>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).
>
Oh well... you learn something new every day. I suppose that's safe
enough when you don't have any "computer chips" in the circuit. My
(admittedly primitive and unenlightened) instinct is "sparks = scarey"...
I think I'll stick to the socket method until I find my remote starter
switch.
BTW, how did you do that trick where your reply to the list on this
subject seemed to be coming from me? (see below)
>Date: 3/24/99 6:01 PM
>Received: 3/24/99 8:40 PM
>From: Max Heim, mvheim@studiolimage.com
> (by way of Florrie & Allen Bachelder)
>To: MG List, mgs@autox.team.net
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Max Heim
'66 MGB
runs great, looks scabrous
mountain View CA
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