unkut
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Ok, I've got a 1998 Deville with roughly 90k miles. Now about a year ago it started giving me some problems. When I'd go to start it to leave, it would light up, chime, the whole nine yards, but once I turned the key to engage the starter, everything would black out and act as if the battery was dead! So normally I'd get a jump from someone and after a few minutes it would start.
Then one day I was getting ready to go to work and it just wouldn't start....PERIOD! It said, "Security Problem"... then "Car May Not Start"... then "Starting Disabled"... then "Remove Key"! SO I replaced the ignition switch with the VATS wire and it came with 2 "dummy" keys without the pellet in them. Now I installed the ignition switch and tried to start it.... SAME DAMN PROBLEM! So then I went out and grabbed a new battery and put that in. Now I never thought about taking one of the "dummy" keys to the dealer to have a original key with the pellet (resistor) cut, haha.
But anyways, since then I've done A LOT of reading and have since cut the orange wire that comes from the new ignition to the bundle of wires in the connector. Then I went to the dealer and discovered that out of the 15 possible #'s of keys, mine was a #10, which is a resistence of 3740. So now my problem is, inside the orange wire there are 2 white wires. Which after I cut & spliced them, I now have 4 white wires. First off, where do I get a resistor with the 3740??? Radio Shack and everyone else acts like it dosen't exist! Then, how exactly does the resistor get installed (a pic or even handdrawn example in MS Paint would be GREAT)???
So then this brings me to my final question. Say I install this resistor and still nothing happens. What are my other possibilities??? The Dealer to get raped??? Hell, they wanted $500 to put in the new ignition and I got it for $65 and installed it in 35 minutes, hahaha! PLEASE help me here!!!! I'm on my last leg and REALLY need to get this car running for my father, who is 71 years old. His car blew its motor and without any transportation it could be life threatening with his medical condition! I'd really appreciate ANY and ALL help!!! I'll also get some pics of where I'm at later and post them......
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1998 Cadillac Deville (SECURITY PROBLEM) - 
