Weird tricks to cars ?

[ROYC75]

This is a thread about tricks you can do to cars. List the things you could do to your car to make something work when it was turned off, etc. Here's mine that I recall.


As a kid growing up, during High School golf season, our school provided Ford LTD's for us to travel to meets. We would cram 6 boys, a coach and 7 sets of golf clubs into a 73, or 74 or a 75 Ford LTD.

When the meet was over and we were awaiting the team &individual scores of the meet, first guy back to the car jump in the driver's set. Coach would not give us the keys, so you could put your foot on the brake, wiggle the 4 way flasher just right without engaging it plus turn on the radio. Boom, music, you have the radio on to listen to the tunes you could find. You let your foot off the brake, you had to start it all over again.

Finally he started to let us have the keys after finding out what we were doing.

Somehow the flasher and brake lights would short / overload it's way over into the radio in the steering column and work. We found out just tinkering with it one day, early in the golf season, not knowing it would happen. Just being kids, things boys do when bored.

[Rain Man]

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

[Easy 6]

Never tried it, but have seen it mentioned all over that cracking an egg into a leaking radiator will plug it up for a short time

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

They still shouldn't have started. Crank sure but not actually start. No power to the coil. That should come through the ignition switch I'm thinking

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

They still shouldn't have started. Crank sure but not actually start. No power to the coil. That should come through the ignition switch I'm thinking

I don't know why, but they did. I saw my dad do it with some frequency. I can't remember if he had a guy inside the car doing anything.

I wasn't keen on doing it myself. It would spark and crackle, and I don't like holding metal objects that are crackling with electricity.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I don't know why, but they did. I saw my dad do it with some frequency. I can't remember if he had a guy inside the car doing anything.

I wasn't keen on doing it myself. It would spark and crackle, and I don't like holding metal objects that are crackling with electricity.

He had to have had someone inside putting a wire to the back of the ignition switch then.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

Yeah I just looked at a 66 wiring diagram and that car would have cranked all day but not start without a hot wire to the coil.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Yeah I just looked at a 66 wiring diagram and that car would have cranked all day but not start without a hot wire to the coil.

I swear he did it. I don't remember him moving any wires or anything. Maybe my memory is faulty in that regard.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I swear he did it. I don't remember him moving any wires or anything. Maybe my memory is faulty in that regard.

See the solenoid on that cars only purpose is to send the power to the starter. The ignition switch sends power to another smaller post and that closes the internal switch to send power momentarily to the starter.

The side of the solenoid with the fusible links has power all the time which is why all the accessories work without cranking the engine over.

He probably had a jumper wire from.the battery to the coil

[Warpaint69]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

See the solenoid on that cars only purpose is to send the power to the starter. The ignition switch sends power to another smaller post and that closes the internal switch to send power momentarily to the starter.

The side of the solenoid with the fusible links has power all the time which is why all the accessories work without cranking the engine over.

He probably had a jumper wire from.the battery to the coil

Only way it would work. I would've just rigged up a push button with some gator clips to the solenoid. Also wise to wire in a resistor into that hot wire to the coil as well.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

Actually the ignition has to be on but yes it will crank over

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

Started my 1985 ford tempo like this all the time.

One day I installed a CD player in it. To get to the opening, i had to move the shifter back to drive while it was off.

Went to leave, and hadnt put it back in park. Because I bypassed the whole key mechanism, the car took off like a ****ing rocketship. I SOMEHOW ran and jumped in the shit like a movie and got the car stopped. Only destroyed a fence gate.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Started my 1985 ford tempo like this all the time.

One day I installed a CD player in it. To get to the opening, i had to move the shifter back to drive while it was off.

Went to leave, and hadnt put it back in park. Because I bypassed the whole key mechanism, the car took off like a ****ing rocketship. I SOMEHOW ran and jumped in the shit like a movie and got the car stopped. Only destroyed a fence gate.

But you turned the key on first, correct?

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

But you turned the key on first, correct?

yes the key had to be on for the screwdriver to fire the car via touching the two posts.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I swear he did it. I don't remember him moving any wires or anything. Maybe my memory is faulty in that regard.

I think it would do it if the key was on. Unless your pops was boosting stangs.