Installng a remote starter switch this weekend

[72SMFI]

I have been wanting to do this for a long time. Right now I either have a spark problem or a fuel problem. This way if she dies I can cheak for spark. Also it will double as a compression cheaker a points bumper and who knows what else. I plan to attach it to the fuse panel in the engine compartment.this will be a permanent install..Has any body else done this ??Wayne 72 911S sunroof

[Shakenbake]

How do you plan to do this, give us the details. I have seen remote starters used but never permanently wired to the fuse panel.

[Early_S_Man]

Chris & Wayne,

Extremely simple to do on MFI & CIS cars, if you remove the relay/fuse/CDI panel from the fender mounts ... as both the Yellow #50 lead to the solenoid, and the Red B+ lead from the alternator are there to be tapped into! The rear 14-pin connector to the engine wiring harness has both leads you need, on pins 1 and 14. All you have to do is find a convenient location for a momentary switch, and then run wires to the red and yellow leads!

If you look at the following diagram at the lower right quadrant ... the circled #84 connectors, it is all there for the partaking:
http://www.pelicanparts.com/911/911_Parts/Electrical/911_electrical_1973_CIS_Part2.jpg

[Wayne 962]

Make sure that you don't leave the car parked in gear if you remote start it!



-Wayne

[72SMFI]

Well I did it!! Thanks Warren on the tip for term 1 and 15 . I put the marine push button starter switch in one of the holes that is not being used for a relay in back panel.tapped into the lines Hard Part! and mounted the switch. The push botton starter switch was completly insulataed rubberized. With out Warren suggestion I was going to wire into the starter and siliniod..

[ebradway]

Cool! I had a 1980 Toyota Corolla SR5 in college (the last really good Toyota until the MR2 - rear-wheel drive, carbuerated). The starter switch died and I didn't have the $75 for the new part but I had the $10 for a couple toggles and a 'big red button'. I left the key in the ignition to keep the steering wheel unlocked (didn't want to break the mechanical part of the switch).

I loved jumping in the car, flipping a couple toggles and pressing the button. I've been thinking about doing the same thing in my 911. Honda did a wonderful thing by putting that big red button on the dash of the S2000. I want the same thing on my 911!

Oh yeah, when I do it I'll still require the key for the 911. I never worried about someone stealing my rust-and-primer 10-year-old Toyota with 240K miles on it - but my 15-year-old 911 is another story even if the miles are close!

-Eric