wow, its been a year to the day since I posted on this build. I haven't been doing much except driving. I have taken it to a bunch of shows, and I have driven it around town, to work etc. the longest drive I have taken was to the cruise to the woods a couple years ago, but that was over 300 miles all told. the bronco has been working flawlessly, so I decided to see if I could mess it up lol. I have said before in this thread that I have received a lot of inspiration from AZ73's build barn find restomod. one of the things he is doing is a keyless entry and ignition setup. I thought it was cool, and I bought the system when I was building my bronco, but with getting the sniper setup and how much I hate wiring I decided not to do it.
sitting around with no projects to work on and a whole weekend off I decided I would tackle it. I didn't take many pictures during the installation because most of it is just wiring. It really wasn't that hard to make it work the most difficult part was finding a place to mount the control box. there is just no space behind that dash. I ended up mounting it right above my heater plenum, I hope the heat from the heater doesn't cause any problems.
this is the system I used.
there were several things that kept me from doing this so long. one of them was since I used an aaw wiring harness the question of what to do with the stock ignition switch. the second was when starting the sniper after the vehicle has sat for a few weeks, I like to cycle the fuel pump a couple times so I wasn't sure how to accomplish that. in reading the instructions several times I decided the best solution was to keep the stock ignition switch but conceal it. that way I had a backup in case the digital guard dog didn't work, and I could easily prime the fuel pump when I wanted to, (I could do it with the keyless system but its just easier with the switch I think.
the second question I had was mounting the new push button start. I had a couple options there, I could use the button that just stuck on over the hole with emblem tape,
but I didn't like the look or feel of that one. the other option is an optional switch with LED that can be purchased in multiple different colors and styles. but I wasn't sure if it would fill the hole properly. I am using 65 mustang switches so I bought a second one, and using a dremel I ground the inside down until the switch fit tight. then I glued it in with some model glue. it fits nice and looks like it belongs there.
it works with an ifob just like a new vehicle
and it can be used with remote door locks and keyless entry, but since I don't use a top it didn't make much sense to me to bother with that. I can always add it later if I choose. I have the actuators and wiring harness its just a matter of wiring it up.
I still have some wiring to clean up under the dash. but it is in and it works.
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