Thanks everyone for your advice. There's lots of great suggestions for me to try. I'm going to pop a length of wire with a female connector on it in the glove box. Would a length of wire with a switch inline negate the risk of sparks at either end? Hopefully when I get some time, I'll do the relay mod for a more permanant fix.
Thanks again, Rob.
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rob-81 wrote:Just been out to practice the screwdriver technique. Scared the shit out of me but worked. Thanks again. At least I can use the car for the time being without worrying about it not starting.
Glad it worked for you! Perhaps a semi-permanent wire would be useful, however I would recommend the use of a push button rather than a on/off switch.
Alternatively, you could use the method that I employed with my old 306 after the smoke escaped from a fair portion of the loom, where I took a length of domestic flex from a broken hoover, and connected the brown wire to battery +ve and the blue to the small connector on the starter. I then led the flex out from the corner of the bonnet/wing area and into the car by the door hinge where it lay in the drivers footwell ready for me to touch the wires together to operate the starter.
Very sheddy, but effective.
If you do use it make sure the wires cannot touch however on driving, or bad things may happen. I had one wire tied to part of the lower dashboard allowing the other to hang to guard against such badness...
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you should not need a relay as it is the solanoid which is switched by the ignition switch, which is low tension,
i belive what causes the ignition switch to burn out, is switching it on and off whilst items that draw high current are switched on (heater fan and head lights,
regards malcolm
i belive what causes the ignition switch to burn out, is switching it on and off whilst items that draw high current are switched on (heater fan and head lights,
regards malcolm
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also own
K reg D special
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H reg CX saffari 2.5 TRI (now gone to Malaysia)
R reg xantia 1.9TD est (gone to meet its maker)