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A question for those who've retrofitted a Remote Central Locking kit to their Jimny.
Firstly, many thanks for Happypig for his instructions. I got the same kit and after struggling with the loom for the Power Door Locking module, everything is now fitted and working fine.
My question is this:
The kit comes with a couple of cables for "direction lights". Now, it turns out that these are for wiring in to your indicators so they flash when you lock/unlock and can also be used for locating your vehicle (as though you'd miss your Jimny in a car park!!).
The loom I have for the central locking is 8 cables (Type 3) which includes one which links in to the Hazard lights.
I've joined the "direction lights" cables to this, but I still get no flash when I use the fob.
Has anyone used these cables to get their indicators to flash? If so, how did you do it. It's just nice to be able to know you've locked your car when you walk away, or in the dark.
where did you connect it in to for the indicators to flash and how did you make the connection have you checked to see if the C/L unit is putting out a feed and have you connected the wires in the live side of the bulbs on the hazzard wire yousay you have what part of the switch does it say connect it to is it perminat live or the switched live on the switch
I connected the cables to the Hazard Light wire which comes out of the Central Locking module.
As for the rest of the questions....???
The instructions which came with the kit are, to say the least, very very poor. I used Happypigs instructions for actually installing it.
I've not tried the cables with a multimeter, but it does click 3 times (once for each flash) when you press the lock button after it's already locked (the find your car flashes).
Maybe I could fashion some kind of mini loom to come in from the back of the hazard switch on the dash?
dont run them to the hazzard switch take the trims off from around the indicator switch and find the wires to the indicator stork and wire one to the left and one to the right you can make a test light if you have a bulb and holder and some wire. or run a wire to the back of each bulb at the front of rear
ill be fitting a kit once mine is out of my garage and back on the road
markyp2000 wrote: dont run them to the hazzard switch take the trims off from around the indicator switch and find the wires to the indicator stork and wire one to the left and one to the right
Thanks markyp2000.
I'll maybe give that a go tomorrow. I can run some cables from there down to where the cables currently are.
So theres just one cable for left and one for right coming out of the stork? The Yellow/Green and Red/Green?
