one more for the night. this has been bugging me.

[bengerman]

so, my car has a security system installed (ancient viper)
the guy who sold it to me said "it's just too sensitive, so i took out it's fuse"

thinking i was smart, i put the fuse back in.

bad idea.

so the alarm starts going off (verrry quiet alarm)
so i turn it off (with the door open. d'oh!)

and somehow the starterkill engages. not good, because research shows there's supposed to be a button to disengage it, looking at the "Brain" of the alarm, no wires come out of the starterkill disengage button wiring hookup.

having literally no experience working with security systems, and being desperate to have my car working, i figure out how to uninstall the starter kill portion of the system (it was all clearly labeled, lol.)

then, to avoid any further annoyances, i just cut the power wire to the security (very diy, eh?)

now, the question. i have this functionless box hanging down by my feet, and want to get rid of it and any of its unnecessary lingering components under three conditions:
1. cheap
2. diy-able (preferable, but i could take it to someone else, i'm just very broke)
3. not causing any more problems/lack of functionality to my vehicle.

any ideas/tips/resources?

i just want the thing gone.

[bobs]

It should be easy enough to track down. Since it is an aftermarket unit that will mean the the installer will have most likely used crimp-on or vampire connectors to wire the thing to the car. Once you've found the "brain", start tracing back the wires that come out of it 'till you find non-OEM connectors. Hopefully most of the connections will be of the vampire variety so you can simply remove the connector. If you encounter any where the unit was spliced into a wire (i.e. wire was cut and box put in the middle) then you will have to get a bit more creative.

[G-Benz]

As said, usually just removing the brain from the connector will be enough to disable it entirely. Just tuck away the remaining wiring, but DON'T cut anything!!!

My wife had a Jaguar with an aftermarket (also Viper) alarm that was the culprit of frequent drained battery issues. Disconnecting the brain was all that was needed to remove the problem permanently.

[bengerman]

so, to recap, unpluge, but do not cut, or trace the wires down as far as i can, correct?

do you think it's a problem that i've already cut the main power wire to the unit?