Turbo Timer Not Working Properly

[SpoolinTalon2]

I installed the Greddy Turbo timer and i based the installation off of my friends car, since his worked fine i figured if i followed tht install mine would too. but guess not. gussing some of the wires are switched, but not sure. when i turn the car on, drive, park, put the e brak up, then go to turn the key and take it out, the car and turbo timer just turn off. but if i turn the key back to the ON section of the metal key drive, since there is the acc-on-car start, the turbo timer will count down while flashing a red screen then the blue screen with the timer, is this normal? im at school so i cant look at my friends car and see if his does the same, but his still counts down when the key is taken out and mine doesnt. can anyone help with this problem??? thanks

 

[majik2k5]

If the wire to your ebrake isn't grounded properly, then the turbo timer won't activate. Take the wire indicated for the ebrake and run it to a good solid ground. Then pull your ebrake and start the car and turn it back off and see what happens. To me it sounds like your ebrake wire just isn't grounded well enough, if at all.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

i teed the turbo timer wire for the e brak in with the e brake wire just like in my friends car. what i did was cut the wire of the section conencted to the actual e brake handle spliced the two ends then put the end of the e brake wire from the turbo timer in with the two others and crimpled them all together. then conencted the plug back to the wire running under the dash. if the e brake wire wasnt grounded on right, thwn wouldnt the e brake light not even turn on? cause when i pull the e brake up it turns on like normal. any other toughts on this? thanks.

 

[Splitpi]

It sounds to me like you TT may be getting its power from the accessory power line instead of a constant power source and thus turning off when you kill the ignition.

 

[travislaw]

I installed the Greddy Turbo timer and i based the installation off of my friends car, since his worked fine i figured if i followed tht install mine would too. but guess not. gussing some of the wires are switched, but not sure. when i turn the car on, drive, park, put the e brak up, then go to turn the key and take it out, the car and turbo timer just turn off. but if i turn the key back to the ON section of the metal key drive, since there is the acc-on-car start, the turbo timer will count down while flashing a red screen then the blue screen with the timer, is this normal? im at school so i cant look at my friends car and see if his does the same, but his still counts down when the key is taken out and mine doesnt. can anyone help with this problem??? thanks

Should have saved yourself the trouble and just bought the wiring harness. Makes the install a piece of cake.

 

[somdturbo]

Make sure you are using the right turbo timer harness. I once used a 1g tt harness in my 2g, its was the same looking and plug n play but did not work properly. I had the same problems you are having. I could almost best you are using a 1g harness in a 2g. But like previously mentioned, check groundings and power sources first, then compare part numbers for the harness to different vendors and greddy themself. Good luck man, let us know what it is.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

i did install it with the wiring harness but the part where the harness plugs into the turbo timer, the previous owner didnt have the plug itself so i needed to break the plastic off the three seperate metal plugs and just put those into the plug of the harness and thought it would work the same. the friend i asked about this said the same thing about me using the acc line instead of a constant power line. so im gonna check the reciept for the harness and see if it is a 2g, how do i see swithc up the wires so i can be using a constant power line? i will try to go out to my car today and take some pics, that will defenitely help. thanks guys.

 

[boostedinaz]

Should have saved yourself the trouble and just bought the wiring harness. Makes the install a piece of cake.

Doube check the wiring and make sure all conestions are tight. Also make sure all grounds are actually clean and not pianted or covered in some way.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

heres pics of
the e brake ground
the key drive on acc where the turbo timer would count down
the key drive on off where the turbo timer would turn off
the three colored wires where i had to break the plastic off to be able to insert the metal slits into the lug of the harness coming to the turbo timer

*didnt have tools since im at school, so i couldt take the car apart to maybe take better pics

so does anyone see any prblems or have any other thoughts of what the problem could be? i will have my gf check the reciept today to make sure iot was a 2g harness and not a 1g. thanks.

 

[CanadianTSi]

You have a wiring harness meant for a 1G...guaranteed. Get a 2G harness and you problem will be solved.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

ok. then i will try doing that then. thanks

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

so my gf read the reciept for the harness off for me since im not at home, and i asked her to make sure what she read was right and exactly what it said. the product description read: greddy tt harness 2g/evo. so now what can the problem be??? thanks.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

so unless the company made a mistake, which is possible, i did order a 2g harness. i just checked my product order history on dsmparts.com, where i ordered the harness from, and these are the details:
Product info


GReddy Turbo Timer Plug & Play Harness #300
[ begin return process ]

SKU grd.tt.harness
Provider master
Price $19.00
Quantity 1 item(s)
Selected options car: 95-99 2G DSM

hmmm. sow hat can the problem be now?? this weekend im gonna check everything and pretty much start from the beginnig, so we'll see how that goes. thanks.

 

[somdturbo]

"I could almost best you are using a 1g harness in a 2g" i said that in like the 3rd reply.... call the manufacturer

 

[travislaw]

so unless the company made a mistake, which is possible, i did order a 2g harness. i just checked my product order history on dsmparts.com, where i ordered the harness from, and these are the details:
Product info


GReddy Turbo Timer Plug & Play Harness #300
[ begin return process ]

SKU grd.tt.harness
Provider master
Price $19.00
Quantity 1 item(s)
Selected options car: 95-99 2G DSM

hmmm. sow hat can the problem be now?? this weekend im gonna check everything and pretty much start from the beginnig, so we'll see how that goes. thanks.

It should look like what is in the picture.

All you do is open up the steering column. Unplug the ignition wiring cable. Plug this bad boy in, which is basically a T- set-up and then wire the turbo timers e-brake wire and you are good to go. There is another wire that I didn't hook up, didn't know where it went, but it had something to do with the RPMS of the car.

 

[hidingfrogleap]

I'd say just tap the wires together and forget the harness all together. I had the same problem. They gave me a 1g harness when they said it was a 2g. But in regards to the turbo timer not staying on when the ebrake is up and you pull the key from the ignition, I think they're all right, check that you got the right power source. The ebrake wire could also be your problem. By the way, you had it right the first time. It should be tapped (teed) into the wire that goes to your parking brake sensor. Just make sure this connection is good. Good luck man. There's a write up for a hardwire for a 2g on here if you do a search with which you can verify which wires are which that go to what. I'd grab it for you (got it printed in my car) but I'm SUPPOSED to be working right now.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

guess im gonna give dsmparts.com a call today then. and go through the pain in the ass return and crap. foprget that theyre paying for return shipping, its bs that a supposed dsm parts manufacturer makes this kind of mistake, but then again i gues anyone can make a mistake. ill post up the results of what happens. thanks for all your help guys.

by the way heres a pic of the harness, once again i didnt have tools with me so i did the best i could.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

just finished reading the hardwireing for the tt on a 2g, doesnt sound too hard. quick question, what if i switched some of the cables around on the part where the turbo timer connects to the harness, ex. the red is supossed to go to the 12v, the blue to the acc, and the green to the ignition. but it seems like the red is getting the acc and the maybe the blue the 12v? what do you guys think about doing this? can i malfunction the turbo timer? also the 1g wiring tech guide states that the 1g has two ignition wires, can the 2g have the same in some occasions? thanks.

 

[hidingfrogleap]

Not sure what you're asking about doing with the wires and the harness, so if you could restate that, that'd be great but as for the 2g's ignition. Yes, it has 2. At least on mine. I'm not too sure if it has it in ALL cases.

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

what i meant by switching up the wires was. the 12v wire from the car is suppossed to be going to the red wire on the turbo timer but it seems as if its gettin the acc wire from the car, since it turns off when i turn the car off and counts down whne i move the key to acc on the key drive. the blue wire from the tt is supopssed to betting the acc wire from the car but since its seems as likes it not. so is there a possibility, since you guys say that the narness is for a 1g, that i can switch the red and blue wire from the turbo timer going into the plug coming from the harness? kinda hard to uderstand but basicaaly swithcing the blue and red wire where the tt meets the harness. would it work? or would i fry the tt? thanks

 

[hidingfrogleap]

Well, the issue is is that you want you 12v from your turbo timer going to the 12v in the car. The colors will sometimes differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. I don't know if having your 12v from your tt go to the accessory would necessarily fry the thing but it won't give you the desired results. In short, don't waste your time doing that. But here, i'll make your life a lot easier. I did a search for this and it has both the harness install instructions and the hardwire.

If you need any more help, feel free to ask but this should really get you where you want to go.

www.greddy.com/tech/FATURBO_TIMER.pdf

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

ya i already printed this out. it has a section in the back while in setup mode u can do a line swithc. they say to do it when ## tt isnt counting down properly and your engine is shutting down when u take the key out. ill keep ya posted, hopefully i get thise figured out this weekend. thanks.

 

[CcsEclipse97]

i was just installing my TT tonight too and i ran into the same problem. everything was working but as soon as u turn the ignition off the enigne and TT both go off. I too read about changing the line switch. this didnt do anything for me either. So if you do figure it out or if you did figure it out let me know what you did to fix it. thanxs

 

[SpoolinTalon2]

Mine works fine now. I took the harness out and hard wired the Tt and it works fine. Peace.

 

[playboy1884]

hey my greddy fatt was working fine now when i shut it off it wont stay on , and when i turn it on it has a 0C0 and wont let me set the time or anything any help would be appreciated