Four OFF the Ground?

[S. Jaworski]

Many moons ago, I made a "secret switch" ignition relay. It was a "latching"
relay, that used a momentary on switch. You pressed in the switch when
starting the car. After it started, you let go of the switch. The relay
stayed "latched" until you turned off the ignition  . . .then it became
"unlatched".
Nice feature of a latching relay is that you dont need to remember to turn
it off . . . it does so on its own.
And if you didnt know where that switch was, forget about starting the car.
And, a thief could not jump the wiring and start the car either. The relay
would short to ground one of the coil wires, so you got no spark. And, that
wire was well camouflaged . . . hehehehe.

Syl
88 5kq
90 100q

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> Message: 16
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:13:52 -0700
> From: Bob <mx at snet.net>
> To: Michael Gough <mdg3369 at mac.com>
> CC: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Four OFF the Ground?
>
> IME it has been almost instantaneous. (less than a second) but thats been
mostly
> CIS-E cars
>
> Bob
>
> Michael Gough wrote:
>
> > Yep that would work great. Does anyone know how much fuel and pressure
is
> > saved up in the accumulator? Will you stop going very shortly after you
shut
> > the pump down?
> > Mike
> >
> > ----------
> > Bob wrote:
> > > Ok, so have a switch that turns off the fuel pump instead :)
> > >
> > > Bob
> > >
> > > Michael Gough wrote:
> > >
> > >> Huw wrote:
> > >> > I am in favor of installing some sort of switch (perhaps key
activated)
> > >> > in automobiles, so that the engine can be turned "off" in such
extreme
> > >> > cases... lives could be saved!  I know it will increase costs, and
most
> > >> > of us will never need it, but tell that to the bereaved survivors!
> > >>
> > >> Yep thats an easy one. Just make the coil have switched power. This
will
> > >> also allow you to switch the engine "off" when you park it and if a
thief
> > >> can't find the switch, he will have to push it to steal it. However,
in an
> > >> emergency situation I don't know if this will turn off the fuel pump.
> > >> Someone else might though.........
> > >> Mike
> > >
>
>
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> Message: 17
> From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: Seat Memory dies
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:33:48 -0400
>
> My seat memory recently died all of a sudden- worked in the
> morning, then all of a sudden, when I go to park, nothing.
>
> Any idea why this would happen? Never had any clue of any intermittent
> connections or anything like that. Window and mirror switches all still
> work.
>
> Patient is a '91 200q.
>
> Taka
>
>
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