Re: Please Help: I'm stranded

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Locate the main alarm unit. The valet switch is usually 2 thin wires leading
somewhere on the drivers side.

If all else fails, try pulling the wiring harness off the main alarm unit.
If the cutoff switch is not used, that will disable the alarm completely.

Jim Rojas


<scott_cleve1and@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1125235180.238857.319480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello all,
>
> I recently lost the keys to my car along with my car alarm remote. I
> purchased my '92 Celica from a used card dealer and it already had an
> alarm on it, installed by the previous owner and not the manufacturer.
> It is a Pursuit alarm.
>
> Since I've lost my alarm remote, I cannot turn my car on without
> setting off the alarm. How can I permanantly deactivate the alarm
> without having the remote to do it?
>
> I've not found a valet switch yet, but if I do find it, will I have to
> turn off the alarm to use it anyway? Any help would be very very
> apreciated since I'm stuck without a car now.
>
> Oh, and when my dad and I tried cutting the wires to the alarm about a
> year ago to deactivate it, it killed the car and it wouldn't start
> until we reconnected the wires.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Scott
>