Remote Start

[big_sam_2004]

Can you put remote start on a manual transmission car? if so, how does it work with the clutch and all?, i know how it would work with an automatic but a stick has always puzzled me.....

[DaMoNe6969]

Ive done it a few times.. If you want my honest opinion.. take that remote starter and throw it at someone you dont like.. they are NO GOOD!

But, you can get a remote starter for an automatic trans and put it in a standard and just ground out your neutral safety switch! (I dont recommend it speaking from experience, it is very dangerous)

You can buy starters specifically for manual trans. I think theyre alot more $$.. Not too sure how they work I think they just use a relay to fool the car into thinking that the clutch is in (same as grounding out the safety switch) either way its not safe.. I ran into my house once.. and sent my unmanned car across a grocery store parking lot

[4onFloor]

might also have to bypass the VATS system

[ponchonutty]

It is very easily done but I do not recomend it. When someone comes in my shop, it's a cash only deal.

[Chevyracincamaro]

just hire a midget to live in your hatch...

[92rs25th]

You can get them professionally done at like unltimate electronics and what not for like 400.00
I never had a problem with my S-10's but if you have a clutch start disengage switch , don't turn it off O.o it tends to jerk the vehicle.

[goldz28]

My friend had a 95 firechicken and he left it in gear and hit a brand new honda accord. It is a bad idea...

[92rs25th]

If weather is an issue just get a block heater and an oil pan heater or something and you should be fine.

[admin]

I've installed a few "remote start" alarms.. The slightly more complex (LCD 2-way) systems seem to work fine.. (I've seen a cheaper $40 or so non LCD model sit there and crank the engine for 5 minutes till it just gave up)

Some remote start alarms are for automatic trans only. Some are for manual trans only. Some do both with a cut of a wire or the placment of a jumper.. The way most alarms work for manual transmissions is the engine has to remain running once you leave the car.. To do that, you have to leave it running in neutral with the ebrake only applied (der). It then locks the doors (with no one remaining in the car hopefully). The engine then runs for like 3 or 5 minutes, finally shutting off after it's convinced that you no longer want to use the "quick run in run out" feature. Now.. As long as the doors havent been opened or a serous break in attempt hasnt been made, then you can "remotly start" your car, in neutral.. You will need a vats bypass kit, or you can just use an ohm meter and find the ohm value of your vats key chip and install a close to similar, if not exact, resistor with a relay from the remote start unit (so no one can just break the barrel and start your car).. yadda yadda yadda.. Not much more work than a regular alarm..

But As said before.. safty is always more important than this convience you lazy bumb.

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I also forgot to mention that some manual trans remote start alarms want to see the ground "when e-brake is on" signal. It's the same signal that makes the "brake" light in the dash cluster come on. That it usually switched right at the e-brake leaver..