Ignition Starter Button

[S5TVR]

Has anyone fitted a starter button to their Chim and if so where did they mount it (I'm thinking of locating it on the bottom right hand corner of the dash surrounding the radio) and do you have a wiring diagram ?.

[stegefal]

Mod wise do a starter button kit.

www.mod-wise.com/index.html

Try there.

[tvrbob]

This one is mostly home design. The button only works if the engine is off. No chance of accidentally firing the starter once she's running



The light comes on when it's ready to start and goes off once the engine is running



I have a discription and part list somewhere

[stegefal]

Bob,

Really like that. Could you let me know if you find the parts list etc?

[tvrbob]

stegefal said:

Bob, Really like that. Could you let me know if you find the parts list etc?

e-mail me via my profile. I'll send you it by 'pdf' if I can find it.

[markh]

I've got one of these (still in box,not fitted yet) mine came from Peninsula if that helps at all

Mark

stegefal said:

Bob, Really like that. Could you let me know if you find the parts list etc?

[tvrbob]

markh said:

I've got one of these (still in box,not fitted yet) mine came from Peninsula if that helps at all Mark

Really!! I'm amazed. I took the basic design from a Richbrook wiring diagram and found the switch on e-bay. How strange that two people come up with the same design.

[big.jezz]

i have to get one

[ChimBungee]

tvrbob said:

This one is mostly home design. The button only works if the engine is off. No chance of accidentally firing the starter once she's running

Isn't the fog light switch supposed to sit there?

[tvrbob]

ChimBungee said:

Isn't the fog light switch supposed to sit there?

Yes but I never go out in the fog. The fog light switch is loose behind the head unit. Come MOT time I just quickly swap them over. I had intended to cut a new hole but there are lots of warnings about veneer cracking so I chose not to bother in the end. I may cut a hole one day. There's an ideal place in the upper dash.

[ChimBungee]

tvrbob said:

I may cut a hole one day.

I'm sure you would keep us updated on that, especially if the outcome was, errrh, unexpected

[Flintstone]

I have to ask this.

Why?

Surely you still need a key?

[tvrbob]

Flintstone said:

Why?

'cos it looks good

Flintstone said:

Surely you still need a key?

yep. A key ignition must remain for insurance purposes.

[andyc16]

Please could someone tell me where i can get this button? I like this very much!

Thanks A

[Plotloss]

www.richbrook.co.uk sell them

As found in the Noble.

Very nice they are too, have one in the Mini...

[tvrbob]

andyc16 said:

Please could someone tell me where i can get this button? I like this very much! Thanks A

Which button, the one in the picture above? That's not a Richbrook button

[richb]

Flintstone said:

I have to ask this. Why? Surely you still need a key?

Curious one this isn't it? Years ago my old MGA had a key to turn on the ignition, a choke which I had to tug out with my left hand and a starter knob which I had to pull with my right hand. At the same time as doing this if I dabbed the throttle with any luck it would fire! Now 45 years on we have fuel injection so no choke and the starter solenoid is switched with just one turn of the key. Meanwhile Bob, who assures us he never goes out in the fog, has disabled his fog lamps yet there is a possibility one day that he could get caught in mist perhaps whilst enjoying a drive across the moors! I like the idea of a starter button with it's connotations of Blower Bentleys and Spitfire fighter pilots etc. but on the other hand it is undeniably a retrograde step which serves no purpose at all! Rich...

[AndyC16]

the nice illuminuos blue one! where can i get that?

[tvrbob]

richb said:

but on the other hand it is undeniably a retrograde step which serves no purpose at all! Rich...

...it does serve a purpose, it looks good and that's why we do it. Oh and I can easily get to the fog light button. I had the choice of removing either the fog or hazard light button and I had to decide which I was most likely to need. No contest.

Judging by the number of e-mails I've had from this thread I think it's also a popular TVR conversion.

[tvrbob]

AndyC16 said:

the nice illuminuos blue one! where can i get that?

e-mail me. It's not a kit but I have all the info you need if you have the basic auto-electrical capability.