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ford part number and parts my dealer told me since he put it in 3 years 36000 miles same as a factory install. in my post number 9 here you can pull the factory ford sheets on how to set it up. wire tying the unit to the harness is shown on the base install sheets as is the wraping of the wireing which i think is the lazy mans way out. i redid mine useing heat shrink crimp conectors which seal out any thing just as if you never cut or wraped the wireing.
Just a word of warning to all looking at remote starters. They are nice to have, I have one in all of my vehicles. The reason I have them is in ND the winters tend to get down to -30*. Its very hard on a vehicle to start them and drive them imidiatly when its that cold and I don't like sitting there waitng for them to warm up enough to drive. I like to give them about 5mins to warm up. other that there is of no benifit to your vehical. Its harder on starters, the only thing that gets warm is the engine, not the trans, rear end or bearings. You will always tend to use it once you have it, heck my wifes car dropped 4mpg (29mpg-25mpg) because she starts it 15mins early every time she goes somewhere winter or summer. Idling your veihcle is harder than actually driving them (refer to the engine being the only warm component). The starters themselves is the next thing to worry about. I have not had a ford unit and have no advise on them but know that you get what you pay for. I installed both of my own so neither cost me more than $200 completly installed, had I taken it to an installer both would have exceeded $400. If you want to buy one its of my experience to get one that has two way comunication. This way you don't have to see the vehicle to know if its running, the starter will page you back and let you know. also the two way units tend to be some of the better starters on the market. Many of the cheaper brands are very range limited. they say there good for 1200-2000ft which may be true in a perfect enviroment but in every day use there is so much interference that they only have about a 500ft range, which then whats the point, I can go 500ft to start my car. The two way units also have more options and tend to have some security, and nice amenities included. Lastly I would like to point out not to install one unless you are very well informed in electrical components. They are not super hard but do take time and you will need to know where to get wiring information and also wher to find what signals each wires produces. Good luck I hope I saved someone the pain and expence of having a cheap starter that doesn't perform as advertised. I have an Astro start and an Innoteck and a very poor bull dog and both the astro start and innotech seem to be pretty good but both still over exagurate the range, they claim over a half mile and its probably more like 1500-2000ft. Most of them are all programable for run times, both of mine can be increased by 5min intervals up to 30mins. Sorry for the rant but I've seen to many people buy poor starter and it ends up being a waist of money. Make sure to do some research, I'm sure the ford unit is fine but just wanted to give a word of warning.