Date:         Fri, 6 May 2005 19:07:03 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl Hartmut Filc <kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA>
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From:         Karl Hartmut Filc <kfilc@SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Remote start for diesels?
Comments: To: Richard Green <rlgreen@INDUSTRYINET.COM>
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I have one on my wifes Hyundai. It works only if the shifter is in neutral
AND the handbrake is set. This in Ontario/Canada. But didn't the diesel need
a time of glowing before can start?

Karl Hartmut Filc
80 Vanagon (soon to be a weekender)

Life is too important to be taken seriously



----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Green" <rlgreen@INDUSTRYINET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 :09:39 AM
Subject: Re: Remote start for diesels?


>I have seen them for standard transmissions before.They use something to
> tell that the tranny is in netural.
> I am not sure how they do it. I would say it's not illegal like that.
> Richard
>
> Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
>> I want to fit a remote start to my diesel. All the local
>> autoelectricians (those who have HEARD of them) say they cannot
>> supply units; one said they are illegal on manual cars.
>>
>> Anyone know what would be involved in fitting one to a diesel?
>>
>> It'd be nice to be able to have the car defrost/fog its glass and be
>> warm by the time I get dressed & head out to work...
>> --
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
>> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
>>
>> HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE
>>
>> DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
>>
>>