Hey guys,
today I wanna discuss something rather interesting.
How many of us out there ever
wish we could hotwire cars like in them action movies on TV? Well, we are gonna
be discussing how to hotwire a car. Hotwiring a car is simply the process of
starting a car by twitching some wires under the steering wheel.
Knowing how to hotwire a car is just one of
those things anyone even remotely interested in cars should do; not so you can
go out and steal cars but so you can get a better feel for your car as a
magnificent, understandable machine.
The trick
here is realizing what's going on when you turn the key in the ignition:
switches are being closed. That's it, really. Turning the key is basically just
connecting three things together: the battery, with its delicious 12 volts of
creamy electricity, the ignition/electrical system, and the starter motor.
We're just going to connect these three components without going through the
lock.
Okay, let's
get to it. Get in the car, and get down under the dash, right under the
steering column. You'll likely need to pop off or unscrew or tear out a plastic
cover or covers to get to the massive, twisted bundles of wires under there.
Once you get the panels off, look at all the wires. It's overwhelming at
first, but you should notice what will most likely be three main bundles of
wires: one that snakes to the column-mounted controls on the left (indicators,
possibly lights or cruise controls), one that leads to the right-side stalk
controls (wipers, erotic seat vibrators, etc.), and one bundle that leads into
the steering column itself. This last one is the one we want, as it goes to the
ignition lock and switch assembly.
Look in that
bundle for your target wire colors: battery(red), ignition/on (whatever color
you found out), and starter (maybe yellow, maybe not). These wires connect to
the stops on the switch, along with one extra, accessory, which is that first
stop that lets you turn on the radio. If you want, you can ID the accessory
wire as well, but it's usually not necessary.
Once you
identify your wires, give them gentle tugs to separate them a bit from the main
bundle of wires. The method I'm about to describe will let you get access to
these wires in an easily repairable way— we don't want to actually cut any of
the wires, we just want to tap into them. So, you'll want to take your small
knife and make a tiny hole in the insulation of the wires, exposing a small bit
of the metal wire inside. Do this for all three wires, making sure to make your
holes far enough apart from one another so they won't accidentally touch and
short everything out. Also, keep an eye out for metal bits of the car that may
touch and short the wires as well.
Once you
scraped little holes in the insulation, take your clip leads and clip right
onto the exposed metal, making good contact between the little metal bald spot
and the metal teeth of the clip. Do this for all three wires, so you now have
three dangling clip leads hanging down from the dash.
Okay, we're
almost there. Now, take the battery clip lead and the ignition/on clip lead and
clip them together. If all is good, you'll see the usual dash lights come on
and whatever beeps your car likes to make when you turn the ignition on,
normally. This is the equivalent of turning the key to the second stop. The
car's about ready to start. If it's a manual, you'll likely need to push the
clutch in, if it's an auto, it'll need to be in park or neutral.
Once you're
ready, touch (don't clip) the starter lead to the junction of the other two
connected clip leads, and the starter motor should crank, and the engine should
belch itself into glorious life. You'll probably get some sparks as you touch
the leads, but they should be nothing to worry about.
Once the
engine starts, remove the starter lead from the connected pair, and the engine
should keep running. To kill the engine, simply unclip the 12V battery lead
from the ignition lead. And that's it!
If all this
grammar is too hard to comprehend, please watch this video
culled from www.jalopnik.com
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Very enlightening
ReplyDeleteVery enlightening
ReplyDeleteInteresting but I don't know if I have the guts to try it.
ReplyDeleteNice one bro
ReplyDeletenice article Can you post more about automotive electrical wire It really helps for my research thanks
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