Wedge Alarm System -- Help!
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Hello Fellow Petrolheads:
In April, I purchased a 450SE. When I looked at the car, I may have overlooked the alarm system. Today, I accidentally set off the alarm, which activated the immobiliser. I hit the key fob deactivation button, and stopped the alarm thinking that that would also disengage the immobiliser as well. WRONG. After pulling the fuse, and then disconnecting the CV plug from the unit, the immobiliser was still engaged. As I poked around the alarm, I found a 'rubber nipple' that, when opened, produced a key switch, which must be the immobiliser deactivation switch but it is a completely different key, which I never received at the time of the sale. In contacting the previous owner, he also never received any key when he bought it from the orignial owner. The alarm has 'DIGITAL' printed on the key fob, as well as the unit itself, and Model MPT 1340, printed on the back of the key fob. The car sold at David Gerald in October 1990, but a sticker on the alarm looks as if it was independently fitted November 1992. I have spent several hours today searching for information on this company, but to no evail. So...
Does anyone know if DIGITAL still exists so I can have a new key cut, OR can I take the unit apart to disengage the immobiliser, OR is there a simplistic way to override the system? Thanks much for your help
Shawn
In April, I purchased a 450SE. When I looked at the car, I may have overlooked the alarm system. Today, I accidentally set off the alarm, which activated the immobiliser. I hit the key fob deactivation button, and stopped the alarm thinking that that would also disengage the immobiliser as well. WRONG. After pulling the fuse, and then disconnecting the CV plug from the unit, the immobiliser was still engaged. As I poked around the alarm, I found a 'rubber nipple' that, when opened, produced a key switch, which must be the immobiliser deactivation switch but it is a completely different key, which I never received at the time of the sale. In contacting the previous owner, he also never received any key when he bought it from the orignial owner. The alarm has 'DIGITAL' printed on the key fob, as well as the unit itself, and Model MPT 1340, printed on the back of the key fob. The car sold at David Gerald in October 1990, but a sticker on the alarm looks as if it was independently fitted November 1992. I have spent several hours today searching for information on this company, but to no evail. So...
Does anyone know if DIGITAL still exists so I can have a new key cut, OR can I take the unit apart to disengage the immobiliser, OR is there a simplistic way to override the system? Thanks much for your help
Shawn
Don't know if its the same but my recesed key on one car I owned was to stop the alarm going off when disconnecting the battery for whatever reason. It was a castle type key. On the thatcham web site, there is a list of approved alarms, might be on there.(lost the link, but was brought up by someone on here, try a search)
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