So I've purchased an Avital 4103 remote start/keyless entry system, its a bit beyond anything I've done before on a vehicle although really I figure worse case scenario I blow some fuses and have to reshrink wrap and solder some cables. Needless to say I'm still quite a bit nervous about cutting into and messing with any wires on my truck let alone ignition wires. That said, first thing I'm going to do is a walk through talk through on where all the wires are going to connect, if you see any errors please let me know. I have a 01 Ram 1500 Wiring diagram that I got from the forum. I'm not using a DBALL or any sort of bypass, if thats something I need please let me know but I don't believe I do.
WIRING INFORMATION: 2001 Dodge Ram
WIRE WIRE COLOR LOCATION
12V CONSTANT WIRE RED and PINK/BLACK Ignition harness
STARTER WIRE YELLOW Ignition harness
12V IGNITION WIRE DARK BLUE Ignition harness
SECOND 12V IGNITION WIRE BLACK/ ORANGE Ignition harness
12V ACCESSORY WIRE BLACK/ WHITE Ignition harness
POWER DOOR LOCK (5-wire reverse polarity) ORANGE / PURPLE In White Connector In Driver’s Kick Panel Coming From Driver’s Door
POWER DOOR UNLOCK (5-wire reverse polarity) PINK/PURPLE In White Connector In Driver’s Kick Panel Coming From Driver’s Door
PARKING LIGHTS (+) BLACK / YELLOW Behind Headlight Switch.
DRIVER DOOR TRIGGER (-) TAN In Green Connector Of Module Right Of Steering Column
PASSENGER DOOR TRIGGER (-) BLACK/ LIGHT BLUE In Green Connector Of Module Right Of Steering Column
FACTORY ALARM ARM AND DISARM LT.GREEN/ ORANGE Harness Coming Into Vehicle From Driver’s Door
Factory alarm arms with a negative trigger through a 644 ohm resistor. Factory alarm disarms with a negative trigger through a 1500 ohm resistor. Relays must be used.
TACHOMETER WIRE BLACK/ GRAY (GRAY/BLACK (diesels)) Ignition coil Harness In Engine Compartment Running Along Firewall
DIESEL WAIT-TO-START (-) ORANGE / BLACK Harness In Engine Compartment Running Along Firewall
BRAKE WIRE (+) WHITE/ TAN At Brake Pedal Switch
HORN TRIGGER (-) BLACK/ RED At Harness At Steering Column
LEFT FRONT WINDOW UP LT.BLUE At Driver Window Motor Inside Door
LEFT FRONT WINDOW DOWN WHITE At Driver Window Motor Inside Door
RIGHT FRONT WINDOW UP BROWN / WHITE Harness In Driver’s Kick From Driver Door
RIGHT FRONT WINDOW DOWN PURPLE / WHITE Harness In Driver’s Kick From Driver Door
Obviously a lot of these wires I won't need for the remote start, for instance my truck doesn't have an alarm or at the very least if it does I don't know about it, don't use it, don't intend on using it and am thus not worried about it. I also won't be messing with the windows, I'm not a diesel, I don't need the driver/passenger door triggers, I don't think I need the tach since the Avital 4103 has a virtual tach (no clue how that works something about recognizing an increase in voltage that signals the alternator has started) but I might install it anyway.
Main Harness (H1)
So the H1/1, H1/2, H1/3, H1/4, and H1/5 won't connect to anything from what I understand(haven't decided if I'm just going to cut the wires and then electrical tape the ends or electrical tape them the length they are in case they are needed in the future.
H1/6 will connect to the horn trigger BLACK/ red wire in the steering column harness
H1/7 Nothing
H1/8 Ground wire, haven't decided where yet but I'm sure there is all sorts of metal things that are out of the way I can drill into there
H1/9 Parking light BLACK / YELLOW wire behind the headlight switch
Heavy Gauge Relay, 6 pin Connector
1 12v Ignition Wire Dark Blue in the Ignition Harness
2 Starter Wire Yellow in Ignition Harness
3 Accessory BLACK/ White wire in Ignition harness
4 High Current 12v Input Red wire Ignition harness
5 Second Ignition BLACK/ Orange wire Ignition harness
6 High current 12v input Pink/Black wire Ignition harness
Remote Start harness (H3)
H3/1 Neutral Safety Switch Connect to toggle switch and ground somewhere (Where do people normally put the toggle?)
H3/2 Tachometer meter BLACK/ Gray in ignition coil in engine compartment (or left out if using virtual tach)
H3/3 Brake WHITE/ tan wire at brake pedal switch
H3/4 Hood Pin Switch somewhere in the hood (I just need to find a good place to put it)
H3/5 Blank
Satellite harness
1 listed as a status output (I think this is if you use bypass modules?)
2 listed as 2nd accessory output, don't have a 2nd accessory on wiring diagram
3 Second starter, don't have a 2nd starter on wiring diagram
4 3rd ignition, don't have a 3rd ignition on wiring diagram
NOTE: as far as I can tell from my wiring diagram currently I don't believe I need this harness at all. Can anyone confirm I don't need this for me?
Door Lock 3 pin Connector
1 unlock 5 pin relay 1 pin goes to the pink/purple power door unlock wire in the drivers kick panel
2 empty not used
3 lock goes to 5 pin relay 1 pin goes to ORANGE / purple wire in drivers kick panel
Using wiring diagram found on the forum here https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp~TID~109609
Do I need to connect the alarm wire if I don't have an alarm/don't use it? Also will I be connecting all the +12v power to the same wire?
I appreciate anyone/everyones help in confirming I'm on the right track before I start cutting things up.