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WIRING and TECH INFO

You do not need a factory computer to use these shifters, just put the factory floor shifter in a OD/D and shift your auto manually.

Finding which transmission wires to connect controller to:  

It's recommended that you have help with this for safety.

Using masking tape tags mark the three transmission control wires “A”, “B”, and “C”.

With the engine running and floor shift selector in Drive. Connect a 12V+ jumper to the wire that you marked “A”.

If this is the #1 solenoid wire you should feel the transmission shift down to 1st gear and easily move forward when the throttle is applied.

If this is the #2 solenoid wire the transmission will still feel boggy.

If this is the Torque Converter Lockup wire the engine should stall.

Repeat this test on all three wires to confirm which wire is which.

Mark the wires with the appropriate solenoid # or “TC” to know which wire to connect to the supplied harness as noted above.

 

On the Rail and Baja Shifters the #1 Solenoid connects to the Blue wire, the #2 Solenoid connects to the Yellow wire.

The Red wire is of course a 12V+ fused power source connected to be on when ignition is on. The Baja also has a Black wire which is connect to a 12V- ground source.

 

Using a 2PDT (ON-ON) switch connect the 2 wires from the trans. to the center poles and then connect the  2 ECU shift solenoid wires to one side and the 2 Rail shifter wires to the other side, see below option #1.
A SPDT (ON-OFF-ON) is used in Opt. 1 for switching the TC lock up On, Off or TCM controlled, connect the wire from the transmission to the center pole.

Gear- Solenoids      

 1st   - #1 On #2 Off

 2nd  - #1 On #2 On

 3rd   - #1 Off #2 On

 4th   - #1 Off #2 Off                              

Great install link with pictures and write up: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=996009&highlight=Baja+shifter

 

 

Basic Wiring Schematic Options 

12V +    
Rail
  #2  Shifter
        
  #1
  
misc   TC  SPDT 12V+
    ON/OFF
         
TCM                
            #2     TC
              
 #1Transmission
misc    
          Opt. 2          
12V+    
Rail
#2 Shifter
     
   
   2PDT  #1
misc  On/On SPDT 
      ON/OFF/ON  
          12V+     
TCM                 
          #2    TC 
                
  #1Transmission 
misc      
  
Trans. Connect to center terminals             
 on switches       OPT. 1          
misc
 
       
TCM                 
         #2         TC
              
 #1Transmission
misc    
FACTORY

                                                          

 

                                                                      Shown above is gear shift sequence for the Rail Shifter.


Solenoid control wires and TC lock up wire location on left side of Aisin Warner trans. and the 3 wires taped off.

 

                                  


 

More Tech info:

This is from a post on YotaTech:

With the No 2 solenoid malfunctioning, and the tranny lever in "L", the truck will stay in 1st gear... no matter how high the revs are.

With the No 2 solenoid malfunctioning, and the tranny lever in "2", the truck will start in 1st, and stay in 1st gear until the revs and speed are right for it to shift to 3rd gear. (2nd gear will be skipped)

With the No 2 solenoid malfunctioning, and the tranny lever in "D", the truck will start in 1st, and stay in 1st gear until the revs and speed are right for it to shift into O/D. (2nd and 3rd gears will be skipped)

 

Here is wiring debugging info for my AW4/A340 shifters:

 

Correct wiringReversed wiring
Position#1#2GearPosition#1#2Gear
1stonoff1st1stoffon3rd
2ndonon2nd2ndonon2nd
3rdoffon3rd3rdonoff1st
4th offoff4th4th offoff4th
Switch #1 bad (off)Switch #1 bad (on)
Position#1#2GearPosition#1#2Gear
1stoffoff4th1stonoff1st
2ndoffon3rd2ndonon2nd
3rdoffon3rd3rdonon2nd
4th offoff4th4th onoff1st
Switch #2 bad (off)Switch #2 bad (on)
Position#1#2GearPosition#1#2Gear
1stonoff1st1stonon2nd
2ndonoff1st2ndonon2nd
3rdoffoff4th3rdoffon3rd
4th offoff4th4th offon3rd