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daveo76 said: Would love to someday get all the retro 70's features of this car working someday, like the rinky-dink alarm system and all the buzzers and warning lights - getting there one step at a time.
When I got around to replacing my door pin switch, I was delighted to hear the key buzzer working! Crude and obnoxious, but definitely 70's.
Then I replaced the lock cylinder in the steering column, and the key buzzer works no more... :( And I'm not taking that column apart again unless I have to!
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My key buzzer works...you can have it if you want. It is a very annoying sound!
I'd like a copy of that alarm wiring if at all possible. It's on my to do list someday. I may only need the ant-tamper switch. I replaced the headlight warning switches last year; now I don't have the annoying warning light glowing at me in the dark at night telling me my headlights are not up when they are. My door ajar switches work good.
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My key buzzer worked before I replaced the ignition lock cylinder and it worked most of the time after, but sometimes it would stay on even after taking the key out. A little jiggle would turn it off. Now I get no buzz at all until I turn the key and the seat belt buzzer turns on. So either the switch inside the column has failed (my guess) or the buzzer is fried. I might take the steering wheel off to troubleshoot, but then again, maybe not.
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daveo76 said: Good news: I think my battery is OK.
Bad news: something else is wrong.
I haven't driven or started it for about 3 weeks. Batt has been disconnected with the quick release, but it was NOT on the trickle charger. Last night out of curiosity I hit the key for a second or two before I hooked up the charger - plenty of cranking power. In the past a few days of sitting with the batt connected and it will kill it. So that tells me there's some parasitic drain going on - hmmm. Any thoughts about where to start or what the most likely culprit is? Factory alarm maybe?
Possibility of Alarm draining the system. I have paper about electrical drains and shorts. Send me a pm with your email and I will send it to you!! Sure it is not a bad cell in the battery??
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