So my 93 land abuser has a factory alarm and it would give me headaches all the time going off not turning off. Hell I even unplugged the battery over night and as soon as I made contact the alarm still kept going. So I unplugged the horn and started doing surgery on it. I watched videos how to disable alarms and went under the steering console and found a mess of wires that were added. I found what I thought was the alarm brain and unplugged it nothing happened. Except the truck wouldn't start. Then I found the brain under the seat took that off. That disabled the alarm but still truck wont even crank. I started cutting wires that didn't look factory and now I think I may be in over my head. I'm lost and have a dead truck. Where does the plug from the alarm brain under the seat plug back into ?
Alarm frustration
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Most likely your truck will not start because there is a relay connected in the steering column. Mine looked like this. There was also a harness to connect the relay. Remove the harness and connect the ends and you should be able to get her started at least.
once the alarm is removed completely. Hook up the junctions that are left free to each other. should start then.
With the dealer/port-installed alarm, I think you have to have the ignition turned to the on position when reconnecting the battery.
Anyway, on my 94 there wasn't a tidy install with the terminal adapter shown in the above photo. It was all individual wires, mostly running to the driver side kick panel, and a few to the primary terminal block on the underside of the steering column.
Off the top of my head, I think it's the black wire in that main terminal block that's the ignition circuit. I found the relay, removed it, and jumped the two fat wires going to it. I ran that way for probably six months before getting around to installing a new Python alarm.
Anyway, on my 94 there wasn't a tidy install with the terminal adapter shown in the above photo. It was all individual wires, mostly running to the driver side kick panel, and a few to the primary terminal block on the underside of the steering column.
Off the top of my head, I think it's the black wire in that main terminal block that's the ignition circuit. I found the relay, removed it, and jumped the two fat wires going to it. I ran that way for probably six months before getting around to installing a new Python alarm.
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ok so here is where i at.. w here does the plug that was connected into the security box plug into there is no port that fits that i can see. 2 it looks like i may have cut some factory stuff that i though wasnt becuase it had a bunch off bull spliced into it. im talking about those two plugs you have in your picture. i also cut out that relay. im super lost
Start at the box from under the seat.
Trace the wires to EACH connector and unplug it. Then find the MATING plug in the main harness and plug it in. There is only one male and one female for each configuration. You cannot plug the wrong two connectors together. DO ONE AT A TIME!
There is part of the harness behind the lower left A pillar kickplate.
Then go to the next set of wires from the same harness and trace it until you find the end. Then you unplug it.
I chased one wire all the way across the truck, threaded under the console, up above the glove box. Turns out, that was the antenna wire for the FOB. It didn't hurt anything, I just took apart a whole bunch of stuff I didn't need to.
Here's a hint.....If you don't know what a wire goes to, DON'T cut it unless the truck is experiencing an electrical fire.......
With all those butt splice connectors under there, it looks like your stereo may not work when you're done either.......
I also removed a cell phone harness and speaker at the same time.
It took me about 4 hours to remove my alarm completely.
Trace the wires to EACH connector and unplug it. Then find the MATING plug in the main harness and plug it in. There is only one male and one female for each configuration. You cannot plug the wrong two connectors together. DO ONE AT A TIME!
There is part of the harness behind the lower left A pillar kickplate.
Then go to the next set of wires from the same harness and trace it until you find the end. Then you unplug it.
I chased one wire all the way across the truck, threaded under the console, up above the glove box. Turns out, that was the antenna wire for the FOB. It didn't hurt anything, I just took apart a whole bunch of stuff I didn't need to.
Here's a hint.....If you don't know what a wire goes to, DON'T cut it unless the truck is experiencing an electrical fire.......
With all those butt splice connectors under there, it looks like your stereo may not work when you're done either.......
I also removed a cell phone harness and speaker at the same time.
It took me about 4 hours to remove my alarm completely.
These two black plugs need to be connected together for the engine to start.
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Oh boy too late I cut away a few after I got mad AF but thanks I need to slow down for sure
I'm sorry for your loss.......
This is gonna take a bit to fix over the interwebs.
Can you read a wiring diagram? Even if you can't, you NEED a FSM and the EWD (FSM=Factory Service Manual, EWD=Electrical Wiring Diagram) for YOUR truck.
I think @Malleus can help post some snippets of the EWD for the 93 80 Series you have.
Good Luck!
Oh yeah.....Do a search on here for RS3000. That will get lots of threads about the factory alarm and how people have dealt with it.
I removed mine because it decided to lock me out and go off while it was sitting by itself in a restaurant parking lot. I never even owned a FOB for it. i unlocked the door with the key and it would not silence. I opened the hood and unhooked the battery for 10 minutes to clear it. I drove home at 9:00 at night and started ripping it out because I had to go to work the next day. I was fortunate enough that I had a small wrench with me to unhook the battery cable in the parking lot.
I removed mine because it decided to lock me out and go off while it was sitting by itself in a restaurant parking lot. I never even owned a FOB for it. i unlocked the door with the key and it would not silence. I opened the hood and unhooked the battery for 10 minutes to clear it. I drove home at 9:00 at night and started ripping it out because I had to go to work the next day. I was fortunate enough that I had a small wrench with me to unhook the battery cable in the parking lot.