i switched out my old colum because someone tried to steal the car and broke it. the one i put in is out of an 82 and it will send power in the on position but wont send power to the starter. what am i missing?
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Because 89 column had VATS you need to pull the vats stuff out of the 89 column and put it into the 82 column or the car wont start. I am also suprised your wipers work with that 82 column.

 

this is my first time with something like this how do i do it?

 

You can also simply have a custom PROM burned with VATS turned off. VATS is a finicky system anyway. If it doesn't concern you just eliminate it. Click the link on the right of the screen for "TPI Parts". He can do one for you. It will run you about $65.00, which is really reasonable. He can also adjust fan temp on/off and some other settings if you like.

 

is there a way to just bypass it because i have the colum switched and i really don't want to take it back out

 

The only good way to bypass it is the way I mentioned. I am talking about the PROM chip in your ECM (computer). I'm not sure why you think you'd have to take the column back out to change a computer chip. The computer is under the passenger side of the dash. It will take all of 15 minutes to change the chip.

 

so exacly what do i need to do to the PROM?

 

If he has trouble changing the prom he still has to bypass the the starter enable relay.

it's alot easier just pulling the steering wheel off and putting a new tumbler set in and plug it in and the car will start right up.

 

i've heard of the bypass switch that you have to have for those cars to instal keyless remote starters. would that work in my situation?

 

The only problem with swapping a vat's cylinder into an older column is that the vat's ignition cylinder is actually a little larger in diameter and the hole in the older column is too small to accomidate it, I simply enlarged mine with a dremel until it was large enough to fit the cylinder in. I also had to swap out the multifunction switch (wipers, cruise, etc.)

 

i'd like to avoid all that if i could. thats why i was wondering about the keyless remote starter system. if i was to install that would it work to run the car?

 

The VATS system is definitely going to be an issue but even if you fix that problem it may not work. The 82-83 columns are different from the later columns. I think you'll still have to do a decent amount of splicing to get get everything to work. 1989 is actually a one year only column because it's the first year for VATS but the last year without an airbag. (Some '88 GTA's had VATS columns that are the same.)

 

this is all gret to know but it dosen't really answer my question dose anyone know if it would run with a remote starter systtem?