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After hunting down some electrical gremlins I finally had my car running again after almost a year and a half. Buying my first home and doing some upgrades in my garage slowed me down quite a bit! But nevertheless the Duster is back on track.

Long story short my electrical/gremlin hunt involved me taking alot of my interior apart.

I have the Turbo action cheetah shifter with the command center console and all the switches to boot. I am kicking the idea of hooking up the included push button start while it is apart. Ideally i would still include the key to feed the button power for security reasons and use the button for cranking it over.

I am not entirely clear on where to start?

It is a 72 Duster, 340 Automatic if that help

Thank you in advance
 
Depends on how you did all this. You still using (and likely should be) the factory neutral safety setup? That is the transmission switch, and the firewall relay? If so, it's a simple matter of wiring your push button to power, and running the other wire and splicing into the yellow start wire coming out of the steering column.

If you don't have/ not using the factory scheme, it's important that you not bypass the NSS switch
 
I had to "hot wire" my B body for awhile so I could figure out some electrical stuff. I did as described above routing a hot wire to the starting wire on the relay and used a inline momentary button to start it. You will still need the key though for powering it down. My steering column had no wires so I had to use on on/off toggle.
I would think if you had the key in the "on" position, not "start" and used the push button to start it, it wouldn't even affect the NSS as long as it was in P or N.
But I definitely agree to use the NSS if you can.
I liked the push button, it made it feel like a race car instead of the rusty Charger it was. Ha
 
A keyed ignition/starter switch is a fantastic invention. I don't understand why anyone would want something different.
 
roccodart440 said:
I did it because it was easier with the painless harness
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Are you serious? Red for batt, pink for ign, purple for starter black for ground......usually yellow or green for acc.

I am curious about one thing.......is there a class of doorslammers where a keyed ignition switch is not allowed?
 
Obviously push button ignition does nothing but satisfy the inner nerd (other than start the car I guess). I know, I have the same nerd but not hidden so much.
 
RustyRatRod said:
A keyed ignition/starter switch is a fantastic invention. I don't understand why anyone would want something different.
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I remember all sorts of foolishness

We had a was it a Stude? pickup, had the starter on the bottom of the clutch travel.

Our '54 Nash Ambassador you pulled the shifter knob up towards the wheel

Some old rigs (GM?) you floorboarded the throttle

Old Ford (Gramps '40) had a mechanical column lock, with a toggle switch built into the column, and a push button on the dash

Hell, I'm behind times. Finally discovered that some of the key-start outboards you push the key in to activate the solenoid operated choke. Our old 35 Johnson was simply 2 buttons.........start, and choke. You held the choke in to kill it
 
We had a Toyota that had the clutch triggered starter. Push clutch in (then turn key to start) to start car. My first 65 had a bad ignition so the start feature didnt work so PO put in a push button under it. turn key to start and push button. It worked and was probably a great theft deterrent.
 
mine is wired right at the starter relay. like bumping the starter with a screwdriver only using a push button instead. my nss is disabled and will only start with the key in the run position and then the push button. only I know where the button is. it's my theft deterrent, not to mention my brand new 69.00 ignition switch stopped working in the crank position LOL
 
Bulldozer said:
mine is wired right at the starter relay. like bumping the starter with a screwdriver only using a push button instead. my nss is disabled and will only start with the key in the run position and then the push button. only I know where the button is. it's my theft deterrent, not to mention my brand new 69.00 ignition switch stopped working in the crank position LOL
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Why ANYONE would bypass an NSS is beyond me. If you drag race, it is required. You could have left the NSS in place and done exactly the same thing.
 
67Dart273 said:
Why ANYONE would bypass an NSS is beyond me. If you drag race, it is required. You could have left the NSS in place and done exactly the same thing.
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it wasn't disabled by me. the car is a 74 with the interlock bullshit and the previous owner bitched up all the related wiring to it. I haven't gotten to it yet. why anyone would put the car in gear first before trying to start it is beyond me
 
Bulldozer said:
it wasn't disabled by me. the car is a 74 with the interlock bullshit and the previous owner bitched up all the related wiring to it. I haven't gotten to it yet. why anyone would put the car in gear first before trying to start it is beyond me
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That's just it. "They don't." At least not by purpose. Easy to forget that not all cars have locking columns, and it might have died in traffic when the thing was not in park/ locked. It would take you exactly one wire to make it safe.
 
67Dart273 said:
That's just it. "They don't." At least not by purpose. Easy to forget that not all cars have locking columns, and it might have died in traffic when the thing was not in park/ locked. It would take you exactly one wire to make it safe.
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it's safe, nobody drives it but me lol
 
How did you go about doing a no key ignition set up ? I'm thinking of doing a push button start on my 65 dart . I guess they call it a 2 step ignition switch ? other wise id do a regular push button but the toggle switch would be one of those all weather rubber push button 2 wire switches mounted on the floor under the carpet between the dimmer and the brake pedal so all you would have to do is rest you foot on it to complete the power circuit the push the push button on the dash ?
 
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