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Still using the Push Button Start?
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Still using the Push Button Start?
How many are still engaging the starter by way of the stock push button? I'm doing a variation on the original and will be using the original key switch; still think it's pretty neat and a throw back to earlier times.
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Still using the Push Button Start
I am also using the starter button. I am not changing mine either, I think it is a part of the charm of driving a 57 year old truck!!
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I just went to a gear-reduction starter on my flatty, and it is like the GM starters, has a solenoid on the starter. So I use the starter button to energize the stock Ford starter solenoid, which just sends the start signal to the starter solenoid on the starter. (Confusing?!) So the stock solenoid is handling a couple of amps, instead of the whole starter load. Works slick and looks stock.
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I'm glad this what brought up. I too intend on using the push button starter. My concern is I will be running a 12V system, and the button, ignition switch etc. is original 6V. Does this pose a voltage problem (frying the wireing, button, switch)? What is the solution to this dilema?
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Shouldn't be an issue. You are just breaking and restoring continuity. Voltage doesn't matter. In fact incresing to 12V should be less stressful on the button I would think.
I will never remove mine, the button is part of what makes a 50s Effie what it is to me.
Shouldn't be an issue. You are just breaking and restoring continuity. Voltage doesn't matter. In fact incresing to 12V should be less stressful on the button I would think.
I will never remove mine, the button is part of what makes a 50s Effie what it is to me.
