1994 possible wiring issue
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1994 possible wiring issue Have a 1994 firebird, just replaced the entire interior including dash and steering column from a donor car, before the swap I didn’t have a key but the car would at least crank with a screw driver, now I have a key with the new column but the car will no longer crank, all of the lights work and radio, but the car will no turn over, I tried to put the old column back in just to see it it would crank again but it no longer will. There was a security light on with the old column because of the vats im assuming but now that light is no longer there with either column. Tried to see if maybe I missed something that was not plugged in but no luck, any ideas?
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If your old car turned with a screwdriver and had VATS, it must have had a resistor spliced in to bypass the VATS.
On your new setup, your BCM (wherever it came from) will need to see a roper VATS resistance before starting.
If your old car turned with a screwdriver and had VATS, it must have had a resistor spliced in to bypass the VATS.
On your new setup, your BCM (wherever it came from) will need to see a roper VATS resistance before starting.
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Have a 1994 firebird, just replaced the entire interior including dash and steering column from a donor car, before the swap I didn’t have a key but the car would at least crank with a screw driver, now I have a key with the new column but the car will no longer crank, all of the lights work and radio, but the car will no turn over, I tried to put the old column back in just to see it it would crank again but it no longer will. There was a security light on with the old column because of the vats im assuming but now that light is no longer there with either column. Tried to see if maybe I missed something that was not plugged in but no luck, any ideas?
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