Car Alarms: car alarm, pontiac sunbird, 1991 pontiac sunbird

Question
I bought a 1991 pontiac sunbird on ebay-- it was a project car for my son. It was running but in bad shape. We parked it in the garage and the battery ran down. So we replaced the battery and discovered it had a car alarm- finding the toggle switch we finally got the alarm off but now the engine will not turn over at all.  How can I disengage the alarm and get the car to run.  The car did not come with any kind of remote.  The switch is left under the dash - is there a simple solution?  We need to get this car inspected and tagged and on the road. How can I tell what brand the alarm is?

Answer
This is an aftermarket
system with starter kill. Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, flip switch in opposite direction,
key off.)

This should reset the alarm, and reset
the grounded relay on the starter wire,
allowing you to start it. At this point,
the only thing working would be
keyless entry from the alarm,
if it came equipped.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to usable armed mode.

That should do it.
If you want to remove it at this point,
take it to your neighborhood installer
for this, or buy the wiring chart (www.vehiclewires.com)
for the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until safely removed.

If it does not work out this way,
you will have to replace the system
with one you know how to operate
and what to expect. Don't want to
get stuck in another bad situation.

Let me know what happens.

ALARMTEK
CARALARMSTORE.com