goes to the output from the brain....the black wire from the siren goes to chassis ground...If the siren is still goin off make sure you did not connect the main power to the brain yet or if u did make sure the transmiters are programed so u can disarm it..
helluvatim 
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Posted: June 30, 2003 at 12:46 PM / IP Logged  
Hi guys!
Im new to the site, and Im also looking for info to hook up an alarm to an 86 Camaro. Can anybody give me a link where the info at the top of this post came from? Im also intimidated by all the wires, but with some help, I think I can swing it. Thanks!

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