Lets say I have this friend, and this friend lost all of his sets of keys to his winter car. He can't find them anywhere. I think we should all help this guy out and tell him how to hotwire his car, I even hear he has a really cool Maverick!!! His winter car is a 77 Buick Park Ave (Electra) with a 403. (What a coincidence, I have one too!!!) No I just want to make it clear that this isn't me that did this, we all know I'm far to smart to do something like that! Also, let's not poke jokes about it being a Buick, cause let me tell you, rusty old four door boats are real chick magnets, this guy has girls begging for a ride! Umm....... yea.
yeah.. sure.. so ya wanna hotwire it right? does it have a locking steering column? you gotta get that unlocked first.. but i dunno, I've only hotwired a pinto. took the starter wire stuck it to a hotwire and presto.. eginne fired.. keeping it running is another thing though.. gotta cross some wires.. help em guys
I am a BIG fan of running the ignition and starter off of toggle swtiches and "momentary push buttons". They, in my opinion, are a great anti-theft device. I am not sure if your "friends" Buick is the same as a Maverick, but here is what I did. Run a hot wire from you battery to a toggle switch or push button that is mounted up under your dash(Put it in a location that you...I mean your "friend" can reach from the drivers seat) then run from the toggle or button to the starter siliniod(sorry about spelling). Then all you need to do is flip the toggle or push the button and your starter should engage. Then you need to do the same thing for your ignition. Put it on a toggle switch, flip the switch, you have igniton, turn the switch off and the car will quit running. You will also have to fix your steering will lock(if your "friends" Buick is equipped with a steering lock) Now you have a vehicle that has too anti-theft devices on them, and only you and your "friend" know where the switches are. This may be a crude way to get it started, but it is cheap and effective. Good luck to your "friend"
one more thing.... it is better to use a "momentary" push button for your starter, that way you will not have to worry about remembering to flip a toggle switch off to disengage your starter.
During the '70s, GM cars were favorites of car thieves because if you can get into the column, you can start them with a screwdriver and defeat the locking mechanism. They just struck the column shields with a hammer on the turn signal side and they broke as they are just pot metal. No matter how you get the car started, you still have to release the locking mechanism which locks the steering wheel and gear shift. A more reaslistic approach which will be less traumatic to the car would be to call an experienced locksmith. As long as he can show ownership, they can usually be of some help. Either way, He will have to cause damage to the car if he does it himself because of having to defeat the locking mechanism and either way, it'll cost him to repair the damage if he tries to get the car started himself sans key.
i would try drilling out the little pin that holds the ignition in so you can pull it out and just get another ignition with a key. or you can just use a screwdriver once its out.
