2003 Ford F series diesel remote start

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Topic: 2003 Ford F series diesel remote start

Posted By: wild thing
Subject: 2003 Ford F series diesel remote start
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 7:22 PM

New Ford Diesel, an 03 if I remember right. I'm still fighting with the "wait to start" circuit. I found this information by following an old closed topic:

FORD, F SERIES SUPER DUTY, 2002, Tachometer

For tach go to any one of the ignition coils and use the wire that is NOT RED / lt. green. On diesel vehicles the tach wire is green or white, in a 42 pin plug under the clamp on the engine side of the air intake duct. On diesel vehicles the wait to start light is activated by a databus wire from the ECM. To do wait to start use a pulse timer relay and follow directfax document #1091.

Anyone want to describe a pulse timer relay to me? Anyone have access to directfax #1091 that would care to share with me? Thanks in advance.

BTW, this is the NEW 6.0L diesel and the underhood connectors etc. are not the same as the old diesel.

jr@jrssite.com

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Posted By: bmf1000d
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 7:27 PM

What kind of RS are you installing. I have put many on the new fords i always get the tach signal from the tach in the vehicle that way you dont have to go outside the cab. My RS have the option for the wait 15 sec before they remote start.

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"Big" Mike
Double Take
Fremont, Ne
remember to check all your wires with a dmm not a test light!!
i take no responsibilty whatsoever for the vailidty of the info nor consequences thereof

Posted By: wild thing
Date Posted: January 14, 2004 at 8:55 PM

it's a compustar something something... problem is that in AK sometimes glow plugs cycle for a minute or more... sometimes not at all, so time delay isn't really an option. The tach is 100% taken care of, only issue is the wait to start.

Posted By: bmf1000d
Date Posted: January 15, 2004 at 12:06 AM

well what i have is VIOLET/ORANGE or WHITE/ LT. GREEN for the wait to start..

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"Big" Mike
Double Take
Fremont, Ne
remember to check all your wires with a dmm not a test light!!
i take no responsibilty whatsoever for the vailidty of the info nor consequences thereof

Posted By: wild thing
Date Posted: January 15, 2004 at 3:03 AM

I used Violet Orange in the main engine harness. It was a nogo. All the info I've found so far suggests violet orange in a huge plug underneath the air cleaner. There is no huge plug underneath the air cleaner like on the 7.3 I think the issue lies within the fact that no one has made an updated diagram for the 6.0