Date:         Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:21:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Bassim Dowidar <handfulofdimes@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bassim Dowidar <handfulofdimes@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Hidden alarm  - short? or disarming engine?
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Hi all -
got an '87 Weekender, sold under the auspices of an
88, which one day, the day of a camping trip of
course, refused to start. doesn't even get to the
starter - just some clicking at the relay box when you
turn the key.
Now for the kicker. every few turns of the key, an
alarm sounds, sometimes just one chirp, sometimes a
whole string of 'em like someone forgot their alarm
was on and tried to open the door. We didn't even know
it had an alarm! We even got a chirp out of it just
pushing it into the garage - the key wasn't even in
the ignition! just a reminder, it was starting fine,
brilliantly in fact before all this happened and no
sign of chirping or alarming.
So finally my question. 1.there's an alarm right?
2. how do I yank it out?
3. will yanking it solve my starting problems?
4. is this a short preventing starting or the actual
function of the alarm?
5. Is there a way to start the van bypassing the
ignition? I once heard that you could lay a
screwdriver across the solenoid.....
OK, so that's more than one question but anyway thanks
ahead of time for the help.


b 'the b' d
in seattle

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