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Title: The Brillunce of Turtle
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Published: Nov 7, 2013
Author: Turtle
Post Date: 2013-11-07 10:39:58 by Turtle
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Actually it's the brilliance of YouTube and the internet.
The security light came on on my 1999 Chevy Lumina. The mechanics I called quoted right at $300 (and the dealer $500) to fix the problem, which was changing the lock cylinder (which I can do but never have done).
When I checked on YouTube a bunch of guys said no, no, no, cut the orange wire under the dash (which goes to that crappy Vehicle Anti-Theft system), solder in enough resistors to match the resistor in the key, and you're done.
So I did it and the light went out. The car runs fine.
Cost: $10 for a 500 multipack of resistors, $5 for solder. I already had a $30 multimeter to test resistance and a cigarette lighter to melt solder.
Spent $15, save at least $285.
Without YouTube I would have had to pull the steering wheel and change the lock cylinder.
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#1. To: Turtle (#0)
Utter brillunce.
How did you know what ohm resistor to start with???

Cynicom posted on 2013-11-07 10:43:51 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#2. To: Cynicom (#1)
I used my multimeter to read it off of the resistor pellet in the key. It read 7,625 ohms. The closest I could get by wiring resistors together was 7,608, which is within a fraction of one percent. It works as long as it's within five percent either way.
A friend watching me, who knows nothing about cars, could not watch me cut the wire, especially after I told him that when I did the car would never start again unless I soldered the resistors. He couldn't believe it when it worked, but I watched six guys do it on YouTube, and it worked just fine every time.

Turtle posted on 2013-11-07 11:15:45 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#3. To: Turtle (#2)
off of the resistor pellet in the key.

OK
Too olde to do any such anymore.

Cynicom posted on 2013-11-07 11:44:14 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#4. To: Cynicom (#3)
That VAT stuff is nonsense. Who would steal a Chevy Lumina, even when brand-new? One of the good things about bypassing the anti-theft system is that I can use a metal key, instead of spending $50 to buy a key with a resister chip in it.
When my Doubting Thomas friend told me, "Are you sure this will work?" I told him everyone has to do everything the first time, otherwise nothing would ever get done.

Turtle posted on 2013-11-07 12:32:29 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
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