That's pretty slick.

 

all total, around $10.

 

Push Button Igniton: $4.99
2 Way switch: $2.99
Wire and Connectors: Free (already had them lol)

 

here is how i am seeing it tell me if im right.



sry for the big pic

 

That is to wire up the switch. You have the red/blue wire coming from the steering wheel on one post of the switch. On the other post you have the other red/blue wire AND a wire that goes to the push button.

Blue/green wire goes directly to the button. It does not need to go to the switch. You can use a tap it if you like.

 

ok i think i got this now. lol. so dont tap the red/blue cut it put one end to one pole of the switch and the other to the other pole with another wire going to the push button.



is that better?

 

how did u guys get the socket out? mine is being a bitch and wont pop out

 

im in the process of doing this on my '98 right now. just one more wire to tap into and its done. hopefully lol

 

Hey, man- I'm new here, so forgive me if I'm wrong... but the wire that's going to your alarm... try tapping it into the wire on the opposite side of your "valet" switch and see if that makes a difference.

 

Hmm, I will look into that. The way the alarm is set up was they cut the two wires that are mentioned above. They then rerouted them through the alarm box. And back to the other side. So my remote start is treated the exact same as turning the key. It uses the same wires.

And to remove the cig lighter...oh boy. When you get almost to the point of blowing your butt muscle, it will come out, lol. It was the hardest part of the job. Trying to get that **** out.

 

i broke mine and had to glue it back in

heres a little better pic for you mono

 

I had A LOT more posted, but I cut through all the crap where I was thinking this through- ya'll probably don't care to read through all that. Here's what I feel you need to know:

Okay, how about this- Squirt. If you switch the wire to the opposite side of the switch and it doesn't work...

Run the wire from the remote starter to a small relay and from the connecter on the relay where you attach the wire from the starter... back to the side of the switch with the button. So where you connect the wire from your remote starter to the relay, you should have two wires- one going to the remote starter and one going to the red/blue on the side of the switch with the button. Run the other side of the relay (the side that will charge up when the remote starter charges the relay) to the red/blue on the opposite side of the switch- the one that doesn't have the button. This way, when your remote starter is attempting to start the motor, that red/blue is charged throughout, just like factory.

If that doesn't work, I give up... but I've been thinking about this for hours trying to figure it out, so if it doesn't work, I'm very likely to keep thinking up another way around it.

That said... I'm not planning to do any of the stuff mentioned in this thread. It's a really pimp idea, but my F-150 is my DD and I'm not going to risk screwing something up. I understand the benefit of security for those of you in areas that your trucks may be stolen, but that's not really a problem around here, so I'll leave my starting systems like they are.

 

X2 This is neat-o

 

after you cut the piece off the back where the power plug goes, there is two black tabs that you bend back and the metal peices should slide out. that way you don't have to break off the black tabs to get the black piece out, then you will have to glue that piece back in. all you will have to do, is slide the metal piece back into the black piece. hope this helps.

 

I didnt have to glue anything, lol. You just have to push the tabs in REALLY hard to get them to slide through the bezel. I did not use any glue on anything.