Alarm???
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Drifting
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From: Plainfield IN
Alarm???
How do I find out if my car has an alarm - '78 I've only have had the car a couple months - got a bunch of Mickey Mouse crap to fix!! It has what looks like a horn in the leftside fender area close to the brake booster.
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That's easy.....................try to steal it!!!!!
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FYI, to stop the alarm you need to turn the key counterclockwise ( if you don't have the owners manual).
Once armed, another way is pull on the hood release and that should set off the alarm & also on later produced 78s if you tried to steal the t-tops by releasing the handle the alarm would go off. Not earlier produced cars.
Once armed, another way is pull on the hood release and that should set off the alarm & also on later produced 78s if you tried to steal the t-tops by releasing the handle the alarm would go off. Not earlier produced cars.
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FYI, to stop the alarm you need to turn the key counterclockwise ( if you don't have the owners manual).
Once armed, another way is pull on the hood release and that should set off the alarm & also on later produced 78s if you tried to steal the t-tops by releasing the handle the alarm would go off. Not earlier produced cars.
Once armed, another way is pull on the hood release and that should set off the alarm & also on later produced 78s if you tried to steal the t-tops by releasing the handle the alarm would go off. Not earlier produced cars.
Thanks for that.....guess I should have mentioned how to turn it off.
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Knowing that you did not ask...but the alarm system you have in your car from the factory is nothing more than a noise maker. And the alarm will run...is set off... to the point that it will kill you battery. A very early attempt for theft prevention.
Later year models used a module which turned off the horn to save your battery and also incorporated a starter interrupt relay...which made it so you could not crank the engine unless you disarmed the system first.
DUB
Later year models used a module which turned off the horn to save your battery and also incorporated a starter interrupt relay...which made it so you could not crank the engine unless you disarmed the system first.
DUB