CaptainHair said:

TLDR, feel free to skip ahead...

Havent had any issues for several years. Then a month or so ago took my nephew to go to shops, several times we stopped and he stayed in the landy while I went and did stuff. Always took keys with me. Then the final time, right after picking up fish and chips, turned the key and it failed to start. Immobiliser key icon on the dashboard wasn't lit, but I know thats what it was from painful experience in the past dealing with it.

Now it'll do its usual thing where it won't start for anywhere between 10 minutes and several hours. Disconnecting the battery helps, I think, speed up this process.

It *might* have been the drivers door interior light switch being a little faulty (daft idea having it earch via the chassis) but most certainly leaving a passenger in the car would have something to do with it. perhaps a combination of both. Either way, ended up getting a tow home from a neeighbour this time. But I can't risk being stuck out at in the moddle of nowhere without some way of getting going again. As expected, I went outside and tried to start it a couple of hours after being towed home, and it fired up first turn of the key.

It had a new battery last month and got a new starter motor a couple of years back btw.

TLDR over

So what I'm after is some way to bypass it if I'm in an emergency. I don't want to disable it entirley, just have some way of getting around it myself when its 11pm and I'm stuck on a country lane at -6c.

As I understand it, the only things that get disabled are the fuel shut off solonoid and the starter motor (signal wire only, not the main feed from battery). So *in theory* if I run a temporary live wire to the shut off solenoid and another to the starter motor signal wire, would that allow me to get going if I'm in a pickle?

thanks very much for any help

tony

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Al2O3 said:

Sorry for late reply, I don't peruse the engine section as much as I used to.
Have you had the spider bypass modification done to your immobiliser? This used to be a commonly reported problem, but most had the bypass cable fitted donkeys years ago. The soldered joints in your immobiliser might have outlasted everyone elses by years!

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CaptainHair said:

Ah thanks very much for the reply I had previously bypassed the spider (also also resoldered a few dry-joints it had for good measure) and everything had been good for about 10 years.

I've since made up a sort of bypass cable with a switch that I take with me when I go out (so not actually rigged upto vehicle or left in it) so that I can quickly bypass the immobiliser. However true to form, ever since I got it rigged the landy has started perfectly every single time with no hesitation Typical!

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