1995 TS SE Magna immobiliser problem?

[Corndog]

Hmmmm I'll have to try that too.......oven cleaner sounds like a go, Need to get a couple of rocker cover gaskets first

[snapper]

Ok,cheers.

[MadMax]

Hmmmm I'll have to try that too.......oven cleaner sounds like a go, Need to get a couple of rocker cover gaskets first

Best to let it soak for as long as you can. You would be surprised how much gunge comes out. The double layer in the inside of the rocker cover must be full of it, after all these years.

If you are close to a friendly workshop they could drop them into their washing tank, I suppose.

[wobblygts]

Some late TSs came with this horrid immobiliser. Its an add on bit at the end of the ignition barrel. My V6 TS doesn't have it, my 2.6 TS (now sold) had it, only a couple of months between them in age. It must have been used for only a few months at the end of the TS production run, as very few cars have them, and the Gregory's manual and the official Mitsu manual doesn't mention it. If you are lucky enough to come across one at the wreckers with a key in it, don't separate the key barrel from the rest of it, even though there is a button on it that makes it easy.

Extract from a very old post, written by me, the thing stuffed up soon after I bought the car when I innocently pulled the ignition barrel off the car to lubricate the tumblers in it.

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How to fix:

"Pull the immobiliser off the car - involves dropping the lower shroud and the steering wheel (not really necessary, but gives you better access). Use a pin punch and hammer to undo the snap off bolts that hold the steering lock in place. Pull the whole lock with immobiliser and barrel out of the car - don't forget the wiring connectors. Put the key in the lock, turn it to acc and push the pin on the side - the barrel comes off easily.
Now the tricky part - use a small hacksaw to cut open the locking sections of the immobiliser. When you pull the barrel, a spring pushes a white plastic plate off the shaft. This normally rotates and cuts a light beam on/off as you start the car, but with the white plastic pushed off the shaft the ECU thinks some thief has ripped the ignition lock out and is trying to steal your car. Remove the spring and push the white plastic disc back in place. Glue it down if you want to, but I didn't bother. Put the immobiliser body back together, and wrap masking tape around it to hold it together. Reassemble in reverse - the break off bolts can be reused or use ordinary 12 mm head bolts like I did.
I did this "fix" 12 months ago and have had no problems - no immobiliser either, but who is going to steal a 11 year old Magna when there are Commodores around? LOL"

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No Sparky, not possible to bypass it as it sends a pulsed signal to the ECU. If it was simply a matter of cutting some wires, any 15 year old with wire cutters could bypass it.

I know this is an old post but it relates to my issue. I have a 08/96 TS V6 3.0 wagon and everytime I talk to parts people thye try to tell me it's a TE . The immobiliser is intermittent, the starter motor won't turn over so I tried bypassing the starter with a wire to the solenoid and no fire. Obviously spark has been cu too, there is power going through the ignition to the plug but gets lost between there and the solenoid. I've loked for the immobiliser part that Madmax mentions but there is no immobiliser parts inside the barrel, it's an add on between the barrel and the ignition switch. I have found a page from AFI that mentions splicing some wires on the back of the ecu, has anybody tried this? Hoping somebody can help tia.