Button starter and NCT

Barr

Hi

As above can anyone see this being a problem with passing the NCT ?

Thanks

bennyx_o

Can't see it being a problem

gyppo

I had no problem with a button starter in an Audi 80tdi a few months ago. NCT inspector made no comment on it.

Hogzy

well if it starts the car like it should then there shouldnt be a problem...lots of cars are fitted with them nowadays

SV

As has been said...not a problem. Don't worry about it.

Type 17

OP: No problem, many cars have them nowadays (as did early cars like Ford Model T's - aftermarket electric starter kit to avoid having to swing a starting handle)

gyppo wrote: »

I had no problem with a button starter in an Audi 80tdi a few months ago. NCT inspector made no comment on it.

Just curious, but I presume that you fitted this yourself (or someone else did), as this isn't standard on this car? Why did you (they) bother, I find a key-start quicker and easier?

Bummer

Its not a danger to the cars safety aspects or performance and it doesn't in-danger other road user...I don't see a problem with it.:D

gyppo

Type 17 wrote: »

OP: No problem, many cars have them nowadays (as did early cars like Ford Model T's - aftermarket electric starter kit to avoid having to swing a starting handle)



Just curious, but I presume that you fitted this yourself (or someone else did), as this isn't standard on this car? Why did you (they) bother, I find a key-start quicker and easier?

It was fitted to a car i acquired. The contacts on the ignition were worn/burnt out ( car had 235k miles), and it looked like a royal pain to change the ignition switch, so the previous owner wired a push button switch in parrallel to the ignition one.

Type 17

gyppo wrote: »

It was fitted to a car i acquired. The contacts on the ignition were worn/burnt out ( car had 235k miles), and it looked like a royal pain to change the ignition switch, so the previous owner wired a push button switch in parrallel to the ignition one.

Fair enough, it's a big job to get at the switch (it's inside the dash, and behind a steel plate, rather than out on the steering column, to defeat hot-wiring), so I can see why the previous guy bypassed it. I have an 80 with 170k on it, so maybe I'll have to do something soon, but it's all ok for now.

mickdw

Type 17 wrote: »

Fair enough, it's a big job to get at the switch (it's inside the dash, and behind a steel plate, rather than out on the steering column, to defeat hot-wiring), so I can see why the previous guy bypassed it. I have an 80 with 170k on it, so maybe I'll have to do something soon, but it's all ok for now.

I used to have one of those. Bullet proof car although it was fond of wishbone bushes.

gyppo

mickdw wrote: »

I used to have one of those. Bullet proof car although it was fond of wishbone bushes.

Yes, these were great cars. The one I had needed bushes when I got it too.
Still, once all the jobs were done it it, it was impressively rattle free for a car with that level of milage.

Type 17

mickdw wrote: »

I used to have one of those. Bullet proof car although it was fond of wishbone bushes.

They aren't the most over-engineered part of the car alright, but I've only changed them once since I got the car 40k miles ago (and they weren't dead, it was just a precaution).

The key thing is to finally tighten the wishbone bush bolts when the car is on its wheels, not when it's jacked up, otherwise you're putting a load of torque on the bushes even before the springs get to deflect on corners, bumps, etc and they'll fail within a few months.