Alarm help

[antonio_king]

hey MR_TOAD... great topic!

I have a mk4 and Toad Ai606 alarm. Was wondering what cable should use from the alarm to get the horn going off with the alarm? and to what colour cable and where should I connect it to?

Cheers!

[markoff]

Good day Mr Toad,

I have, in the past, added a home made immobiliser to my cars (old cars and not Polos) by interrupting the 12v feed to the HT coil and taking this to a switch which I hide in the car somewhere. If the switch is open, no 12 v to coil so no HT and the sparkplugs cannot spark. This has saved my own car three times and my wife and daughter's cars at least once each. We have found that most alarm companies tend to put their override switches in the same place or in places the car thieves know about.

However, a family friend has asked me to fit this type of switch in her VW Polo 2007 model (1.4). But the engine is a lot more modern than the old types mentioned above and, although I can obviously trace the spark plug leads back to what I assume is an electronic distributor, I cannot find anything that looks like the old traditional HT coil.

Is there an HT coil in the new Polo? and where is it? If there is, is it safe to install one of my switches? If there is no traditional HT coil, is there some where that I can interrupt a voltage line which will achieve the same result?

Thanks
Best Regards
Mark

[MR_TOAD]

Good day Mr Toad,

I have, in the past, added a home made immobiliser to my cars (old cars and not Polos) by interrupting the 12v feed to the HT coil and taking this to a switch which I hide in the car somewhere. If the switch is open, no 12 v to coil so no HT and the sparkplugs cannot spark. This has saved my own car three times and my wife and daughter's cars at least once each. We have found that most alarm companies tend to put their override switches in the same place or in places the car thieves know about.

However, a family friend has asked me to fit this type of switch in her VW Polo 2007 model (1.4). But the engine is a lot more modern than the old types mentioned above and, although I can obviously trace the spark plug leads back to what I assume is an electronic distributor, I cannot find anything that looks like the old traditional HT coil.

Is there an HT coil in the new Polo? and where is it? If there is, is it safe to install one of my switches? If there is no traditional HT coil, is there some where that I can interrupt a voltage line which will achieve the same result?

Thanks
Best Regards
Mark

Hi Mate

Dont go into ignition wires on new cars can upset ecu's put lights on and alsorts
Best is cut fuel pump wire or relay and ad relay in to switch
safest way

Ian

[MR_TOAD]

hey MR_TOAD... great topic!

I have a mk4 and Toad Ai606 alarm. Was wondering what cable should use from the alarm to get the horn going off with the alarm? and to what colour cable and where should I connect it to?

Cheers!

AI606 will have a short brown wire coming out
this give small pos feed when alarm is going off enough to run a relay to give power to horn

Ian

[corky]

Hey Mr Toad,
i have a 6n 16v polo with central locking + immobilizer, the locking distance seems very poor (about 4ft!) and somewhat weak. i was going to change the batteries on the remote, but after reading a post where someone had a similar problem, they changed the batteries and it packed in all together - id rather avoid this! i was wondering if you knew if the poor locking distance was normal or if there is anything i can do to increase it - shy of fitting a whole new alarm etc.

cheers,

sam.

[MR_TOAD]

Hey Mr Toad,
i have a 6n 16v polo with central locking + immobilizer, the locking distance seems very poor (about 4ft!) and somewhat weak. i was going to change the batteries on the remote, but after reading a post where someone had a similar problem, they changed the batteries and it packed in all together - id rather avoid this! i was wondering if you knew if the poor locking distance was normal or if there is anything i can do to increase it - shy of fitting a whole new alarm etc.

cheers,

sam.

Hi Sam

What alarm is it you have ?

Ian

[corky]

Hi Sam

What alarm is it you have ?

Ian

Hi Ian,

It is a Logic 850/950 lock, immobilizer and alarm system -

Also, the boot no longer operates with the remote and has to be unlocked/locked manually. Any ideas?

Thanks again.

Sam

[MR_TOAD]

Sorry not dealt with them
but 90% of alarms as long as the battery is change quick a s poss then no problems should occur

Regards Ian

Hi Sam

What alarm is it you have ?

Ian

Hi Ian,

It is a Logic 850/950 lock, immobilizer and alarm system -

Also, the boot no longer operates with the remote and has to be unlocked/locked manually. Any ideas?

Thanks again.

Sam

[corky]

cool cool man not to worry, thanks for the help dude.

take it easy,

sam.

[antonio_king]

hey MR_TOAD... great topic!

I have a mk4 and Toad Ai606 alarm. Was wondering what cable should use from the alarm to get the horn going off with the alarm? and to what colour cable and where should I connect it to?

Cheers!

AI606 will have a short brown wire coming out
this give small pos feed when alarm is going off enough to run a relay to give power to horn

Ian

Superb, don't suppose you know what cable to connect the brown one to?

[ian1989]

i got a 1996 polo 6n i just bought a new alarm but im having trouble locating my common line for my locking compresor could you please tell me what one it is as im loosing the will to live with it thanks ian

[MR_TOAD]

CDL 1: RED/BLUE OR GREY/RED-O/S/F DOOR HARNESS TEST!
CDL 2: GREEN/RED OR GREY/BLACK-O/S/F DOOR HARNESS TEST!

try them its neg operated

Ian

[ian1989]

hi there its me again i just tried them wires you said one of them is making it lock but not unlock and the othe is making it unlock and not lock were do i go from here thanks ian

[MR_TOAD]

ring me tomoro on 07774446402
Ian

[ian1989]

ok mate it will have to be bout 5:30 if thats ok cos im working thanks ian