On 12/4/2007 3:21 PM neil N wrote:

> I'm pretty sure a remote starter is standard fare at your FLAPS.
>
> I've never actually used one, but it may be that the starter clips onto
> the starter motor. Of course given your electrical background, you would
> likely have a better suggestion for that! (of course one could always
> RTM --- ;^)

Yer right -- I have the manual. I can read wiring diagrams. But wiring
diagrams don't describe where wires are physically routed. My guess is
that there is are no wiring points in the engine compartment that can be
used to start the starter, and climbing under the van in an inch of water
in 35 degree (F) weather is not my idea of a good time, so I reckon that
Mike Collum has the right idea: permanently mount a switch in the engine
compartment.

Or at least bring some wire leads up there and put a mating plug on the
switch.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR