2005 F150 remote start/alarm, any tips?

Someone will probably clean up the mutiple post in time so don't worry too much about it getting jacked.

Unfortunatly your truck does not have a factory hoodpin. And I don't think anyone is going to have a picture of a hoodpin install laying around..it's just not the type of thing most people would photograph. However if you need pics of sub's, speaker pods and neon lights I am sure plenty would post that. I will post a diagram however.

I will also give you some pointers to help as thats all I can really do for now. what you do is look at the small rubber hood bumpers located on each front corner. See where it hits the hood (there will be an indent as well as a mark from where it hits). This will give you an idea for the height and location(reference point). You want to use a bracket to mount it and bend it upwards in a "Z" shape to avoid water from getting on it.

As you are setting the height simply look at where it hits as you close the hood..if this is difficult as you are almost closed put your ear to the hood and you will hear the hood contacting the pin. Now once you feel you have a spot where it won't bend the pin.. slam the hood, then open it and check that all is well. If so arm the alarm..wait about 10 seconds, and open the hood. It the alarm works open and close the hood a few times and check again. Now if the pin is not making contact the alarm will audibly notify you with extra chirps when arming.

If this is the case hold the pin down with your finger and arm again. If it arms normally this means the hood is not making contact and you must raise or relocate the pinswitch. You can put a dap of clay on the pin to mark where it hits the hood for reference if need be.

Once you feel the pin is working well put a dab of white grease on the pin shaft (I said shaft..lol) and the bottom where it makes contact with the ground of the vehicle. Check a few more times and you are set. Every once in a while check everything to make sure it works and if it needs any further adjustment or grease. It is really not hard to do this if you do just as I suggested, and once again take your time because the install is only as good as the weakest link and you don't want a faulty pinswitch installation to mess things up.

Good Luck.

My only concern with that particular install is water can get to the pinswitch and eventually cause problems. You can already see the screws are rusting (can't be a good thing) and water marks on the bracket and pinswitch area. However note the use of split loom and zip ties ..that's the right way (professional)

You can use the same location but I would bend the bracket as I showed in the diagram and adjust the pinswich height accordingly. Now you don't need to bend it much at all...just enough so gravity won't allow water to contact the pin. I would also reccomend stainless screws because that rust will only spread over time..and I have seen it even cause the screws to disitigrate. Might not be a bad idea to apply grease to the screws as well as a rust preventative, or any kind of water resistant coating. Also note that the screw holes themselves will expose bare metal so take the steps to rustproof there as well for longevity.

Keep us posted how it turns out.

here is a h ood pin switch i found this guy at the www.fordf150.net

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The link you posted just takes me to some kind of ford truck forum..which article do you want me to check out?