14 Dec 11 20:43, Mark Hofmann wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RW>> Yes, I think that would disable the car. However, you could always   
    RW>> try to remove the RF device wire harness intact from the steering   
    RW>> column and duct tape it to the outside of the column, out of harms   
    RW>> way. That should remove the possibility of the ignition lock   
    RW>> rattling it to turn on/off the alarm.   
      
    MH> If the ignition is hitting and RD device in the steering column,   
    MH> moving it sounds like a good solution.  Just don't know how easy it   
    MH> would be to mess with the steering column.  It doesn't happen that   
    MH> often - just an annoyance when it does.   
      
   Not sure how to go about it, but there must be a way to get at it ...   
   somebody put it there.   
      
    RW>> No problem...I need to get more familiar with that fixit CD system.   
    RW>> It's made by a company in San Diego, which was one of my customers   
    RW>> when they had printing presses. Mitchell Manuals. During my last   
    RW>> year in the machine shop business, I did their press foreman's jobs   
    RW>> for printed manuals that they had in the press room that fit my   
    RW>> 88-IROC-Z and my 98 Z28...wish I had contact with them after so I   
    RW>> could cover my 02 Silverado.   
      
    MH> What CD system do they use?   
      
   Their own...it requires a dongle to use their software package on a PC   
   for the software and CDs and I know the price isn't cheap, maybe $3000.   
   Plus if you're an auto-repair facility, you have to update it every   
   year and keep it that way...   
      
    MH> I use the program Alldata to get more details on many repairs.  Comes   
    MH> in very handy to know what you are getting into before you start   
    MH> ripping things apart..  :)   
      
   All it did was replace the printed manuals of yester-year. Mitchell   
   Manuals, Motor Manuals and another that slips my mind right now. I used to   
   have some Motors that covered from 1932-1942 and others that old, but I   
   sold them before I left California and only kept what covered what I had   
   at the time. And I agree on how handy they can be, before you begin work   
   on something unfamiliar.   
      
    RW>> See if you can find a Ford mechanic who will help you out of the   
    RW>> kindness of his heart (or a few bucks on the side) to give you a   
    RW>> hand. Since Ford has a weird way of doing automotive engineering, I   
    RW>> gave up on them years ago. See if, in his opinion, my suggestion   
    RW>> above would work for you.   
      
    MH> I know a few GM mechanics, but no Ford ones.  I could run it by the   
    MH> GM guys, as they might still know how to deal with the security   
    MH> system.   
      
   If they've worked in a shop that services everything, they should know   
   about it...my friend Harry owned his own shop for years and knows this   
   stuff inside out. He also worked his way from the ground up at Bensen   
   Chevrolet in San Antonio before that and now works there as the Service   
   Manager...   
      
      
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