(tech) the jealousy begins

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

Digifant cars were (are?) notorious for frying the computer with starter 
current if they have band engine grounds.

I wonder if a similar thing didn't happen to your clifford ignition 
disable?  I'm not sure I've ever heard of the igntion module/knock box 
frying in this case.

How hard is it to bypass the Clifford?

Drew


On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Cathy Boyko wrote:

> Well, we all know what happens when one ignores certain Sciroccos/buys "new"
> ones.
> Anyway, went out to drive the headache (miserable bitchy 16V, no Drew, you
> can't have it), and it started, then sputtered, then idled well for a few more
> seconds, and completely died (I thought the key had been turned off, it was
> very sudden). Anyway, the kid had borrowed the battery again, and the cables
> were loose, snugged them down, still no fire. Ground wire from the  coil to
> intake was a bit loose, so it got snugged up, and still nothing. The battery
> has a good charge (12.78V), it's cranking fast enough to do the job. Good gas
> smell from the exhaust. Further inspection revealed no spark from either the
> plug wires, or the one on the centre of the distributor from the coil. I went
> to look at the Bentley at this point, and recalled <ahem> that someone
> borrowed it at Cincy, and will be using the grey MkII one till I get it back.
> So what's the next most likely candidate? The Hall sender is less than a year
> old, but it wouldn't cause the no spark on the centre wire anyway, right?
> 
> So is the coil a likely candidate? (do they die suddenly or gradually?)It's
> original to the car. And if so, will the one from the poor 80 work? (that car
> starts and runs...)
> 
> The other complicatng factor is it has a Clifford ignition disable, but I
> don't think it would crank at all if it was the problem, somebody familiar
> with auto security can confirm/deny this.
> 
> Anyway, I await your input, I really don't have time to dick with it anyway,
> but if it's an easy thing, I'll go try it right now.
> 
> Thanks, Cathy
> 1979 green Rocco
> 1987 green with jealousy 16V
> etc.
> 
> 
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