

| Subject: | Hidden alarm - short? or disarming engine? |
| From: | Bassim Dowidar |
| Date: | Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:21:28 -0700 |
Hi all - got an '87 Weekender, sold under the auspices of an 88, which one day, the day of a camping trip of course, refused to start. doesn't even get to the starter - just some clicking at the relay box when you turn the key. Now for the kicker. every few turns of the key, an alarm sounds, sometimes just one chirp, sometimes a whole string of 'em like someone forgot their alarm was on and tried to open the door. We didn't even know it had an alarm! We even got a chirp out of it just pushing it into the garage - the key wasn't even in the ignition! just a reminder, it was starting fine, brilliantly in fact before all this happened and no sign of chirping or alarming. So finally my question. 1.there's an alarm right? 2. how do I yank it out? 3. will yanking it solve my starting problems? 4. is this a short preventing starting or the actual function of the alarm? 5. Is there a way to start the van bypassing the ignition? I once heard that you could lay a screwdriver across the solenoid..... OK, so that's more than one question but anyway thanks ahead of time for the help. b 'the b' d in seattle ===== IN Xanadu did Kublai Khan a stately pleasuredome decree..... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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