shite_meister Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I have a young mate who's gutted because the ignition barrel on his first car ('98 Clio) has broken up inside hindering his ability to drive around pointlessly from burger joint to burger joint, as the car is miles from his house in a public carpark I would like to hotwire it to get it back to his house only I've no idea which wires to join (as dodgy as this sounds and someone can PM me if they would rather) I have four wires to the ignition switch which are red, yellow, yellow with a green tracer and orange. I'm guessing the red wire is one of the wires needed but other than that I haven't a clue, does anyone have a wiring diagram/haynes manual that shows which wire does what? I've tried searching the interwebz but alas it was barren. I tried the slide hammer treatment in a repo stylee but thanks to Mr Draper's finest shit-quality hardware the bolt appeared to be made of chocholate and snapped off with minimal effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Not a clue -but it cant be difficult. 4 wires -power, ignition, starter, rest. So -watching the dash -touch each to the red till the ignition light comes on. Tape together. Then touch one of the other 2 to the join till the starter operates- releasing when it fires. Ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 cheers Nigel I'll give that a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 '98 Clio will have an immobiliser. Hotwiring it won't work - unless you have the ignition key / transponder close enough to the reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shite_meister Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 '98 Clio will have an immobiliser. Hotwiring it won't work - unless you have the ignition key / transponder close enough to the reader. I know, it does and we have all working now so its back at the lad's house untill he gets a new ignition barrel for it. The immobiliser circuit was untouched so the immobilser aerial still reads the key nearby so no probs there. Cheers Mr Bickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 Splendid! Shiters to the rescue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Happy to help. Just wish all of life was that simple to sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 This any good to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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