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You can also do it off the ignition solenoid under the hood. I rigged my friend's 85 RamCharger that way once. His key switch went bad and he needed a way to get home. Look for the post that has the IGN marks by it then run a jumper to the hot post for the battery. You should see your gauges come on when you have done it right. You will need a toggle switch for the ignition system and a push button for the starter. You will need to hook up the jumper for the ignition circuit to the toggle switch on one side and the battery side of the toggle switch to the other side. The push button will be for the neutral safety bypass. if you do your wiring right you should have a toggle switch that turns on you ignition system and a push button switch that engages your starter. Make sure the wire is heavy enough for the voltage amount for the toggle switch
Sure can. cut the yellow wire off the ignition switch under the dash. Run a fused wire (40 Amp is good) from the battery to the push button. Put the yellow wire to the push button. Beware though, you are bypassing the neutral safety switch. It will crank anytime you push the button.
check your ignition switch solinoid, it could be shot or check your starter relays and fuses, check the theft prevention switch just under the ignition cylinder. there are multiple things that could be causing this problem, but if your like me, you can just bypass all the starting relays for the starter and run a switch inside the cab to push that runs directly from the battery to the starter, and install a push-start button on the dash. let me know if this has helped you any, good luck.
Check with your local lock smith, most of them cam reprogram your PATS system. Buy an ignition switch with keys from an autoparts warehouse or online but make sure that the one you order hase PATS keys. the description should not " programming required" You will have to have 2 keys.
put your key in the ignition switch leave it in the off position, press the remote start button, if it starts and you did not install a transponder bypass modual in it you will require one, if you need one let me know as I stock this item
I believe it is electrical, and someone, 1.Has tried to bypass the use of the correct ignition key, 2.Or a fusible link for the starter is blown.
Does the ignition key have a chip on the side of it? The 1990 Camaro uses an ignition key with a resistor on the side of it. (Chip)
I had a guy install a radio, cut many wires, then wired it up wrong. I found fusible links in the engine compartment that were blown, and wires that weren't hooked up correctly. Took a couple of days, plus the wiring schematic for the engine compartment, and interior, to figure out what he had done!
My suggestion would be to find out if the ignition key fits THAT car first. (Dealer info) Find out if it's the correct steering column. Then look under the engine compartment to check out the starter wiring. You'll need 1990 Camaro wiring diagrams.
The prior owner bypassed the ignition switch with that push button momentary switch, because either/or a fusible link has melted through, or it is the wrong ignition key. (And maybe a different steering column complete with key switch!)
The 'Chip' on the key is a resistor, and THE correct resistance is needed to bypass the theft deterrent system.
If your ignition switch is bad in your steering column, and the starter does not engage when the key is turned forward, then this is a quick fix for you.
BE SURE THE BATTERY IS DISCONECTED BEFORE YOU START WIRING. You can run some heave gauge (18 plus, and about 12 feet of it) wire to the top mount and the rear mount on the starter solenoid (one end of the wire to each, making a loop) Run the wire into the interior of the truck, and then install a toggle switch in the loop of wire. You will still have to turn on the key to engage the motor, but it will not start until you flip the toggle. That should get you by until you can replace the ignition switch in the column.
Maybe he also installed kill switch that you don't know about. Ask previous owner.
If not, maybe one the wires on his switch has come off or has corrosion.
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