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wgrieves 
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Posted: January 25, 2006 at 6:01 PM / IP Logged  
I just did a remote start on a 98 Buick Century and it looks to have the vats security.
I have 2 white wires in a grey tube and the resistor in the key. I also have a green and a brown wire seperate frome the others for the key chime.
I cut the 2 white wires, installed the key and checked resistance. 887 ohms. Ok, I purchased a resistor within 1 ohm and just twisted the wires across the car side of the two but didn't hook up the key side at all for now. I will wire a relay later.
I started the car with the key to make sure it ran. It did.
I then started the car with the remote and it doesn't crank. I did it again and then put the key in and turned it right before the RS cranked and it started fine.
What am I missing? I even jumped the 2 , brown and green and it activated the key chime incase it was a key sence or something.
Or does it have to have one wire connected to the key side of the vat wires?
mobile1 
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Posted: January 25, 2006 at 6:40 PM / IP Logged  

sounds like you might be missing an ignition wire.

Pink = ign. 1

white or green = ign. 2

yellow = starter

orange = accy.

double check to make sure you have all of these connected. also check to see that the remote starter itself is putting power on these lines at the appropriate time.

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wgrieves 
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Posted: January 25, 2006 at 8:03 PM / IP Logged  
yes. Pink,white,and orange are hot in run.
brown is hot in run and acc. But I jumped power to it and the radio came on so its acc. Pink and white are hot in crank. I will double check tho.
And yes yellow is crank and hot by RS crank mode, but it doesn't crank. Unless key is turned to run after I hit the remote.
This is with the 2 white wires cut and the resistor closing the vat side.
Thanks for the reply.
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Posted: January 25, 2006 at 9:06 PM / IP Logged  

Don't know why you cut both White wires. You could have checked Resistance on the Key itself

You only need to cut 1,  hook to SPDT ( Single Pole Double Throw )Relay, with Resistor & put one end of resistor on other uncut wire.
Diagram:

http://www.wiringinstructions.com/237.htm

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wgrieves 
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Posted: January 29, 2006 at 8:07 AM / IP Logged  
Well, thanks for the advice... I had the orange acc. lead and the white 2nd ign. lead crossed on the RS.
The starer has a delay for the acc. , about 2-3 seconds. Enough to make the system not crank. I put a jumper across the two to test and it fired right up. Then corrected my mistake.
Thanks again.

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