timmsy19 3 Posted May 24, 2008 i know this is a long shot but hope someone may be able to help my alarm system is a laserline 996 which was fitted to the car when i got it. all worked fine and sweet. was tidying up some cables in the engine bay last weekend and all was going well. went out on thursday to start the car but wouldnt start. so im looking around for problems and come across a cable which seems to have come away from the loom somehow. like i say i cant seem to see where its come away from as there is no cables been cut or taped up in the first 2 foot of cabling. the little white cable has to be connected to the battery for the engine to start anyone know where this would go? or have any ideas what i can do to get around this? thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goliath 94 Posted May 24, 2008 Does it need to be connected to the positive or negative? as if it was negative then you could just earth it, but you have probably already thought of that...! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmsy19 3 Posted May 24, 2008 its the positive one. which means that without this one cabel the enigne wont respond to anything im thinking i just ditch the imobaliser(*spelling*) anyhow but i have no clue which wires need joining with what under the dash. plus this operates all my central locking and alarm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goliath 94 Posted May 24, 2008 I didnt think it would be as easy as being the negative So ideally you need to find a positive cable near that side of the engine that has power all the time, I think if you attached it to the positive on the alternator that would work and i cant see it giving you any problems. as long as the cable reaches. Its probably best not to ditch an immobiliser if at all possible for obvious reasons! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmsy19 3 Posted May 24, 2008 yeah thats worst case senario. the cable is connected to the battery just not the alarm and i cant see for the life of me where it connects to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davepug205 7 Posted May 25, 2008 HI I have the 996 wired into my loom which was all working fine, unfortunatly the whole loom is now in a box like everything else But from memory there was a white wire going to the starter or maybe alternater which was part of the imobiliser. I still have the user booklet somewhere in the service history if you have no look it might say something in there. dave Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
welshpug 1,636 Posted May 25, 2008 best get it back to a laserline Agent as theyll be able to sort it without any bother at all, how old is it and has it had its yearly service? they have lifetime warranties but only if serviced yearly. got a Laserline 291 on mine and apart from a loose earth (my fault! ) its been fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmsy19 3 Posted May 26, 2008 HI I have the 996 wired into my loom which was all working fine, unfortunatly the whole loom is now in a box like everything else But from memory there was a white wire going to the starter or maybe alternater which was part of the imobiliser. I still have the user booklet somewhere in the service history if you have no look it might say something in there. dave Dave that sounds like this wire but mine went straight to the battery for constant power. any chance you can find out where abouts on the 996 box or loom this is so i can reconnect it thanks best get it back to a laserline Agent as theyll be able to sort it without any bother at all, how old is it and has it had its yearly service? they have lifetime warranties but only if serviced yearly. got a Laserline 291 on mine and apart from a loose earth (my fault! ) its been fine. not sure how old the system is as i have no paper work and i doubt its had a service in a long time as its not been on the road in 2 years if i get this cable sorted it will all be fine just need to know where the damn thing connects to without stripping my whole wiring loom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kyepan 291 Posted May 27, 2008 Dave that sounds like this wire but mine went straight to the battery for constant power. any chance you can find out where abouts on the 996 box or loom this is so i can reconnect it thanks not sure how old the system is as i have no paper work and i doubt its had a service in a long time as its not been on the road in 2 years if i get this cable sorted it will all be fine just need to know where the damn thing connects to without stripping my whole wiring loom if you really get stuck and need somone to fix, a good independant alarm fitter should be able to figure it out. there is one local to me that i trust if you cannot find one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davepug205 7 Posted May 27, 2008 Dave that sounds like this wire but mine went straight to the battery for constant power. any chance you can find out where abouts on the 996 box or loom this is so i can reconnect it thanks Hi I will have a look tomorrow when I go up as its in my garage about a mile away. So you need to know where what wire connects to on the system ie which box, or where the end thats on the battry should go to ie starter? thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
timmsy19 3 Posted May 27, 2008 (edited) need to know where that wire goes on the alarm system. or what might be better is a diagram of the perminant live fro mthe alarm box thanks again Edited May 27, 2008 by timmsy19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
