need advice on vats
09-07-2015, 05:27 PM
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need advice on vats I have a 2000 trans am and it hasn't started the past four days now, other than yesterday after I got home from work and tried it but it won't start again today.
I've never messed with wiring other than a radio, so I really don't trust myself hacking apart the ignition wires..
Is there anything I can do to remedy this that doesn't involve cutting up wiring and having to test the wires and know what to connect where etc.
This is my daily driver and only car so I'm gonna be SOL if it doesn't start tomorrow when I need to go to campus.
If cutting the wires and all that is the only way does anyone have a link to a good detailed write up? I can't seem to find one that is not vague.
I've never messed with wiring other than a radio, so I really don't trust myself hacking apart the ignition wires..
Is there anything I can do to remedy this that doesn't involve cutting up wiring and having to test the wires and know what to connect where etc.
This is my daily driver and only car so I'm gonna be SOL if it doesn't start tomorrow when I need to go to campus.
If cutting the wires and all that is the only way does anyone have a link to a good detailed write up? I can't seem to find one that is not vague.
09-08-2015, 05:46 PM
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If you have a local tuner you can have them turn the vats off in the tune.
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09-11-2015, 11:07 AM
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You don't need to do any cutting of wires at all. you just need to find the resistance of your key and find a matching resistor. You then disconnect your VATS connector under your dash and you can insert the resistor on the back of the connector. checkout what some other people have done.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...how-video.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-m...how-video.html
12-09-2015, 03:37 PM
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I never ended up doing this and the car left me stranded on campus, sooo...
reading that link the guy says you can cut the connector off the end of the orange wire that comes out of the key cylinder and then wire in your correct resistor then plug it back the connector and leave the orange wire just cut and it doesn't have to be hooked into anything because the circuit is completed by the resistor you wired in??
I'm a total electrical noob but my parents are wanting to take it to the local mechanic as a christmas gift who said he'd fix it for $100 n I'd really hate for them to do that if I can fix it for $10..
reading that link the guy says you can cut the connector off the end of the orange wire that comes out of the key cylinder and then wire in your correct resistor then plug it back the connector and leave the orange wire just cut and it doesn't have to be hooked into anything because the circuit is completed by the resistor you wired in??
I'm a total electrical noob but my parents are wanting to take it to the local mechanic as a christmas gift who said he'd fix it for $100 n I'd really hate for them to do that if I can fix it for $10..
12-15-2015, 11:37 AM
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I never ended up doing this and the car left me stranded on campus, sooo...
reading that link the guy says you can cut the connector off the end of the orange wire that comes out of the key cylinder and then wire in your correct resistor then plug it back the connector and leave the orange wire just cut and it doesn't have to be hooked into anything because the circuit is completed by the resistor you wired in??
I'm a total electrical noob but my parents are wanting to take it to the local mechanic as a christmas gift who said he'd fix it for $100 n I'd really hate for them to do that if I can fix it for $10..
reading that link the guy says you can cut the connector off the end of the orange wire that comes out of the key cylinder and then wire in your correct resistor then plug it back the connector and leave the orange wire just cut and it doesn't have to be hooked into anything because the circuit is completed by the resistor you wired in??
I'm a total electrical noob but my parents are wanting to take it to the local mechanic as a christmas gift who said he'd fix it for $100 n I'd really hate for them to do that if I can fix it for $10..
The previous owner of my car actually did this bypass before I got the car and I didn't figure out he did this until I had the column torn apart and fixed one of the wires that I thought I broke and the car didn't start after everything was put back together. I then looked how to bypass it and found the resistor already there.
