You could make a fuel pump relay with a "wired-OR" diode connection to a pushbutton in the cockpit and alternator D+, so it would stay activated so long as the alternator was charging. That would also solve the problem of neglecting to stop and check what's wrong when your belt breaks and trashes the cooling. Yrs, d On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:51 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > Parking valets must have just *loved* him. :) > > Yrs, > d > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:37 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> If I were to install a KILL switch I would make it so that you have >> no >> choice but to by Pass it every time you start the car. My son had a relay >> wired that ungrounded the coil on one side and opened the fuel block valve >> on the other side. >> So to start the car every time you had to put it in reverse to >> trigger >> the relay and pull the high beam dip switch. You could hand the keys to >> the >> car to someone and they could not start it. Between the electric fuel cut >> > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.