Welp I'm FINALLY done :-)
Was a busy weekend that started on Friday. I was doing my rear end via lift blocks and new shocks, this keyless entry, and adding an LED to my headlight knob just because I had everything apart.
So Dave I gotta thank you!! Your diagram worked perfectly! This was the first time I ever installed keyless entry into a vehicle that didn't already have it from the factory.
Install took me 3 days which I guess is too long definitely not something I would make money on but at the same time I take my time and do things right. I've installed stereo's before that's no problem and this really wasn't bad minus the initial figuring out the relays. The ONLY real issues I came across was trying to mount the actuators in the doors. I ended up having to use spacers to space them out from the inside of the door as there was either metal or cables in the way, luckily I had spacers and extra screws because the ones supplied aren't long enough. I used all 3 mounting points. I've seen some simply install it using that metal bar and two points but figured I didn't want anything to move considering the amount of effort in do this, might as well do it right. And fishing the wires through the door seals was a little bit of a pain.
I sleeved almost the entire wiring harness. I guess that's the geek in my when I do computers and take a lot of care/pride in doing wire management. I'm like that in our server room as well, it's nice to see things extremely neat and not wires everywhere.
I almost did not use the led and the valet switch and figured why? But, I wasn't aware that the led flashes when it's locked so I ended up using both. Mounted the valet switch down by the driver side center console, and would have liked to put the LED in the center of the defrost vent but typical Ford makes it impossible to remove that without something snapping so I ended up mounting it on the passenger side defrost and had a good angle to mount it once the airbag was removed. It's funny, because of the windshield I could not just drill a hole. So I took different size allen wrenches that I had and torched them and melted a round hole into the plastic in step... Worked really well and very clean actually.
Other than that it was just tapping wires via the ignition relay and motors. I soldered and heatshrunk every connection so nothing is ever going to come loose. I mounted the control unit behind the console to the left of the passenger airbag. Almost where the OEM control unit is. If you weren't looking you'd never know it was there.
Some after thoughts. Why didn't I do this sooner?...lol The guys on the Ranger forum said it's a MAJOR PITA, and I'm sure to an extent it is but there are far worse things I've done to my truck via seized suspension parts or what not and I would gladly do this than that! Looking back I should have done this when I installed sound deadening material in my cabin. I already had the doors/entire cabin bare and I found out the hard way that peeling off the RAAMAT and trying to get to things that I had completely covered was not cool... That's probably why it also took longer because everything was covered and made it harder to do the factory wire path. It's ok though, I got it :-)
So now by default I push once, and driver side unlocks and flashes lights. Push again and passenger side unlocks. Push lock and both lock and lights flash. I really thought perhaps I should attach the horn but honestly it would be annoying all the time to have it honk for lock/unlock. The lights is more than enough for me.
I did turn off the unlock feature when you shut the car off. Only because if you use the door handle it will automatically unlock the door so there is no need for the system to unlock the entire truck. I kept the lock on when the ignition is turned on for now. I guess that isn't bad.
Overall though I'm extremely happy I did this!! Thank you for all your help!
I would post pictures but honestly you'd only see the LED I put on the passenger side and the valet switch down by the driver, other than that there is nothing to see, it's all hidden ;-p
-Nigel
~nsg~