ok so after my 'close call' you could say i want to do some more preventative measures to protect my stuff w/o spending a couple hundred on an alarm when the stuff in my truck is maybe 400$ in value...

so i want to mount a small LED either on top of my rearview or under it (if that dimmer tab isnt in the way)... i want to to flash with the theft light becasue that only comes on when the truck is off and i dont want a flashing light non stop...


so bob,john, anyone else, how hard would it be to run a wire tape to the powersupply of the theft light then up to the led? im assuming it will require taking off the dash which im not looking forward to and running some 20ga? wire.... any input would be appreciated...


and lastly because i know someones going to say it... i dont want to spend the money on an alarm, id rather put it towards and efan or my new bike...

 

Bob's already described that in his LED door locks how-to.

 

ic, ill have to check that out... thanks

 

Here's Frank's version of the how-to also:

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ad.php?t=24880

And here's Bob's:

https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ead.php?t=4386

 

[Accidental double post, sorry...]

 

awsome, i was searching for bobs for a while and couldnt find it. might have helped to look in the right section ha

 

My connection went screwy for a bit. Sorry for the double post.

 

so did he use the GEM/ CSM to tape into the light? he doesnt really go into detail about what he did or what wires do what...

 

buy a $5 battery powered LED and install that - easy, cheap

 

Theft light comes from the PCM. I don't know where he tapped it. I ended up tapping mine behind the gauges -- not a great place to pick it up but I had the gauges out to replace lamps anyway at the time (on the first vehicle I tested it on, not on mine -- I did this first and I STILL don't have door lock LED's in my truck, lol)

 

yea but i dont want it on all the time, and whats the good if i forget to turn it on...


ill prob pm bob to see which one he used..

 

AFAIK, nobody has done multiple LEDs off the Theft light circuit on 2000-back. That is because the RAP or PATS Module switches the hot side using an internal current limiting resistor. There is no practical way to incorporate the additional current limiting resistors that would be needed for any LEDs added in parallel.

For 2001+, the PCM switches the ground side of the Theft LED and that works just fine with additional LEDs and their resistors.

If you want blinking LEDs, you'd be better off just buying self flashing LEDs and wiring them to a different circuit.

 

I just wired mine with a relay off my accesories power wire to the stereo so it comes on when the ignition is off. Wasnt too hard either!