How to Hotwire a 1983 Ford F100 Truck With an Ignition Switch on the Steering Column

So you wanna hotwire your vehicle huh? Read on but make sure you are careful in the process.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• One 60's to 90's Chevy or Ford vehicle or truck; One Remote starter switch (this is a safe hotwire and should only cost 5-10 dollars); One 4 to 6 foot wire with alligatore clips at the both ends.

1. 
    
   Starter with the smaller solenoid mounted on it.

   Take your car and open the hood on it. Locate the battery, locate the starter. The starter should look like a 20 pound bullet with a smaller 1 pound bullet mounted piggyback on the starter.

2. 
    
   Back of Solenoid with two Metal Studs.

   Next locate the solenoid mounted piggyback on the starter. This looks like the smaller 1 pound bullet.
   
   Next look at the back of the solenoid. The back of the solenoid has two metal studs with nuts on them. These two studs sitting on the back of the solenoid is what you need to connect together to make the car start. But it is dangerous to connect these for more that 2-6 seconds so read on.

3. 
    
   Remote Starter Switch Or Hotwire

   Next you take your remote starter switch and its two gator clips on the end then you connect one end of the gator clip to one of the metal studs. Next you connect the other gator clip to the other side of the of the metal stud.

4. Now that you have connected the remote starter switch one gator clip on each of the opposing metal studs of the solenoid. Stand back and move the remote starter switch along with any wires out of the way of the motor or moving parts so that you can do a test run. Click on the remote starter very quick for about 1 second. If your wires are properly connected to the solenoid then your motor should have tried starting for one second. If you are successful so far move on to the next step. If you are not, double check the previous steps carefully.

5. By now you should have no problem making your car want to start in 2-6 second intervals but, behold, your car will try starting and it will not stay on unless you complete the next part of this hotwire plan.
   
   Next you take your 4 to 6 foot wire with a gator clip on each end. Connect one of the gator clips to the positive battery post and the other end of the gator clip to the positive side of the electric coil. Be very careful you make sure that you are connecting positive to positive. This process will keep your motor on after it is started, but before you start it make sure that you get all wiring out of the way of the moving parts of the motor.

6. After you connect the 4-6 foot wire one the battery hot or positive and the other to the hot or positive of the electric coil, your gauges inside the car should come on. This is a sign that your on the right path to starting your car.
   
   Next after you have connected all the wire and the remote starter and nothing has sparked or shorted. Then you can proceed to start the car using your remote starter.
   
   Once the car has started in this matter using this plan, the only way to turn it off is to disconnect the 4-6 foot gator at each end wire from the battery side. This will effectively cut off power to the car motors ignition causing it to turn off.

Tips & Warnings

• If it sparks take back it away right away and double check yourself.
• While the wires are connected make sure that you keep checking the temperature on them so that they don't get hot. You can do this by feeling them between your fingers.
• Hot wiring a vehicle should in my recommendation be performed by someone with basic auto mechanical skills.