Battery disconnect bracket

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29closedcab

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I'm thinking of installing the battery disconnect that mounts on the starter. I use the fuse mounted on the starter switch. Is the disconnect necessary with the fuse?
 
if your starter button sticks so that the starter runs on and on, which happens occasionally, the disconnect will stop it. A fuse will not. The fuse will also not protect against a short in the wiring from the battery to the fuse block.
 
You mention the disconnect switch mounting on the starter. I've never seen them mounted there, but have seen them mounted on the top of the rear motor mount, and that seems to be a good location. I don't use them myself and I also don't have the fuse. Of course I'm also using an original fan, so watch out when you see me coming.:D
 
I have my disconnect mounted on the battery on the + terminal and cable. Simple twist of the knob and its all done.
 
My roadster has a flat metal strap of the lower starter bolt. Cut off mounts between the starter and the frame rail at the end of the strap. Easy to get too.
 
springerpete said:
I have my disconnect mounted on the battery on the + terminal and cable. Simple twist of the knob and its all done.
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I'm not actually looking at mine right now since I'm in the house not the shop, but if I recall correctly the bracket attaches to a flywheel housing bolt underneath the starter. The switch is under the steering tube and next to the steering gear housing. Easy to get at, though not as easy as the ones that are mounted so the handle comes through the floorboard or the seat frame. I think in an emergency it might be tough to get at a switch mounted on the battery very quickly. Maybe not.
 
Mine, a heavy duty one, not the one with the green knob (which have been known to fail) is mounted in easy reach location under the driver's seat (tudor). More convenient than having to open the hood each time. Unless you get down and look under the seat you can't see it. Peace of mind.
Paul in CT

The 2 posts above happened as I was typing...........
 
Mounted mine under the diriver's seat also. I's convenient, out of sight and I don't have to open the hood to turn it off or on. I turn it on as I get into the car and turn it off as I get out. Had to get one longer cable however. Very clean installation.
 
I just mounted my Battery shut off last year. I bought it from Brattons, & it mounts on the starter bolt( see instructions incl). As Pat in Santa Cruz stated, the fuse does not protect the starter( or cables). Both add ons are necessary. In addition, the instructions advise the installer to remove the NEG cable, ie, the one that runs by the brake pedal to the starter, and use the cables to shunt the starter off the hot side. I don't like that. If that cable frays and shorts watch the fireworks. I removed the short braided ground strap. From the terminal on the "kill switch", I ran a new 25" cable to the pos battery terminal. 49 Pontiac 6cyl is same style as the starter cable on the As, only longer. Then, I drilled a small hole for a terminal bolt in the frame and from the other kill switch terminal, I ran a ground cable to it. This prevents any short caused by ,lets say, dropping a tool that hits the switch terminal and engine pan at the same time. With the ground side used on the switch, the worst thing is the circuit is completed and power is on, as if no kill switch is installed.
 
I mounted my heavy duty shutoff switch under the top surface of the left rear motor mount and find it a neat location, this is only possible if using the original motor mounts and not the float-a-motors.
 
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