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Old 10-10-2006, 09:45 PM
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Ok so im gonna bypass my VATS.
I set my volt meter to 20k and i got a reading of .88. Im guessin that it means 8,800 OH. Radio shack didn't have a resistor for 8,800. Any ideas?
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Put A group of resistors together that come close to that sum of 8800 ohms.
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ok well the exact amount is 8820. How close to that value do I have to be?
Old 10-10-2006, 10:21 PM
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did this couple months ago you have to be within the actual 5% key resistance
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someone correct me if i'm wrong, but a 8500 or 9000 resistor should work. i know the one in my car fell inbetween the two so i went with the lower one and havnt had a problem.
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Originally Posted by kamikazematt
someone correct me if i'm wrong, but a 8500 or 9000 resistor should work. i know the one in my car fell inbetween the two so i went with the lower one and havnt had a problem.

sounds good enough to me im gonna try a 8500 and see how it goes.
Old 10-11-2006, 05:36 PM
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Why cant you just disable it in the PCM?
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u can if you have a programmer.
Old 10-13-2006, 01:55 PM
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When connecting resistors together should I solder them together or just electrical tape?
Old 10-14-2006, 08:06 PM
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i did this just today....I wrapped the wires together and used a small amount of soder to hold them together. I suck at soddering it's like an art form and i suck at art....but hey it did fix my car
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OK I hooked the resistors up today and no juice. The only difference is that now with the resistors hooked up two the wires the security light will stay on the the key is turned as opposed to flashing. Any ideas?
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Dunno, 8500? http://shbox.com/1/4th_gen_tech2.html#pass_key
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did you use just one resistor or a few of them wired/soder together? if more than one you might want to check the resistance between the two ends just to make sure its still close to the value you need. the light stayin on indicates that the resistance is out of range.
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Originally Posted by 2001NBMZ28

Yeah thanks for helping me realize that its 880 and not 8800. Didn't matter. I went to the store and got one for 560 and one for 330 and put them together giving me 890 which should work. Hooked it up and nothing. Didn't even read the resistance was out of range by keeping the light on. It just started blinking again. Oh yeah and now my battery is dead. This sucks
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Finally fixed. For a while there I thought I was an idiot but turns out something very rare happend. Somehow the VATS and my starter relay both went out. Weird right.




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