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My Dad past away last fall we are in the process of putting his 1982 Santa Cruz Carver up for sale ,which he has owe since 1984 , I know he was looking for a part put never could fine it for the ignition system , its a dual helm set up , I know that he install a switch under the dash on the fly bridge that you had to push in and hold to start the boat which works fine if you want to start it at the fly bridge every time , you could not start it inside unless someone would go up to the fly bridge and hold the switch in , so with that being said I can only assume that the part he was looking for did this automatically when you went to start the boat at either station . looking for help to fix this issue .


Thank you for any help

how does this switch work at he fly bridge? Do you hold it in and then turn the key simultaneously and then release once started? Is there a key?

I wonder if you HAVE to push that switch in or if it was just a "combining" switch so he would start on both batteries? He may have had to do it sometimes if one of the batteries was weak or old, or may have just preferred to do it that way.

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post how does this switch work at he fly bridge? Do you hold it in and then turn the key simultaneously and then release once started? Is there a key?

yes you push it in to start then release it .
yes we have a key

km1125 wrote:Source of the post I wonder if you HAVE to push that switch in or if it was just a "combining" switch so he would start on both batteries? He may have had to do it sometimes if one of the batteries was weak or old, or may have just preferred to do it that way.

It has a battery switch you have to turn manual from battery one to two .

Johnnymalibu wrote:Source of the post

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post how does this switch work at he fly bridge? Do you hold it in and then turn the key simultaneously and then release once started? Is there a key?

yes you push it in to start then release it .
yes we have a key

Need more info. Do you turn the key to on then push the button until it starts and then release the button once started? To turn off do you simply turn off the key?

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post

Johnnymalibu wrote:Source of the post

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post how does this switch work at he fly bridge? Do you hold it in and then turn the key simultaneously and then release once started? Is there a key?

yes you push it in to start then release it .
yes we have a key

Need more info. Do you turn the key to on then push the button until it starts and then release the button once started? To turn off do you simply turn off the key?

And what happens at the lower station... does it have a key also?

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post

Johnnymalibu wrote:Source of the post

Midnightsun wrote:Source of the post how does this switch work at he fly bridge? Do you hold it in and then turn the key simultaneously and then release once started? Is there a key?

yes you push it in to start then release it .
yes we have a key

Need more info. Do you turn the key to on then push the button until it starts and then release the button once started? To turn off do you simply turn off the key?

you push and hold then turn the key to start it and then release the button once it starts

Then just turn it off

Is it diesel powered? Sorry about all the question but the setup is rather unusual.