cutting the starter wire

KPierson wrote: I wouldn't use a 25 watt iron to do a starter wire, but I bet it could be done.  When working with any thicker wires in the car I use a Craftsman soldering gun. The place you cut it doesn't really matter as long as you can access the cut and it's not so close to a harness that you can't splice both sides back together.  The guy in the car I had to fix cut the starter wire rigth were it comes down from the column.  I had to drop the bottom of the column to get to the wire - he didn't drop the bottom of the column and the results were the connection only lasted 2 weeks.

okay, what solder gun to get for a okay price? which crafstman solder gun? what size weight solder?

I just went to sear and bought that one, 230/1500 watt heavy duty soldering gun part 954046. so the 60/40 solder is best for alarm installs?

hey does the hood pin switch ahve to be mounted under the hood to metal to activate and deactivate?

Yes the chassis of the hood switch needs to be mounted to the chassis of the vehicle.

I have a 300c 2005, I think at the front of the car it hard plastic I think, i will check. any other goo spots for this car for the hood pin? does the star washer mount to the body of the car then the nut on top?

The hood switch doesn't necessarily have to be mounted to the chassis for it to work, i learned a trick from a fellow twelve volter, if you have to mount on plastic according to the switch you are using when you depress it there should be two parts the bottom part being seperated from the upper part, simply ground the upper part with a ring terminal around the switch crimped on to a wire where the other end goes to ground, the the bottom of the switch goes to the hood trigger wire of the alarm, there are many different types of pin switches if you gave the info on what type i may be able to help you better!commit your way to jehovah and he will act in your behalf. psalms 37:5

If you do cut the starter wire and add a starter kill relay, just make sure you know how to override the alarm just in case you can't use the remote,on Viper alarms you use the valet button, with the key in the on position press the valet button 1 time within 15 seconds. After 5 seconds it should disarm the alarm, default is set to 1 (but can be changed 1-5)**advanced mecp certified

I check the front it metal, tested it with a magnet it stuck so got to be metal.