Thread: Any thoughts on a starter "button"
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Old 05-15-2008, 10:01 PM
Bob Sacamano Bob Sacamano is offline
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Originally Posted by Gubi View Post
Probably a better mod would be to just install a starter relay. That'll take all the strain off the switch as well and won't be much difference in work.

Without a relay you'll probably just eventually burn out the button anyway.
Yes, and at some point Spider's began to come from the factory with a starter relay. I know my '74 was the first year S2 to have a starter relay mounted on the firewall near the windshield washer fluid bottle. Whether or not that practice continued with the S3 and S4 cars, I couldn't say. I've got one of each, but never closely examined the wiring schematic for either of them. One of the things I like about my '74 is that I've actually got that simple schematic mostly memorized. Those were the days.
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