Excellent advice - I'll add that to my springtime mods list.
Spitman
-----Original Message-----
From: dano <dorie@stetson.edu>
To: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: Master Cut off switch
>At 09:45 PM 1/16/99 -0500, Craig wrote:
>>Anyone on the list messed with master cut off switches ?
>Craig,
> I've installed 4 master cutoff switches in British iron. These switches
>are the kind that
>mount usually on the firewall and have a big red plastic key which you turn
>90 degrees to turn it on or off (8 or so bucks at Wal-Mart). I usually put
>them up underneath the passenger side footwell so they are located behind
>the area where the battery sits. This way they are pretty much out of sight
>in the engine compartment and hidden in the passenger compartment. It does
>require cutting an inch or so diameter hole in the firewall (aptly named).
>They work on the Negative side of the battery, meaning the battery cable
>connects to one side of the switch and the other side of the switch
>connects to a ground. The key side is inside the car so you just have to
>reach over and turn it on to energize the system. They work great and are
>also a theft deterrent. I chose not to use the battery mounted cut-off
>that mounts on the battery post and turns on/off because raising the
>Spitfire hood in a torrential downpour isn't fun. Although I'm not crazy
>about cutting the hole in the firewall, the advantages heavily outweigh
>that, and I feel much better when I park the car for any length of time.
>Prior to installing it, I've smelled that sickening burning-wire aroma too
>many times in the past and scrambled to disconnect the battery whilst
>pulling that red tab off the fire extinguisher. Whenever I buy a new
>British car, the first order of business is to have the radiator re-cored,
>flush the entire cooling system and replace every hose, and then install a
>kill switch.
> Dano
>71 Bond Equipe (GT6 based)
>67 Herald
>
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