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I have a car with a knackered lock barrel, so I had to hot wire it (I didn't have to - I could have bought a new lock barrel, but it's going to be scrapped soon so I thought I'd see how hard it would be to do this). This can all be done safely and without cutting any wires by just taking the thing apart. If you've got the time and all the tools it's easier and nothing needs to be broken.

I took the covers off, then disassembled the lock barrel. You can get to the rotary switch that is operated by the key and simply remove it from the barrel. You can then just use a screwdriver to turn it, and it will work exactly as the key in the ignition. Remove the lock barrel completely to remove the steering lock. This is far safer than breaking it open like in the video, as it won't slip back into place while you're driving. I've replaced the cowling around the wheel and the rotary switch now sits under the dash. You'd never know from the outside that it had been done. All I'd have to do to fix this is buy a new lock barrel and key set and fit them.

What key can start any car? A pikey.

if you carry a few resistors and a couple of extra wires, you could probably hotwire a few more cars from the 90's =)

Wooohoo, time to steal cars!

I voted for this viddy because of how sexy it is that a girl would think that hot-wiring a car was cool....