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Old Apr 27, 2017 | 03:02 PM
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Was wondering if anyone had a picture of the trunk sensor for a 98 mustang. Or know where to purchase one. Have the notorious alarm going off for no reason. Tested trunk sensor and it is bad. Previous owner (a buddy).disconnected it to see if it would stop the alarm. Spoiler it didnt. So now looking for a operational used one or new/old. But don't have a clue what it looks like. Been told it's a L shape. But no clue....
Old Apr 27, 2017 | 03:03 PM
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I have tried local junk yards and ford dealerships. Found nothing.
Old Apr 27, 2017 | 04:27 PM
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Cant you just bypass it and connect the wires together so it looks like it is closed all the time. The switch just completes a circuit when its closed, you should be able to splice the wires together to complete that circuit
Old Apr 27, 2017 | 05:06 PM
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We thought about that. But with the trunk a wire harness plugged into just the sensor. So if I cut that off I would be essentially wiring it to itself. Sensor just connected to the trunk. So wouldn't that make it just go off continously? I didn't want to go clipping wires without being sure ya know.
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Originally Posted by dawson1112
Cant you just bypass it and connect the wires together so it looks like it is closed all the time. The switch just completes a circuit when its closed, you should be able to splice the wires together to complete that circuit
Ok so I tried. Wire each one to its identical wire. With the trunk closed, trunk light stays on, so that's constantly open. So if I reverse the wires does it show closed?
Old Apr 27, 2017 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by dawson1112
Cant you just bypass it and connect the wires together so it looks like it is closed all the time. The switch just completes a circuit when its closed, you should be able to splice the wires together to complete that circuit
n.m just realized how stupid that sounded. There only 2 wires, one way to hook them up lol. Sob just be nice to set my alarm




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