berry@athos.pei.com (Berry Kercheval) writes:
> I think he's referring to something like I have on the Bentley. THe
> key actually does nothing but unlock the ignition/light switch,
> allowing movement. You then move it to IGN ON, which enables current
> to the coil. Next, you press and hold the 1/2 inch chrome button next
> to it, that operates the solenoid, and the car starts.
>From what I recall, this was pretty much standard design, until someone
got the bright idea of adding a spring-loaded third position to the ignition
switch and thereby doing away with the separate pushbutton. Another variation
was to put the starter button under the gas pedal, so to start the car you'd
floor the gas pedal. Someone else may chime in here to cover the finer points
of how they prevented activation of the starter every time you wanted to
accelerate really hard...
> Unfortunately, parking attendents these days tend not to understand
> this. I once spent ten minutes showing an attendant how to start the
> car without the key, ... it took them half an hour to retrieve the car
> from the bowels of the parking structure. I of course, couldn't go
> down for it -- insurance regulations.
If I trusted my precious car to a Chicago parking valet, my insurance
company would have a stroke... Come to think of it, so would I...
Andrew C. Green
Datalogics, Inc. Internet: acg@dlogics.com
441 W. Huron UUCP: ..!uunet!dlogics!acg
Chicago, IL 60610 FAX: (312) 266-4473
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