VATS Bypass Installation
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VATS Bypass Installation
Thank goodness my VATS bypass arrived today, and not a day too soon. I got out of work tonight, went out to the car, and it turned over but did not fire up. Tried immediately, and nothing........
Waited 20 minutes, and it fired right up.
Got the VATS Bypass kit from Mid America in the mail today.
Is installing the Bypass as easy as the instructions make it sound???
Waited 20 minutes, and it fired right up.
Got the VATS Bypass kit from Mid America in the mail today.
Is installing the Bypass as easy as the instructions make it sound???
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (jfb)
Hey, last night the 91 started and stalled. It would crank but would not start. This is the second time this has happened. The first time it restarted after 15 or so minutes. Last night I left it and went to dinner. 3 Hours later I returned and it refired like nothing had happened. Is my problem this VATS thing? I tried putting the key in and out several times and also rubbed it (don't ask) but nothing helped. Da....Frank
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Husker Vette)
Installed it today. Start to finish 10 minutes.......
It was pretty simple.
Frank C - your problem does not sound like a Vats related problem, but I think you put another post out there and got some answers.
It was pretty simple.
Frank C - your problem does not sound like a Vats related problem, but I think you put another post out there and got some answers.
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (jfb)
And then your vette can EASILY be stolen by the most dufi of thieves. And most of them are!!! :smash:
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Smash)
You cannot stop a determined or intelligent car thief and this is why you have theft insurance or should. But......99% of thefts are ones of opportunity where the thief breaks into the car, breaks the column and jumps the ignition switch. I know several C4 owners locally that went out to their car and found a busted window and column, but the car didn't budge an inch because the thief was too stupid to defeat VATS. Their insurance paid for the repairs. If the VATS was owner defeated, their insurance company would have paid book value for their cars when 30 days went by without locating their car (most policies have this provision). Most car owners cannot replace their cars with the book price. If defeating your VATS is such a good idea, be sure on Monday to call your insurance company and tell them that you defeated your VATS and post their reply. I have been driving my 87 vette now for 12 years , every day, and I have been stopped by the ign sw contacts wearing out and VATS preventing starting for one day out of 12 years and I had the ignitiion switch replaced. For the life of me I cannot understand why anyone who can think logically, would defeat VATS and put their C4 in a state for an easy steal.
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Smash)
Did you know you can jump a few pins in the connector, and it will flash the VATS code? So much for a security system.
Perhaps this is a valid statement on later VATS systems where the function is incorporated into one of the other vehicle computers, but the poster has an '86 and you have an '86. I just don't think this is a valid statement with regards to an '86. Which pins? Which connector? Please enlighten me. :rolleyes:
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Smash)
Let's hope so. I'd like to know what they're talking about. So much smoke get's blown here by people that don't have a clue now that the Forum is so big, it's hard to to separate the diamonds from the coal.
Kale, where are you and why are you up at this time of the morning?
Kale, where are you and why are you up at this time of the morning?
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Smash)
I'll try the search. Get some rest.
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Smash)
I know Craig well. If I can't find it in the search, I'll e-mail him.
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Re: VATS Bypass Installation (Ray Quayle)
Found it in search. It was Craig that posted it. As I suspected, it applies to cars that have the CCM. '90 and up. So for Husker's '87, he can't "jump a few pins in the connector, and it will flash the VATS code".
