not starting

[nic]

hoping someone can help me get my beat started.
Turn on ignition no lights on instrumrnt display - electrics work -lights,fans etc. engine won't start. This happens from cold.
same thing happened last week - called out AA - checked fuses found a small rocker switch under dash, switched that and display came on , engine started. He seem to think it had something to do alarm. Same thing tonight but it will not start.
(Laserline immobiliser and clifford alarm)
does this sound like a problem with alarm?
any help would be much appreciated.

[Steve_M]

Sounds very much like an alarm/immobiliser prob.

so whats the switch all about then???? or was it just coincidence that flicking it last time turned ignition on.

Im not a Fan of clifford alarms, my experiance of them, nothing but probs, too complicated for their own good.

[nic]

thanks for reply
seems like it was coincidence that flicking switch enabled engine to start - have tried disconnecting battery - resetting alarm still nothing. do you know how easy it would be to competely take out the alarm or is it a job for specialist?

[Steve_M]

It really depends on how well its fitted and also how good you are at tracing wires and disconnecting/reconnecting soldered joints.

Its not rocket science, But if it fitted well the immobiliser circuits should be confusing, but i bet they just cut into the ignition switch loom.

HTH