Track Nanny

[Tom]

I've made this 3-video playlist to help everyone understand all that the Track Nanny does and how to install it in a GT4:

Thanks for the videos - super helpful! A few notes for fellow 718 GT4 folks:

@9:35 - the hose with the green button that is being disconnected is a COOLANT hose, so be prepared. I was not, and coolant started spilling out so I immediately plugged it back in and was able to continue the install with the hose in place. FWIW - it had been ~7 hours since I parked the car before I started the install.

Removing the stock wire connector - the stock wire connector took considerable force to remove (even with the gray lock unlocked). I was initially stuck here until I plugged the Track Nanny plugs together (to themselves) and realized how much force it took to separate them - I'd suggest trying this to get a feel for the force required if your stock plug doesn't easily come out once you unlock it. I had to put channel locks on the stock connector to get it unplugged.

Fuse jumper - it wasn't clear to me that this install required both fuse blanks in the jumper to be filled with 15amp fuses (and dual 15s seems like a lot here), but my car, which initially had a 15amp fuse in the place Danial suggests you install the jumper, needed two 15 amp* fuses. With only one 15 amp fuse, it threw two low circuit codes that I thought were a function of removing the 10 amp and 15 amp fuse (as Danial does in the video), but that wasn't the case. So, if your 718 GT4 is throwing P0598 and P0458 (and these will throw the Check Engine Light), re-check your jumper to make sure you have two 15 amp fuses installed and those fuses and the jumper are fully seated. Not sure if this is a limitation of the code reader I have, but both of these codes were "permanent" codes that I could not clear.

*It's possible a combination of the 15amp stock fuse plus a lesser rated fuse would work, but Tom supplies a 15amp with the Track Nanny, so dual 15s seems to be what's required (and that's what you have handy!).

Thanks all!
-3MOS

Good feedback, thanks. You definitely need to have both fuses in the fuse tap. The one I install provides protection for the circuit driving the Track Nanny. Fill the other slot with the one you remove from the car to install the tap. If you don't do that, the original circuit will not get power and act just like a blown fuse (with codes, etc.). Sorry that wasn't obvious -- I'll add a note to the effect going forward.