the cold won't get me this winter

[xr75er]

Finished putting in a remote start system on the 86 today. that makes three vehicles. Had the others done at a local shop but they with belly up this year. It really wasn’t that difficult to do. Just have one glitch and this weekend I'll look at the sons Explorer to see where the neutral safety switch wire is hooked up as he has the same system, Tried the tech library for the correct wire but the wire they say to use in the install sheet doesn’t work. I'll get figured out.

 

[t0x1k]

I might do this too, my truck is the winter driver when temps are below 50.
I was thinking of the pep boy special remote starts

 

[strvger]

I might do this too, my truck is the winter driver when temps are below 50.
I was thinking of the pep boy special remote starts

you call that winter??

i'll be happy if we don't see -30F this winter!!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

you call that winter??

i'll be happy if we don't see -30F this winter!!

Here here... it was a particulary nasty winter last year.

 

[94xlt4.0]

i might have to invest in one too for my b2, it'll be nice for it to be warmed up when the temps get below 70 here in winter sorry guys couldnt resist

 

[MountainMike]

you call that winter??

i'll be happy if we don't see -30F this winter!!

Boys, minus 40. Now before you get all Canadian-confused that's the same Celsius or Fahrenheit. And by the same I mean awful.

 

[gwaii]

Boys, minus 40. Now before you get all Canadian-confused that's the same Celsius or Fahrenheit. And by the same I mean awful.

ya,but that's a dry cold....you need it to be about 3 or 4 below with the ocean being blown on you at 100 km/h....you get to know what it's like to be on a berring sea crab boat without leaving land!

i really don't know how those crabbers do it.

 

[MountainMike]

ya,but that's a dry cold....you need it to be about 3 or 4 below with the ocean being blown on you at 100 km/h....you get to know what it's like to be on a berring sea crab boat without leaving land!

i really don't know how those crabbers do it.

True that

 

[goodie85]

you call that winter??

i'll be happy if we don't see -30F this winter!!

fully agreed here in SD were lucky if we get a winter where we dont go -20

 

[goodie85]

Boys, minus 40. Now before you get all Canadian-confused that's the same Celsius or Fahrenheit. And by the same I mean awful.

i just realized where you were located lol.....2 summers ago i was in up there for a dog show (against my will and yes the dog show sucked) but anywho then went to alaska for the red salmon run and to do some halibut fishing....having family in seldotna is pretty nice

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

ya,but that's a dry cold....you need it to be about 3 or 4 below with the ocean being blown on you at 100 km/h....you get to know what it's like to be on a berring sea crab boat without leaving land!

i really don't know how those crabbers do it.

I was out trying to get my truck unstuck in a blizzard last year. -45 windchill and blowing snow. The air might have been dry, but there was too much fine snow mixed in to tell.

5 minutes max and you couldn't feel your face, gloves were pretty much for decoration, and the 12" deep tracks on the recovery vehicles were filled before we got the chain hooked up... and then they themselves where halfway stuck.

That was miserable, and I am here to say the guy on the radio was right, nobody should have been out driving around if they didn't HAVE to. It wasn't bad in town... but I didn't make it 500yds out of town.

 

[LearjetMinako]

I may have to install a remote start on my Ranger too. It sucks to have to chisel away an inch of solid ice, just enter the Ranger to get it started. And then to wait 30 minutes as the heat builds up to melt the under ice so I crack it off. I already have installed an EATC (Electonic Automatic Tempurature Climate) from a Explorer/Expendition. So its always set to 70*F, no matter the temp outside. Just gotta have it work around a manual transmission.

 

[xr75er]

I Just gotta have it work around a manual transmission.

Yea; they don't recommend using them on the manuals but I guess it can be done. I got the neutral switch figured out. It was the other red/light blue [yea 2 of them] in the steering column wire harness. If you do put one on make sure you test the heater blower. The grey /yellow wires [yea 2 of them] one will run the fuel gauge and radio and the other runs the blower. Don’t use the black /yellow for the accessories hook up all it is, is the ground. The system will work but not the blower. And the whole reason to have the remote is to warm up the Bronco inside in the winter.

 

[gwaii]

Just gotta have it work around a manual transmission.

that was my problem with the f350...the zf doesn't have a neutral switch,which resulted in the truck getting cozy with a motel room.


fixed that.

 

[sweetsride]

that was my problem with the f350...the zf doesn't have a neutral switch,which resulted in the truck getting cozy with a motel room.


fixed that.

Hahaha....... sorry, thats kinda funny!!!

kris