VATS bypassed
VATS bypassed I had an intermittent problem with the VATS on my 96 WS6. I bypassed it because I was tired of getting stuck at random places in town. I learned a bit about electronics:
1. like better places to by resisters in town,
2. how to solder, (its like welding for at a retirement home, kinda fun)
3. to combine resisters (adding up the ohms) you have to put them in series, and if you put them in parallel it will actually become half of the lowest resistor. It took me a few hours to figure that out.
The only thing is now the car starts every time (yea!) but the security light stays on at all times (boo!) I thought I read someplace that happens when you do the resistor bypass but I can't find that again. anyone else have this? I might just take out that bulb, i hate stuff lit on the dash.
1. like better places to by resisters in town,
2. how to solder, (its like welding for at a retirement home, kinda fun)
3. to combine resisters (adding up the ohms) you have to put them in series, and if you put them in parallel it will actually become half of the lowest resistor. It took me a few hours to figure that out.
The only thing is now the car starts every time (yea!) but the security light stays on at all times (boo!) I thought I read someplace that happens when you do the resistor bypass but I can't find that again. anyone else have this? I might just take out that bulb, i hate stuff lit on the dash.
Last edited by Steel185; Jun 27, 2009 at 11:23 PM. Reason: easier to understand
Right way to fix the problem is replace the coolant level sensor.
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I had an intermittent problem with the VATS on my 96 WS6. I bypassed it because I was tired of getting stuck at random places in town. I learned a bit about electronics:
1. like better places to by resisters in town,
2. how to solder, (its like welding for at a retirement home, kinda fun)
3. to combine resisters (adding up the ohms) you have to put them in series, and if you put them in parallel it will actually become half of the lowest resistor. It took me a few hours to figure that out.
The only thing is now the car starts every time (yea!) but the security light stays on at all times (boo!) I thought I read someplace that happens when you do the resistor bypass but I can't find that again. anyone else have this? I might just take out that bulb, i hate stuff lit on the dash.
1. like better places to by resisters in town,
2. how to solder, (its like welding for at a retirement home, kinda fun)
3. to combine resisters (adding up the ohms) you have to put them in series, and if you put them in parallel it will actually become half of the lowest resistor. It took me a few hours to figure that out.
The only thing is now the car starts every time (yea!) but the security light stays on at all times (boo!) I thought I read someplace that happens when you do the resistor bypass but I can't find that again. anyone else have this? I might just take out that bulb, i hate stuff lit on the dash.
http://shbox.com/1/pass_key.html
I thought about bypassing it myself like this, when my VATS system took a **** on me, at the track. But, me and electrical stuff aren't really the best combo. So, I just ordered the plug-n-play bypass off eBay for like $18.
