hotwire my VB - ignition stuffed!

[forest]

hey all... anyone know how to hotwire a VB commodore? my ignition is stuffed and i live in the bush so i have no way of getting anywhere to fix it!

problem is when i turn the key nothing happens, after about 100 turns of the key suddenly it works! (pain in the proverbial!)

any ideas to get it going? :bang:

 

[bangers]

turn the key so the reds are on. open the bonnet. arc out the starter motor with a screwdriver. you do this by puting the screwdriver across the 2 terminals and effectively closing the circuit. you have to be quick or you'll weld the screwdriver to the starter motor!

 

[forest]

thanks!

just trying that now... thanks for lending a hand!

 

[VN_Luke]

*waits for "how to detach welded screwdriver thread*

hehehe

good luck!

 

[brohawk]

lol if that dnt work you can bypass the switch make a small jumper cable out of a short wire and join the one on the far left to the one on the far right. and that will start it.

 

[VN_Luke]

failing that, you might be able to take some coverings off the steering column where there'll be a rod that goes into your ignition switch, maybe this rod has gone out of whack as it used to slide around a bit on my torana (if it's the same mechanism)

slide rod, start car.

 

[forest]

all going!

cheers! thanks heaps man