Members Al F. Posted January 25, 2004 Members Share Posted January 25, 2004 Some of you may remember me sitting dead on the starting grid at Sears last year and how it ended up being due to a bad kill switch. Well, today I went out to test my rewiring after relocating the battery...and nothing, no juice anywhere. So I start testing around, and the damn kill switch is bad again!!! So...any suggestions on kill switches? The first one was a Sytec with the removable key. This last one was a Longacre. Maybe it didn't like running in the rain and then being ignored for four months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastjohn Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Al, may not be your kill switch. You may have a starter going bad. I've seen a few that would still turn over the car, but were drawing around 800 amps continous. No kill switch can stand that for very long. Just a thought and hope it helps. Most auto shops have amp meters that are the inductive kind , (snap-on), that can read up to 1000 amps. Good hunting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsim Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 You are remembering to turn the switch to the on position, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Al F. Posted January 26, 2004 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2004 hahaha Brad, you are so...funny John, thanks for the tip. My voltmeter has a continuity test and it fails that. If I bypass the switch everything works perfect. I guess its better than replacing a starter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg R. Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Al, don't worry about Brad. He just has 4th gen envy. Greg Robinson CMC #12 Mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsim Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Al, don't listen to Greg. He just has Chevy envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg R. Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Geez Brad, you just hurt my feeling... Greg Robinson CMC #12 Mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 And don't worry everyone, Brad just has bad Ford envy as in" he is always behind the FORDS.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsim Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 You're right Tony, I'm all about being the 'driver'. And yeah, I did look at the back of your Mustang (pretty colors by the way), let's see.... in three of the nine times we were on the track together. I suppose you'll come up with some lame excuse for the other six! Probably somthing like mechanical failures. Heh - let's all hope for a pain-free year - for both camps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Al - I went with the Moroso unit from Summit. I don't have the p/n handy, but its the one with the alternator kill on it as well. I think it was about $40 or so.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam s. Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Al your problem might be that you need a starter solenoid between the switch and starter . starting amps. are some time to high for the switch to handle over the long usage Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[email protected] Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 The Long Acres are among the best. To cut the alternator, are you interupting the idiot light for battery charge? May be you are sending too much current through the Kill Switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Al, Have you checked the loose nut behind the wheel..I'll bet you will find that's your problem. Who sold you that car anyway?? Did you get a 5 year extended warranty when you bought it,or was it the tail light warranty?? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Al F. Posted January 30, 2004 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2004 Oh yeah, a warranty would've been nice. Actually I think the car has been very reliable, considering how I treat it. Sam...really? I've never heard of that. You would think considering how big these are they'd be indestructable. Steve...I'm interrupting the excitation signal to the alternator. I put in another Longacre switch in the car, and another one in a box in the trailer. Maybe I should wire them both up and have redundant switches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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