84 will not start! help?
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84 will not start! help?
I have a 84 that will not start. believe it has something to do with the antitheft devise. Any way to disarm or by past this thing. When you try to start car up, antitheft light on dash comes on and says armed.
Car sat for awhile outside without door handle on car.
Any advise will help. Thanks Rich
Car sat for awhile outside without door handle on car.
Any advise will help. Thanks Rich
Team Owner
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Maybe. Test. Last guy on here who WAG'ed that, spent $23 on a relay, the time to change it, for nothing. Then he replaced hi$ battery...for nothing.
WAG'ing
Test.
This is easy. Do you have power at the starter motor? Lets start there...
WAG'ing
Test.
This is easy. Do you have power at the starter motor? Lets start there...
Last edited by Tom400CFI; Jun 12, 2014 at 10:27 PM.
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Drifting
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I have a 84 that will not start. believe it has something to do with the antitheft devise. Any way to disarm or by past this thing. When you try to start car up, antitheft light on dash comes on and says armed.
Car sat for awhile outside without door handle on car.
Any advise will help. Thanks Rich
Car sat for awhile outside without door handle on car.
Any advise will help. Thanks Rich
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From: Anaheim CA
He asked that because the anti theft system disables the starter. It seems the problem is there. The anti theft system is armed by locking the car and disarmed by unlocking the car. Sometimes the switch on the door lock goes bad. I have heard of the system not quite getting completely disarmed because the door lock was not returned to the vertical position.
You can test the anti theft system to see if it's functional by locking the door and then opening the door from the inside. The horn should honk when you do that. My car has power door locks and one time I had the window down and didn't want to find the keys in my pocket so I reached in through the window and hit the unlock button. The horn started honking, which I didn't expect.
Do other things work? The headlights, for example.
You can test the anti theft system to see if it's functional by locking the door and then opening the door from the inside. The horn should honk when you do that. My car has power door locks and one time I had the window down and didn't want to find the keys in my pocket so I reached in through the window and hit the unlock button. The horn started honking, which I didn't expect.
Do other things work? The headlights, for example.
Last edited by Cliff Harris; Jun 13, 2014 at 03:26 AM.
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You can test the anti theft system to see if it's functional by locking the door and then opening the door from the inside. The horn should honk when you do that. My car has power door locks and one time I had the window down and didn't want to find the keys in my pocket so I reached in through the window and hit the unlock button. The horn started honking, which I didn't expect.
OP said car cranks sometimes,, but not now. OP said nothing about alarms sounding (horn), as would be the case if the security system were active and mot recognizing keys etc.
Testing for power at the starter is a pretty basic/easy test.
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You're thinking VATS. The car is an '84 -- no VATS. The starter disable relay is controlled by the same anti theft system that honks the horn.
Melting Slicks
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Maybe. Test. Last guy on here who WAG'ed that, spent $23 on a relay, the time to change it, for nothing. Then he replaced hi$ battery...for nothing.
WAG'ing
Test.
This is easy. Do you have power at the starter motor? Lets start there...
WAG'ing
Test.
This is easy. Do you have power at the starter motor? Lets start there...
