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jwarren808 
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Posted: April 05, 2014 at 11:53 AM / IP Logged  
no, i really appreciate your help, advise and input on this, and realise you get paid to do similar stuff and that you don't have to do this.
when i re-connected the siren wire back up, i used butt connectors, crimping the stripped wire ends with a ratcheting crimping tool, and i did put match up the right wires.      
i remember seeing two fuse holders, on red wires that were either 10 or 20 amp, and i think there was a yellow wire with a black rubber fuse holder that was empty?, so maybe thats for the siren?   i will check
so until i find or buy new toggle switch, your saying i can just connect the white and black wires for the toggle together ? to emulate the switch ?     
jwarren808 
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Posted: April 05, 2014 at 12:46 PM / IP Logged  
if i were to buy a new toggle switch, do you know what type of toggle switch i would need exactly ?   i know its just one of those metal toggle switches, and i think it had a 2-pin connector on the back possibly ?,   but do i look for one that accepts a certain amount of volts? or anything like that?   cause i know they have them at radio shack and other stores, but i want to make sure i get the right kind that will work with the alarm system?
jwarren808 
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Posted: April 05, 2014 at 4:49 PM / IP Logged  
after looking, i noticed theres a 10amp fuse on the red wire and 10amp fuse on the RED / white wire, and not the 5amp and 20amp like you said?, does that matter?   and theres a rubber fuse holder on the black wire that goes to the siren, with the yellow and red wires, but no fuse is in it?, should it have a fuse there?
howie (aka: harryharris)
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Posted: April 06, 2014 at 2:50 AM / IP Logged  
The first point is that before crimping you should test, in fact on old dogs like this test everything.
No the yellow wire to siren doesn't have a fuse.
Red = 10amps.
RED / white = 20amps.
Radio shack Model: 275-324.
Frankly any single pole on off switch will suffice, what worries me is your lack of competence/understanding to do this, i.e. the switch questions, it took me less than a minute to Google "Radio Shack Switches".
Also your yellow wire question, trace it, see what it's for; you've told me you have the diagram, look at it translate it to your car.
Test before boxing up.
jwarren808 
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Posted: April 06, 2014 at 5:49 AM / IP Logged  
i was able to get it working good again,    
i bought a new toggle switch at radio shack, and just guessed on what kind i needed (it was before i saw your reply with the kind i needed), so i got 2 different ones to try, and i stripped the white and black wires and just twisted them through the holes and around the terminals on back of toggle switch, and put a 20amp fuse on the black wire for siren which had a fuseholder that was empty.
i plugged the brain to the harness and hooked the battery back up and, and first thing i saw was blinking led light, then i turned the key to on position, and flipped the toggle switch, and then it was solid led, and the remote was'nt doing anything to it when pressing arm or disarm, then and i think i turned the key to on again and flipped toggle once more, and the led light went off.
then i closed the door and tried pressing remote button to arm it,   and to my surprise it armed and the light was blinking and then disarmed and light went offk,   also the siren was working normal when arming & disarming,   and then when it was armed, i opened the door and it triggered the alarm to go off.    so it worked,   i was kind of surprised, cause i did'nt think it was going to be so easy?,   but i'm glad its working again so i can use it.      
so thanks for helping me out with your advise and opinions
howie (aka: harryharris)
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Posted: April 06, 2014 at 5:51 AM / IP Logged  
Thank you, phew what is white wire for? clifford arrow2 - Page 2 -- posted image.
Test before boxing up.
jwarren808 
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Posted: April 06, 2014 at 5:58 AM / IP Logged  
as far as it being hard for me to find what switch i needed, it did'nt say anything anywhere on the manual or wire diagram for the arrow 2 on what kind of toggle switch is needed to work with the system, plus i googled all over the place, just got a bunch of different alarm install pdf guides and i found a bunch of toggle switches on ebay and other sites that were for alarm valet switches but they did'nt say what specs they had or what amps/volts they were for accepting ?,   
keep in mind i did'nt know just any type of single pole on/off switch would work, cause i'm not familiar with toggle switches and alarms, and i was trying to find out the right kind i need for the alarm i had, but i never found that answer, but happened to pick one that works fine.
howie (aka: harryharris)
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Posted: April 06, 2014 at 6:02 AM / IP Logged  
You're also extremely lucky in that Gen 1 to 4 Cliffords were the Rolls Royce of car alarms, in fact in the early-mid 90s RR used a stripped Clifford Eagle as their only factory fit alarm.
So if you have Alpine Audio and a Clifford Alarm you have the best.
Test before boxing up.
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