On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Max Heim wrote:
> Florrie & Allen Bachelder suggested:
>
> >Why buy a remote starter switch? Just pull the brown/white lead off the
> >starter relay and touch it to any hot terminal on the fuse box.
> >
> >Allen
> >
> Ouch! You *are* kidding, aren't you?
>
> > ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com> wrote:
> >>
> No - why should I be kidding? I do this all the time and have for many
> years on many MGBs. I restrained myself on this response because I figured
> somebody else would - and finally responded when itseemed nobody else was
> going to mention it. To refine my response, I remove the fuse cover and
> touch the B/W wire spade end (pulled from the relay) and touch it to the
> rearward bottom fuse clamp (the B/W wire won't reach the other end of the
> fuse anyway).
>
> In answer to your 2nd concern - Bs without starter relays - I confess I
> haven't owned a '69, but my '67, also without a relay, is easier yet - it
> has a rubber button on the end of the solonoid (mounted on the RH inner
> wing). Push the button.
>
> Using either method: do make sure the car is out of gear! My '73
> affectionately tried to run over my right foot one day. Outside of that,
> the only problem with this method is that I occasionally forget to
> reconnect the B/W wire to the relay. I finish my tune-up, jump in the car,
> hit the ignition key and .... ((What the h*ll did I do to is THIS time?!))
>
> Allen
>
>
This is also the same method that John Twist gave for turning
over the motor.
...Art
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