1996 Ford Ranger clutch bypass
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Topic: 1996 Ford Ranger clutch bypass
Posted By: brianh
Subject: 1996 Ford Ranger clutch bypass
Date Posted: October 19, 2003 at 6:43 PM
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Posted By: HamiltonAudio
Date Posted: October 20, 2003 at 7:10 AM
Do a simple test. take out your dmm and measure voltage on each wire during CRANK with the clutch in. You'll find that one of them goes to +12V when starting only. Now, with the truck safely restrained (and in neutral), temporarily put +12V on that wire, and try cranking WITHOUT the clutch in. You'll find it cranks.
So...you need to apply +12V only on crank to that wire to bypass it. Using a relay, use +12V crank signal to both power the coil and use as output, and use the rmt starters ground-out-when-running to ground the coil. This essentially allows crank signal to reach that wire ONLY when remote starting. If you had just applied +12V on crank, it would have permanently disabled the safety.
As always, use a DMM to test EACH wire and be extra sure of whats going on. Don't just take my word for it (this is my disclaimer!) 