[DeTomaso] Help please - Mounting the washer pump.

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/27/08 22 25 34, davel at emspace.com writes:


> What is that box and what did it do?
> 

That is the starter interlock override button.   On the later L-models, in 
theory there was a starter interlock box mounted under the dash which received a 
number of inputs from various places; logic conditions needed to be satisfied 
before the ignition switch would engage the starter.   I believe this 
included weight on the driver's seat, seat belt fastened, door closed, etc.   The 
override button supposedly bypassed this logic once, allowing a person to depress 
the button, then turn the key and start the car without the logic actually 
being satisfied.

I have never actually seen a car that had this interlock functional.   I 
don't know whether they have all failed, or were never implemented.   My car was 
retrofitted with a '74 wiring harness, and the two wires for the interlock 
bypass are dangling useless in the front trunk.   I can reach in the window and 
turn the key and start the car all day long.

(Well, not right now--my solonoid is still broken, but you know what I mean!)

The washer bottle was mounted to a bracket which was screwed to the inside of 
the front trunk compartment; a leather strap wrapped around the bottle to 
keep it secure.   This bracket/bottle was a Lucas assembly, used on every British 
car in the world.   Complete replacement assemblies are available new; I 
don't know if you can *only* get the bracket though.

Mike

Mike


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