I have a Clifford Intelligard 6000 on my WRX wagon. The installer used a standard crappy "push-down" hood pin for hood protection. The hood pin has rusted and has caused me problems at times (siren goes off for no reason, alarm senses malfunction). Lately, I can open my hood with the alarm armed and it will not go off.

SOOOO, I went out and bought a magnetic hood switch instead, as recommended by several people on this board. To install it, I disconnected my battery and cut the single wire coming out of the old/crappy hood pin. I then took the sensor lead and connected it to one of the two leads coming out of the magnetic hood switch.

Question #1: What do I do with the second lead coming out of the magnetic switch? Do I find somewhere under the hood to ground it?

Question #2: I've cut the alarm lead for the hood sensor, yet the alarm still works fine. Shouldn't it be detecting a malfunction?

Thanks in advance.....this is driving me nuts!! :(

the magnetic sensor comes in 2 pieces. the piece w/o the wires has to attach to the underside of the hood. the other piece with the wires attaches on a relatively flat area of the engine bay below the 1st piece when the hood is closed.

1 wire goes to ground, the other wire goes the hood pin input.

Your alarm won't detect the hood pin missing since it doesn't see ground.

netZ

Originally posted by chewbakarox
I have a Clifford Intelligard 6000 on my WRX wagon. The installer used a standard crappy "push-down" hood pin for hood protection. The hood pin has rusted and has caused me problems at times (siren goes off for no reason, alarm senses malfunction). Lately, I can open my hood with the alarm armed and it will not go off.

SOOOO, I went out and bought a magnetic hood switch instead, as recommended by several people on this board. To install it, I disconnected my battery and cut the single wire coming out of the old/crappy hood pin. I then took the sensor lead and connected it to one of the two leads coming out of the magnetic hood switch.

Question #1: What do I do with the second lead coming out of the magnetic switch? Do I find somewhere under the hood to ground it?

Question #2: I've cut the alarm lead for the hood sensor, yet the alarm still works fine. Shouldn't it be detecting a malfunction?

Thanks in advance.....this is driving me nuts!! :(

Thanks netZ. just the answer i was looking for.:banana:

netZ to the rescue once again! :D

-Mike-