Neat little accessory installed today!

So...you still have to have the key, put it in, and turn it...THEN press the button? Sounds like more of a novelty than anything. The purpose behind push button start is to have no key, just a fob in your pocket that a reciever detects and allows the push button to crank it. Its kinda like having a riding mower that you have to turn the key on, and push a button to crank it...

But to each his own I guess...im sure I do things that make people scratch their heads about.

I remember cars and trucks having push button start as standard equipment... in the '40s and early '50s. Then they got modern and you only needed to turn the key.

I did the same in my car in the late '60s, only with toggle switches, one for the ignition, one for accessories, and one for the starter. Didn't even need the key, no steering wheel or shifter lock.

Retro is in! :fing32:

RED-85-Z51 said:

So...you still have to have the key, put it in, and turn it...THEN press the button? Sounds like more of a novelty than anything. The purpose behind push button start is to have no key, just a fob in your pocket that a reciever detects and allows the push button to crank it. Its kinda like having a riding mower that you have to turn the key on, and push a button to crank it...

But to each his own I guess...im sure I do things that make people scratch their heads about.

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I figured this wouldn't make sense to some. Most trucks and big trucks back then had a push button start ignition that still required the key. I always liked them so thats why I put one in.

I've still got a toe button on the floor to start the engine. It's fun to watch the guys at the tire shop try to figure out how to fire it up (frequently without success). The downside is that it is possible to crank the engine without the key, which can lead to all sorts of mischief. I imagine that the newer button systems have corrected this.

Yeah on newer systems, such as the 05+ vette, there is a key fob that you put on your home key chain, and put in your pocket...when you approach the car..the car senses the presence of the fob...and when you touch the access panel next to the door, it unlocks the car and pops the latch. When you get in, it allows you to push the button and crank the engine.

What alot of people dont realize is...if the battery goes dead, you cant access the car, from the outside...or get out of the car, from the inside..lol.

There is a trick to that. Inside the Fob..there is a key, you pop it open, put the key into a hidden hole above the license plate, it pops the deck lid..and allows you to pull a level that manually opens the door. And on the inside, down next to the seat, there is a lever you can lift up, to manually open the doors..

I put a push button in my '72 Blazer when the ignition switch decided to no longer work reliably in the "crank" position...started every time after that,and I learned it qualified as a "anti-theft device" and gained me a 10% discount on my car insurance!..I also added a hidden kill switch to get another discount ,plus make it less likely to get stolen when I drove it with the roof off in nice weather..

A friend of mine had an old chevy that had the "stomp switch" starter,you had to step on a button to start the car,it also made the starter gear engauge the flywheel at the same time..

One night he let his wife take the car to the store to get groceries,he gets a call at dusk ,she was sobbing "it wont START"...He rolls his eyes and said "WHY??--is it spinning over??..or is the battery dead"?...
"I dont know,I was driving along normally,then I went to shut the high beams off,and the car just DIED..wont crank or do anything now!"..

Evidently she stepped on the starter when she thought she was using a dimmer switch,and it jammed the starter drive into the flywheel,and she kept driving till the starter windings came off the armature..and it was all balled up inside the starter ,it was still too hot to touch when we got there 30 minutes later!.....we pushed the car to pop start it after unbolting the starter to get it home!..