Re: Pusbutton schematics.

Posted by Randy Berger On 2011/9/9 22:15:20

Two incidents:
#1, I ran out of gas about fifty feet from the gas station I was headed for. I got out and started pushing keeping the momentum so I could get up to the pumps. As I was pushing I thought "I'm burning the points, better shut the key off". I reached in and with my right hand switched off the ignition. I heard the shifter and knew I had blundered, but before I could reach in and turn the IGN on, the automatic Park engaged and I rammed my head into the pillar and the roof - damned near knocked myself out.

#2, I had pulled the car into a car wash which back then was pulled by a chain in the floor and the link they hooked on to your lower control arm had a weak link designed to break and prevent damage. The young boy who was cleaning the inside of my windshield and wiping off the dash noticed I had left the ignition on. He obligingly turned it off. The front end dipped down, the link snapped, the young boy almost turned white, which was not his normal complexion. I had leapt the short wall which kept patrons out of harms way and turned the key on. He was stammering and professing he didn't do anything wrong. No damage to me that time. I figured out which wire to disconnect and all three of my 56s have the fused bypass installed.
Haven't hurt myself in that way for a long time.