Have you removed an aftermarket car alarm? Did the car start afterward? :)

[freebeard]

Dang nab it!

Veteran's Day slipped past me. I missed the free chicken dinner at the VFW.

It will soon be two weeks since my car was vandalized. The ignition switch housing is in the hands of someone who will try to find a new lock cylinder and install it. Then I can repair the car.

Right now I could short out the switch that buzzes when the key is inserted and then use an smol flat-tip screwdriver to turn the electrical switch that is danging under the dashboard.

Too late for that.

[Xist]

May the odds ever be in your favor.

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by deleted bot post

Aftermarket installs, in particular, can sometimes interfere with vehicle operation.

In this case, incompetent vandalism. They drove a self-tapping screw into the lock cyllinder and snapped the head off, immobilizing the vehicle. They never got to the point of finding out it didn't even have a battery.

Xist -- I figured out that the one time it failed to start [with a flat-tip screwdriver] was because I turned the swich counter-clockwise. It goes straight to start without power to the ignition. I'm getting more comfortable with the startup procedure, and it not just going off arbitrarily in midflight.

An OEM part will appear as a Christmas present and be installed by the owner/operator. Before the 'professional with thorough electrical knowledge of your vehicle' is back [from the Philippines] with the original part.