APEXi Auto Timer - Wiring Question

[paulr33]

Hi All,

I'm looking at buying "APEXi Auto Timer" for my R33 Series II. I'll be also buying the wiring harness for it and I want to be sure I don't need to hack anything apart once I have this harness. Where does the wiring harness plug into?

Im not confident with cutting wires and so forth so I just want to be sure before I buy it. Also is there anything else I need to be aware of? Is the factory alarm OK with the engine going and doors locked?

Thanks

[hooligan]

the harness just go into the back of teh ignition and the fact. wire goes into that. its quite simple to do urself. but the hiding of wires and such.. gets ur nerves going.

[paulr33]

Ok, I've found a good price a price too for the harness however perfectrun.com.au list it as "plug needs to be modified" also apexi-usa.com don't have a R33 GTST harness. Most places only have a GTR harness.

Does anyone have one of these workin in their GTST? Any ideas what needs to be modified on the wiring?

[hooligan]

ive got 1 on my car mate. no wires need to be mod'd. i got my harness from just jap in syd here.. dunno abot melb

[AutoTrust]

Factory alarm??? In my experience no alarm likes turbo timers, most will not arm with the ignition on. Is the turbo timer the pen style one? if this is the case you ned to splice into the computers wiring harness for the air fuel ratio meter to work. the english instructions are too hard to read due to poor resolution so use the japaneese instructions to view the pin layout of the ECU. hope this helps...

[paulr33]

I got a response from Perfectrun.com.au and it all seems good, just need to modify the wiring harness plug so its fits the iginition plug on the r33.

Hi,

Connector part of the optional wiring harness needs to be cut slightly so the factory connector can be slide into it easily.

Regards,

Taki

Perfect Run

sales@perfectrun.com.au

[(B1) MR_fanny]

yep...u need to chop some plastic out to make the plug fit. then all u need to do is splice the oxygen sensor wire from the cpu and hook up the handbrake. i found it very straight forward.

[LastTemptation]

Yer guys i have the same one. Some times when i stop and turn ignition off the timer doesnt work, why is this?

even after abit of thrashing.

does any one know how to set it manually?

[paulr33]

By pressing the left/right buttons you should be able to. Sounds like a loose contact wire or ground wire. Does the display ever loose power? Do the sensors all work OK? Do the A/F and 02 display values?

http://www.apexi-usa.com/productdocumentat...nstructions.pdf

and

http://www.apexi-usa.com/productdocumentat...s_autotimer.pdf

[rs73]

has anyone managed to wire it up to handbrake wire? where do you find wires for the handbrake?

[AutoTrust]

  rs73 said:

has anyone managed to wire it up to handbrake wire? where do you find wires for the handbrake?

hi Rianto, if you remove your ashtray and the 2 screws behind it, then pull out the panel around the gear shift, it makes it easier to get the cup holder out. then you will see a yellow wire on the hand brake assy, thats the one you need.

[rs73]

Thank's Danny...

In re: car alarms not happy with turbo timers, I got an alarm which unlocks the door on ignition off and locks the door on ignition on. What happens is when engine was turned off by the turbo timer, my door will unlock. So the car will be vulnerable for 30s until the alarm's auto arm feature kicks in. My plan is to disable this feature, so when engine is running with turbo timer, I can lock the car manually. When timer runs out and turn off engine, it will not unlock the doors. Car is still vulnerable for 30s but at least now the doors stay locked. 30s later the auto arm kicks in. I can even shorten the 30s auto arm period for extra security, like 15s but not very practical when you don't need turbo timer, as you'll need to rush collecting your things to get out before 15s runs out and auto arms your car.

  AutoTrust said:

hi Rianto, if you remove your ashtray and the 2 screws behind it, then pull out the panel around the gear shift, it makes it easier to get the cup holder out. then you will see a yellow wire on the hand brake assy, thats the one you need.

[AutoTrust]

Is it a viper alarm? what model? I can help with programming if it is viper hornet clifford or python

[rs73]

  AutoTrust said:

Is it a viper alarm? what model? I can help with programming if it is viper hornet clifford or python

No it's none of those. It's Code Alarm

[LastTemptation]

paul, its all good mate, just sometimes doesnt keep it running when i remove the key...

should i re check all the connections

[AutoTrust]

  rs73 said:

No it's none of those. It's Code Alarm

Oh well..... if it is a 2003 pro series Code alarm try this

1- keep door open

2- Turn key to IGNITION ON position

3- press and hold valet switch for 5 seconds (LED will glow constantly)

4- press buttons 1 & 2 of transmitter TWICE

5- LED will flash twice

6- once you have confirmed the LED has flashed twice

7- press button 2 of the transmitter to turn off ignition door lock feature

8- Siren will chirp twice to confirm feature is off

10 - turn off ignition and close door to exit learn routine

Hope this helps

[AutoTrust]

  LastTemptation said:

paul, its all good mate, just sometimes doesnt keep it running when i remove the key...

should i re check all the connections

Did you hook the handbrake wire up? if the connection on this wire sees a bad earth then it will not allow the TT to operate. Some people just earth this wire

[LastTemptation]

Auto trust, ill do that.. but the thing is, i havent installed the timer myself so where do u think that wire could be? is it straight of the TT pen thing or is there a lil black box where its all connected to.. ?

[paulr33]

Mine should be arriving some japan soon so Ill let you know how the install goes

[AutoTrust]

lil black box! I think it's a grey wire