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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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transmission sensor location?

Anyone know where it is actually located? I need to tap the blk/pnk striped wire for my navigation system install.

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When I did mine I tied into the wire at the cruise control servo under the hood. This seemed to be the easiest to get to.
 
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by c_hohensee
When I did mine I tied into the wire at the cruise control servo under the hood. This seemed to be the easiest to get to.
Cruise control? what for? I've got to tie one to parking brake (gnd) and one to reverse so the unit knows when I'm backing up. Guess I just don't understand what you would have tied to cruise control for, or does that have a reverse sense?
 
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Old Jul 8, 2009 | 10:13 PM
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BTT.

I think I found the sensor down on the tranny, which brings up another question.

Is there an easy place to tap into the Black / Pink striped wire for the reverse lights up near the dash? That seems easier than running a new wire up from the transmission at this point.

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A lot of the navigation systems have you tie into the "speed sensor" on the tranny so the unit recieves the speed info from the vehicle. This is the wire I was talking about connecting at the cruise control for.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 11:20 AM
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Ahh Ok that makes sense. Yeah, go figure. Mine wants to be tied to the reverse sensor instead. Grumble.....
 
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Mine is also tied to the backup lights as it turns on the backup camera when in reverse. Does yours have the option for a backup camera?
 
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Mine is also tied to the backup lights as it turns on the backup camera when in reverse. Does yours have the option for a backup camera?
Yep - I think that's really why it wants the reverse tie-in.

Where did you tap the lights? I'm hoping there's something close to the dash instead of running a wire all the way from the back!
 
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bnovak
Yep - I think that's really why it wants the reverse tie-in.

Where did you tap the lights? I'm hoping there's something close to the dash instead of running a wire all the way from the back!
I am sure there is someplace, but since I was working on changing the sub at the same time I tied into that wire back by the sub.
 
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