Jumpy Guy
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 08:00 AM |
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Daft starter button question!
If I fit a starter button set-up
whats to stop some idiot passenger pressing it when you're on the move, and ripping the started bendix to bits?
I know this may have a very short answer!!
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JoelP
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 08:16 AM |
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tell them not to press it!!!!
or, if you is concerned, wire up a relay to interupt the starter, so that it can only start when there is no oil pressure. or something like that...
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James
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 09:09 AM |
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Fit it to the right-hand side of your steering wheel!
I mean, how often have you had a passenger reach over and turn the keys in your current car?
Or a cut out as Joel said...
[Edited on 1/4/04 by James]
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 09:53 AM |
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depends on how bad/mad a driver you are
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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phelpsa
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 11:02 AM |
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Don't carry a passenger!
Saves weight and money on fuel and tyres.
AND you only have to buy one seat!
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blueshift
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 12:04 PM |
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Jumpy,
I'm concerned about this too and came up with this circuit: http://locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=10762
Perhaps you could just use a missile-launch type switch with a flip-up cover?
I prefer idiot-proof though.
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VinceGledhill
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| posted on 8/4/04 at 08:17 AM |
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Get a message printed around the button that says passenger ejector seat
Regards
Vince Gledhill
Time Served Auto Electrician
Lucas Leeds 1979-1983
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Hellfire
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| posted on 8/4/04 at 09:53 AM |
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I've been giving this one some thought...
As we have a BEC surely it's a feature that the button will not activate when the engine is running... or am I wrong? Afterall, on a bike
it's easier to press the button "by accident" and cause damage than on a car!
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 8/4/04 at 05:13 PM |
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I thought BEC's were supposed to have a kick start
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 8/4/04 at 07:29 PM |
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quote:
I thought BEC's were supposed to have a kick start
I hope not the amount of times I stall it.
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/4/04 at 08:41 PM |
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or am I wrong?
My Honda starter will fire in accidentally with the engine running but it doesn't seem to have done it any harm, the few times it has happened,
as it is a pre- engaged system.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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jmbillings
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| posted on 18/4/04 at 10:43 AM |
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Yeah, I think its a bit of a non-problem really, I've never had anyone try and fiddle with the controls in either the locost or a
"normal" car. But a cutout circuit should be fairly straightforward as others showed. I worry more about people playing with the
immobiliser keypad when on the move as that will cut the ignition
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