Os' VX: The Arrivaling

[don moore]

grats on the VX..welcome

[snowtrooper1966]

Congrats!
I know very well the feeling you experienced. I picked mine up from a cross country trip via DAS just 13 months ago.
You are part of a very special family now.
Enjoy the Proton!
Best,

[Osteomata]

Everyone, thanks for the welcome, comments, and advice. A few follow ups..

Everyone who replied Thanks for this info:
- Mirror light power cord! Ah, got it that makes sense.
- Alarm led! Got it.
- Ash Tray! I'll either order replacement or incorporate the new hole into a mod. Cup holder maybe.

Gussie2000 Thanks for the maintenance and inspection points, I just added them to my list.

MSHardeman I'll check the squirter for pinched tubes first, thanks.

VX KAT,
- Not sure how this came up, but I do already have a remote, but you answered my unasked question about the "option" button. Outstanding, thanks for that info. Door popper will def be one of my early mods.
- I'll check for my alarm. When I use the remote to lock/unlock doors, I get a very high pitched chirp, and I assumed it armed an alarmed, but I will verify that box.
- I still have my fuzzy hole! Future mod...


- Os

[VehiGAZ]

- Not sure how this came up, but I do already have a remote, but you answered my unasked question about the "option" button. Outstanding, thanks for that info. Door popper will def be one of my early mods.

That's not right - the option button does not work with the alarm system. It was originally supposed to work with an optional receiver you connect to your garage door opener wires in order to open your garage door (but it is no longer available, I believe). It needs the DC voltage from the garage door opener wires in order to power itself and receive the signal from the remote. It is theoretically possible to find one of these and install it in the hatch-popper wiring on your VX and figure out a way to supply the correct voltage, but I don't think it's been done.

A bit of advice - check your oil level every tank of gas for the first few months and get to know your oil consumption rate. Some VX engines burn a quart per thousand miles, or even more. Other none at all.

Good luck!

[WormGod]

Man, that thing is ugly! Send it back for a refund!



Enjoy.

[TheGanzman]

That's not right - the option button does not work with the alarm system. It was originally supposed to work with an optional receiver you connect to your garage door opener wires in order to open your garage door (but it is no longer available, I believe). It needs the DC voltage from the garage door opener wires in order to power itself and receive the signal from the remote.

Alittle off topic, but I believe this option IS still available; in fact, the "system" still shows 9 (now 8!) available at ~$105.00. I just ordered one from our friend Merlin; not so much for my garage door, but for the gate to our gated community - the "opener" that they give ya' for THAT dates to 1985 - it's the size of a large paperback! I'll let everyone know how that install goes...

On edit - I just read previous threads about this; apparently the "unit" they ship you installs in your garage, not in your VX - guess I'll be replacing my garage door opener and NOT my gate opener after all...

[nocturnalVX]

- Mirror light power cord! Ah, got it that makes sense.

Don't feel bad. The salesman at the dealership I bought my VX (new) from didn't know what it was either.

Welcome to the addiction!

[snowtrooper1966]

I still have my fuzzy hole!

This should be good ;-)
Best,

[VX KAT]

Vehigaz- thanks, you may have just saved me some time & money trying to get my audio guy to wire the hatchpopper to the remote.

Here's the link to thread where "Raque Thomas" got it to work:
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...+popper+remote

Does anybody know if this does really work??

[VehiGAZ]

Ahhh!!! OK, I see where you are going VX KAT. Yes that mod will work - but it does not use the option button on the fob. Etlsport should be able to tell you how to do it - he;s still around and he did this mod a couple of years back.

The alarm module has two outputs - one for one press of the button, and anotheroutput for the second press of the button. Normally the driver's door unlocks on the first press, and the passenger's door unlocks on the second press. That mod (if I understood it right) will unlock both doors on the first press of the unlcok button, and will actuate the rear hatch popper on the second press. I was thrown off by the discusssions of what happens with the door locks and such when the car is running, but I am pretty sure that's how it works.

Didn't mean to contradict you - turns out we were both right! :-)

[JoFotoz]

Washer problem...

Lift hood , pull apart plastic hose connectors either side of washer feed split
where it routes tube to washer nozzles

These are in fact One way valves , ball bearing style , and get clogged up.

Clean em out...make sure you put them back in the same way!....this solved my issues.

Hope it helps

jo

[etlsport]

Ahhh!!! OK, I see where you are going VX KAT. Yes that mod will work - but it does not use the option button on the fob. Etlsport should be able to tell you how to do it - he;s still around and he did this mod a couple of years back.

The alarm module has two outputs - one for one press of the button, and anotheroutput for the second press of the button. Normally the driver's door unlocks on the first press, and the passenger's door unlocks on the second press. That mod (if I understood it right) will unlock both doors on the first press of the unlcok button, and will actuate the rear hatch popper on the second press. I was thrown off by the discusssions of what happens with the door locks and such when the car is running, but I am pretty sure that's how it works.

Didn't mean to contradict you - turns out we were both right! :-)

yep thats right, first push of the unlock button will unlock the doors, second one will pop the rear hatch

if the key is not in the ignition the unlock button on the door handle will pop the rear hatch too

if the key is in the ignition, you have to use another trunk release button you install somewhere else to open the hatch

[Gussie2000]

Is deffinetly good to be part of a supportive family isn, t it ?
Nice looking proton though OS
After the new cladding is installed & the whole VX well detailed you'll get even more in love with.
Oh ! Be prepared for all those VX moments from now on OS people turning their heads & jaws breaking looking faces

[rowhard]

- Ash Tray! I'll either order replacement or incorporate the new hole into a mod. Cup holder maybe.=Os

Not a bad place for a double power point setup.

[Osteomata]

A double power point set up? Man, I don't plan on giving any presentations in the truck, much less having to give two at once.

Not a bad place for a double power point setup.