External Starter
Posted: 18 Oct 2009 14:45
by zekow1
Hi
Guys
Ibought an external starter tool .
Stupid me I thought it would have instructions on how to connected it to our cars.
NOT
Do any of you know how to connect this???




Posted: 18 Oct 2009 15:14
by Marko
whats an external starter tool ?
battery charger?
pics would help
Posted: 18 Oct 2009 16:13
by Urchin
Do you mean a switch that lets you start the car while working on the engine, or do you mean a remote starter to warm the car up while you warm up in the house?
Jeff
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Posted: 18 Oct 2009 23:44
by FI Spyder
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I bought one years ago for working on the Javelin where the starter relay was quite large with large connections for the allegator clips to grab and mounted in engine compartment where it was readily accessible. (It was a great car to work on.)
It won't work on the seven as the relay is inside on the side of the fuse box under dash (not really that accessible) and connections are covered with plastic connector block. I don't see how it can be connected to activate the starter relay.
TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 00:07
by PeterTR7V8
The 1st time I saw a remote starter was in Buffalo, NY. I asked why some of my colleagues were pointing their key rings at their cars from the 3rd floor at about 4:50PM. They explained to me the advantages of getting in to a car that is already up to temp after it had been sitting in the snow all day. I thought deeply about those advantages throughout my 30 minute walk home.
What I couldn't work out is how the device pumped the gas pedal, checked it was out of gear & kept an eye on the oil light in case it had to shut off in panic. [:D]
Never say die. At least not while you're still breathing.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 00:27
by zekow1
I meant a starter pistal
to use while you are in the motor compartment
can't be at both places at ones.
ANd do not have anybody available to turn the swith for you.




Posted: 19 Oct 2009 01:22
by Workshop Help
A pistol in the engine compartment? I guess all old cars have to go sometime. After all, they shoot horses, don't they?
Mildred Hargis
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:24
by Hasbeen
Peter, your colleagues were game, or perhaps the Buffalo car thieves
were not as smart as those in New Guinea, in the 70s.
Sometime in 1975, I was asked to mind the spare parts shop of Tutt
Bryants in Rabaul, New Guinea, while their spare parts manager went
on 2 months long leave.
I found that to avoid some of every air freight shipment from Japan,
or Oz, getting lost, I had to personally check the airport, every
day. Left to the locals, some percentage of many shipments would be
missed. Once you had used the paperwork, for some of a shipment, you
could not then get any stuff which was late ariving, or missed. You
had to wait for a customs auction, & buy your parts from the
uncleared shipments.
Rabaul is only 400 miles from the equator, so it gets a bit hot.
Cars left in the sun rapidly get to 180F+, so this was an
uncomfortable part of the day.
Most of the blokes doing this drove Holdens, & those Holdens had a
new feature. You only had to use the key to unlock the ignition. You
could then remove the key, & use the switch without it.
One smart bloke took to leaving his car running, with air condition
running, with the key removed, & the doors locked, while he was at
the airpot, or the harbour. We all soon caught on.
However, the locals up there, may not be too educated, but they
aren't too dumb, either. They soon figured out that they could
easily get into these things, & go for a joy ride. It was just a joy
ride, but as most of them had never driven before, they often ended
suddenly, against a coconut palm.
The airport hired a local to watch the cars, but the "ONE TALK"
system ment he could only come & tell us the car was gone, not that
someone was trying to take it.
We only had about 6 weeks of cool cars, before we had give up. It
was back to dropping into home, on the way back to work, for a
shower, & a change of the sweaty clothes.
Our house boy's used to lay out clean clothes, as soon as we left
the house, & sometimes we would go through 4 or 5 sets of them in a
day.
Hasbeen
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 07:53
by richards
I think the answer you are after is that you connect one side of the pistol grip to the small tag on the starter and the other to the battery, this allows you to kick the engine over to start it if you are setting up points etc. BE VERY CAREFULL. You also need to disconnect the normal starter solonoid wiring to get the crock clip on so you cant realy leave it there.
Get a lifestyle
Get a TR7!
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