Hey, First time poster and good to see a cam forums

Anyways, I recently loaned the car to my pops for a sat drive to the junk yard, and he basically lost the key. Now the car will not start. We went to replace the ignition from another camaro and nothing.

I was wondering what are my options, i took it to a mechanic and was told we have to replace a computer or some randomness.

Thanks for any help, The car is a 1992 Camaro Z28 25th Ed.

 

you will have to either disable VATS or replace the lock and tumbler.There is a resistor on the original key and if VATS doesnt read the right reisistance it will not start.

 

Thanks, looked it up and gonna give it a shot.

 

One more question, So pretty much, im going the disabling Vats route, and im wondering a few things. Since we lost the key, we have no idea what kind of Ohm's Resistance the original key has. I have already replaced the ignition switch to match the new key i got.

What are my options?

 

There are 15 different values. You can buy a resistor for each value and by trial and error find out which one works, or use a variable resistor, 0 to 15000 Ohm and adjust it till the engine cranks, and then measure the Resistance, and then buy a resistor of the proper value, or leave the variable resistor strapped in. The nominal values in Ohm are: 402, 523, 681, 887, 1130, 1470, 1870, 2370, 3010, 3740, 4750, 6040, 7500, 9530, 11800, all +- 10%.

 

Dealer used to be able look up the key information based on the Vin. Also the dealer has a box he can use that has all the values. It can be time consuming cause if I remember right everytime you try an incorrect caode you have to wait 5 minutes.

 

I just bought a 500 pack of resistors from radioshack for $15 with tax, Sorted them out to the closest value to the 15.

One thing im wondering that i read somewhere is trying to keep them as close as to the values as possible, my merging resistors. Should i try this or just use the sorted ones that are close enough to the values?

 

So i just tried the method, Which is merging a few resistors to match the closest value to the 15, and connecting each end with a Extender cable that i used to the orange cable containing 2 small wires inside. By trial and error, nothing seemed to work, i even tried using it on the side leading down the steering column.

What im i doing wrong? I used this guideline for my methods.

One thing i noticed is that the orangewire leading downwards led to a what seems like a converter then turned into 2 seperate grey/black wires which are the ones i was doing this on.