Has anyone installed the homelink in their overhead console on a 2500HD/3500HD LT? Just wondered if the wires and all were there and it was straight forward or not. We bought the truck off the lot and would have liked to have gotten this option.

Also let me know if this is not the right place to post this Q...

Thanks

You can pretty much plug it in and play right away with one out of a suburban or whatever, however, it's not wired the same. You will have to turn on/off the OH light before the power will come to it. Otherwise you will have to run a hot wire off the fuse box. I'm lazy and just flip the light. I figure it's a poor man's security feature..:o:

I installed the homelink on my '02 and just hooked up to the alltime power wire up there. Easy install.

Thanks for the advice! Where did you guys get your Homelinks from? Wrecking yard? Dealer's Parts Dept.? What should I expect to shell out for one?

Thanks again for your help...

Check Ebay. They have them there.

Has anyone installed the homelink in their overhead console on a 2500HD/3500HD LT? Just wondered if the wires and all were there and it was straight forward or not. We bought the truck off the lot and would have liked to have gotten this option.

Also let me know if this is not the right place to post this Q...

Thanks

about a year or so ago some one posted the installation of a homelink in the overhead console. You might do a search on homelink and see what falls out.

Jim

Here's what I wrote in the other thread:

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Whattya need to know? Buy a console off ebay with the module in it. Talking long consoles, you want to find one from a Tahoe, Yukon or 'Burban. Most of those will also have the rear A/C controls that we don't need, but make them attractive to resell, and I THINK (not sure, though) that the Blazer/Jimmy ones will work too. The S-truck panels may not be the same exact color or grain pattern, thats the sticking point.

You want to find the ones with the 3 separate buttons (all the buttons look alike), because IIRC those are the ones that work with the newer openers with the varying codes. I think the older "oval button" homelink modules will work, too, but I'm not sure about opener compatibility.

In my case, I had the long console, so I just veryyyyyy carefully took out the "garage door opener" door by gently prying up on the hinge tabs while easing the door hinge pins out....1 at a time, and, again, veryyyyyy carefully. After you separate the wiring harness, do the same to the other console's Homelink module. You have to "open" the module first, because it is not really a "door" like the other ones.

WATCH THOSE HINGE PINS! I can't stress this enough!

Reinstall the Homelink in your console by first threading the wiring up through to match how it was in the other, then gently push the hinge pins back into the tabs and snap the module closed. Match the wires up to the appropriate color ones (power {orange}, ground {was that black or white...I forget}, lighting {brown, I think}) already there for the overhead lights and connect them up.

Reinstall your console, and use the instructions at www.homelink.com (http://www.homelink.com/) to program it, and away you go.

Now the neat part...... reinstall your old door in the console you bought, and then resell it. You make some money back!!!!!

You can usually find consoles for about $50-75 on ebay. You could even try your local boneyard. Sure beats the hell out of $200+!!!!!!!!!!

Now, if you have a shorty style console, I don't have intimate experience with those, but from what I've seen, you'll probably also have to find one from a Tahoe, Yukon or 'Burban (like posted above). These may also have the rear AC controls in them, like the longer one. The S-consoles definitely don't work here. You'd probably have to take out the A/C controls and wiring, and then swap out your blank panel (or Attitude/Gauge mount) into the new one, and then mount the new console. Swap the other parts back into your old one and resell that!

This was one of the first mods I did, since the BigRedTruck was to spend its life sleeping inside, and I HATED the garage door opener door in my console.

Hope this helps!


Tom :pig: