HELP! Looks like one of the contacts broke in my column ignition cylinder last night and the dreaded 'SECURITY' light came on and no crank. I have looked into the Vats bypass resister trick and came across a module made by Override Motorsports. They are on ebay, but when I googled them, they show closed permanently in Michigan, but the ebay listing shows an Arizona shipping address.

Anyone dealt with them before?

 

 

I am an electronic ignoramus when it comes to these things, so your last sentence might as well have been in Greek! This is a daily driver that I need rolling pronto, and I can't get it to someone to reprogram the ECU if I can't start it. Do you know how the Baker unit installs?

 

 

 

AAAAND... wouldn't you know it, the damn thing fired right up tonight!! I thought I would 'give it one more shot'- you know, what we all do when we go out to start these 30 year old cars in the morning(!) and it turned over like a horny old lady! The day I had this issue, the ignition key pulled out of the ignition while the engine was running, with no problems- the engine kept running- so I put it back in and parked it. That's when I had issues on restart- anyone have this problem or experience something similar?? I am stumped, but I am still going to bypass this damn VATS!!!

 

 

 

If the vats wire in the column breaks it is close enough to sometimes still make contact. Just install a new ignition tumbler with the vats wire and new key and all will be fixed. No need to bypass if fixed correctly.