Tripminder installed, and I was RIGHT!

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Reply #60 – September 18, 2007, 09:21:17 PM

how are you guys finding pin 34? I guess I am having a bit of trouble :( it seems that the outer pins are numbered while the inners are not or am I missing something? gonna go look again.

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Reply #61 – September 18, 2007, 11:09:48 PM

heres what I came up with correct me if I'm wrong but I solved my problem and everything is reading. higher than it should be I think...

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Reply #62 – September 19, 2007, 09:07:13 PM

well I had what I thought was pin 34 but with the tripminder hooked up to it the car ran like ... the wire I tapped was a white with black stripe.

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Reply #63 – October 23, 2007, 06:32:10 PM

I'm still lost with this....

pin out/ wire color problems

Reply #64 – October 31, 2007, 08:39:01 PM

Does anyone have any pictures of the back of the tripminder with the harness plugged in. Reason i ask is because my unit's plug doesnt match the pin order on the install directions.

Mine Install
pin 1 empty empty
pin 2 black ( 2nd wiring going to pin 9) empty
pin 3 drk green w/white stripe light blue/black
pin 4 empty light blue/red
pin 5 white light green/yellow
pin 6 light green w/yellow stripe (2 wires) light blue/pink
pin 7 light blue w/pink stripe black
pin 8 light blue w/red stripe dark green/white
pin 9 black (coming from pin 2) black
pin 10 empty n/a

I took this unit out of an '84 tbird, but the wire colors dont totally match the colors in the wiring diagram for this year car either.

I wired it up according to the wire colors (even though the pin out doesnt match) but the unit doesnt work right. I have to turn the key on, then unplug it and plug it back in to turn it on. Then when i turn the key off and back on i get nothing until unplug and plug back in again. Ive got some conflicting info here on wire color and location. Any hints would be great...otherwise im going to have to take the wiring back apart and get the power inverter out so i can do some bench testing.

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Reply #65 – October 31, 2007, 09:10:32 PM

Wire colour is not important - it's wire location that counts. Ford used different colours in different years/models but they're all pinned the same. I don't have a pic of mine but if you follow the pinout in the image at the start of this thread you should be OK.

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Reply #66 – November 01, 2007, 06:17:46 PM

I cant see the picture, it just shows a box with a red x.

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Reply #67 – November 01, 2007, 11:43:33 PM

Ok, here y'go:

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Reply #68 – November 23, 2007, 12:23:50 PM

Ok guys since I'm using an 89 mustang harness which pin do I tap into for the fuel signal? I don't even need to know which pin I just need to know what the name of the signal is i guess. Is it fuel pump monitor, fuel pump, etc etc?

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Reply #69 – November 23, 2007, 01:27:06 PM

Pin 34.

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Reply #70 – November 23, 2007, 02:03:11 PM

No it's not pin 34, if it was there would be a wire running to it. So once again I will ask, but with this disclaimer: If you don't know the answer to this question and/or are unable to provide any useful information please please do not reply.

Ok guys since I'm using an 89 mustang harness which pin do I tap into for the fuel signal? I don't even need to know which pin I just need to know what the name of the signal is i guess. Is it fuel pump monitor, fuel pump, etc etc?

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Reply #71 – November 23, 2007, 02:57:33 PM

Quote from: GrannysBird;189319

No it's not pin 34, if it was there would be a wire running to it.

You sure about that?

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So once again I will ask, but with this disclaimer: If you don't know the answer to this question and/or are unable to provide any useful information please please do not reply.

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Reply #72 – November 23, 2007, 04:16:36 PM

No it's not pin 34, if it was there would be a wire running to it. So once again I will ask, but with this disclaimer: If you don't know the answer to this question and/or are unable to provide any useful information [COLOR="Red"]do not reply[/COLOR].

Ok guys since I'm using an 89 mustang harness which pin do I tap into for the fuel signal? I don't even need to know which pin I just need to know what the name of the signal is i guess. Is it fuel pump monitor, fuel pump, etc etc?

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Reply #73 – November 23, 2007, 05:35:39 PM

Quote from: GrannysBird;189315

Ok guys since I'm using an 89 mustang harness which pin do I tap into for the fuel signal? I don't even need to know which pin I just need to know what the name of the signal is i guess. Is it fuel pump monitor, fuel pump, etc etc?

The signal you're looking for is a "Fuel Flow" signal built into the ECM specifically for tripminder applications. T-Bird, Cougar, Crown Vic, Grand Marquis and Mark VII all have the output, but I don't know if Mustang ECM's have it or not (Mitchell OnDemand shows the Mustang ECM having a "Pin 34" but does not show it having any function). Did you try connecting to the pin on the ECM (you'd have to add a wire to the harness to do so)?

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Reply #74 – November 23, 2007, 06:20:35 PM

Quote from: GrannysBird;189332

No it's not pin 34, if it was there would be a wire running to it.

SRSLY?

Why would there be a wire running to it if the Mustang didn't have an option for a tripminder? Wait, I just answered my own question.

However, the Thunderbird/Cougar, Mark VII, and Mustang all use the same family of ECUs. They all have use pin 34 as the DOL (Data Output Link). The DOL sends a digital signal to be interpreted by the tripminder to calculate mpg and whatnot. You can read up on the DOL here. Depending on the source you use, it may not have pin 34 labeled for your application - because your application did not use it.

You can either keep being a and ignore my information, or use it.