I have to fit a Thatcham cat2 to my MK1 Golf Cabby for insurance purposes but If I fit it myself I can save myself £75 quid!! It's brand spankers b.t.w.
Has anyone got any immobiliser horror stories they feel like sharing?

Cheers.

No.

Will the insurance company let you fit it yourself they usually need to see a copy of the instalation certificate and who fitted it

i fit them to variouse machines its realy difficult hehe

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Originally posted by zzr1100rick
Will the insurance company let you fit it yourself they usually need to see a copy of the instalation certificate and who fitted it

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I dont think the Thatcham certification counts unless its been fitted by an appropriately qualified installer. Which is very frustrating when you know its a simple job that any of us could do in our sleep ...
Cheers
Richard

Jeremy Clarkson has a few

I was going to fit one in a Citroen AX GT. Bought it, read the instructions, went through the Haynes Manual and identified the wires in the AX loom.

When I sat down to do it, I got a bit panicked about cutting the wrong wires, it not working and then not knowing how to take it out and connect everything back up as standard to get it working again.

That was in a car with a small loom too! I took the loom out of my Sierra Efi Ghia donor with the intention of cutting it down to use in the MK, but after two whole days it still weighs a ton and I've somehow removed things that I definately shouldn't have - the fuel sending being of particular concern!!

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Originally posted by Russ-Turner
IHas anyone got any immobiliser horror stories they feel like sharing?

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I had a similar adventure - I was getting a new starter motor fitted and the company diconnected the battery. When they reconnected, the immobilisor refused to let me start the car and I had to hire a low-loader to get the car home, then get an engineer round to replace the immobilisor. He said that a 'spike' probably killed it.
The end bill was over £400!

A previous Toyota had a knackered battery that discharged itself while parked in a station car park. This kicked off the alarm (as it should) but that discharged the battery even quicker! I could eventually deactivate it as Toyota have the foresight to provide a keyswitch to protect it while work is being done on the engine, but my wife had to bring the key to me as I wouldn't carry it normally.

It then cost me over £100 to have a Toyota recon unit & 2 new keys provided, p/exch.

datatool alarms have about 11 black wires with coloured tips ,so you have to make sure the wire you want is the colour you need and then cut it to length,i was left with the wrong colour which was a pisser,but id been thinking ahead of the job and found the wire was the one id done acouple of wires earlier

fitted one to a blade whilst doing a service ,took it for a test ride and everything was cool,,a few days later the bloke came back saying the bike now had a false redline and it was coming in at 9000 rpm .started to strip the bike and the bloke said'i noticed youd left the alarm unit slack so i tightend it up for you ' this was the problem as he'd done it so tight it was resonating with the revs on the rear subframe .well it was that or the amount of crap he'd shoved under the seat

[Edited on 23/8/06 by OX]