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Push button start? #1217932 04/17/12 08:03 PM 04/17/12 08:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 666 Anywhere the British Secret Se... M Moonraker OP mopar
Moonraker OP mopar M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 666 Anywhere the British Secret Se...	I have an old push button relay I took off of my inner fender well years ago and found it digging through all my old stuff. I remember removing it as it never worked anyway due to the relay itself or crappy wiring I replaced, but is this a push button start? What is the purpose of having it under the hood? To be able to start the car while you are working on it? Sorry if it sounds like a dumb question. Is it worth putting back on?

Re: Push button start? [Re: Moonraker] #1217933 04/17/12 08:10 PM 04/17/12 08:10 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O 70Cuda383 Too Many Posts
70Cuda383 Too Many Posts Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 21,345 Marysville, O-H-I-O	I don't think any of these cars had a factory underhood starter button. so as to what the one you have is for, or what it does....you got me! who knows what the previous owners of your car did. could be a starter button to bump the starter while running the valves on a solid cam? if so, it'll just bump the starter over, it won't actually start the car and let it run. (unless you have the key in the "run" position, in which case, bumping the starter under the hood WILL make it run! ) Photobucket sucks

Re: Push button start? [Re: Moonraker] #1217934 04/17/12 08:39 PM 04/17/12 08:39 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,040 Lincoln Nebraska	Quote: I have an old push button relay I took off of my inner fender well years ago Was that a 74 A body that you removed it from. I've seen em but not quite sure what it was maybe a seat belt interlock bypass live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: Push button start? [Re: RapidRobert] #1217935 04/18/12 11:44 AM 04/18/12 11:44 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 666 Anywhere the British Secret Se... M Moonraker OP mopar
Moonraker OP mopar M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 666 Anywhere the British Secret Se...	Quote: Quote: I have an old push button relay I took off of my inner fender well years ago Was that a 74 A body that you removed it from. I've seen em but not quite sure what it was maybe a seat belt interlock bypass Yes it is a 74 A-body(Duster). I will have to take a pick of it and post it. Even the new engine bay harness has the connector on there for it.

Re: Push button start? [Re: Moonraker] #1217936 04/18/12 12:25 PM 04/18/12 12:25 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,506 Indiana G GrnMagic77 Peter Parker
GrnMagic77 Peter Parker G Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,506 Indiana	I have that button on my '74 Charger...seems like it was something to do with a seatbelt/ignition reset button...don't remember for sure though...definately was not a starter button. 1978 Round Up-1977 Warlock-1977 Powerwagon Adven.- 1976 Blue "Macho"-1974 Charger-1968 Fury III -1966 Newport *

Re: Push button start? [Re: GrnMagic77] #1217937 04/18/12 12:59 PM 04/18/12 12:59 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,506 Indiana G GrnMagic77 Peter Parker
GrnMagic77 Peter Parker G Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,506 Indiana	...in 1974, when all new cars and light trucks sold in the United States featured DOT-mandated interlocks that prevented engine starting unless driver and front-passenger belts were fastened. http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7l1f4...gate-scandal-2/ Mine,while still on there,has been disconnected on my car...guess it just depends on how original you wish your car to be. 1978 Round Up-1977 Warlock-1977 Powerwagon Adven.- 1976 Blue "Macho"-1974 Charger-1968 Fury III -1966 Newport *

Re: Push button start? [Re: GrnMagic77] #1217938 04/18/12 03:03 PM 04/18/12 03:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 666 Anywhere the British Secret Se... M Moonraker OP mopar
Moonraker OP mopar M Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 666 Anywhere the British Secret Se...	Quote: ...in 1974, when all new cars and light trucks sold in the United States featured DOT-mandated interlocks that prevented engine starting unless driver and front-passenger belts were fastened. http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7l1f4...gate-scandal-2/ Mine,while still on there,has been disconnected on my car...guess it just depends on how original you wish your car to be. Good info but how did the thing function? Did you have to pop the hood and push the button to bypass the seat belt interlock?

Re: Push button start? [Re: Moonraker] #1217939 04/18/12 03:16 PM 04/18/12 03:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,785 Rio Linda, CA John_Kunkel Too Many Posts
John_Kunkel Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 25,785 Rio Linda, CA	Yes, if something went wrong in the seatbelt interlock system and prevented the engine from stating, the red button could be pushed to override the system and allow an engine start ONE TIME....it would then reset and you'd have to push it again for the next start. The interlock box interrupted the yellow wire that energized the starter relay. The INTERNET, the MISinformation superhighway

Re: Push button start? [Re: John_Kunkel] #1217940 04/18/12 09:59 PM 04/18/12 09:59 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,235 Phoenix, AZ Jjs72D Deep in the closet
Jjs72D Deep in the closet Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,235 Phoenix, AZ	Those relays DO fail, too. A friend had a 74 Duster with that crappy system. He dang near pulled his last hair out trying to figure out why the car wouldn't start. I think that he ended up bypassing the relay and threw it as far as he could. Jeff

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