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I am not quite ready to dive into putting things back in my 1st ed. 3/4 ton GMC but I am deffinitely going to go back to the floor mounted foot pedal ignition when I do. In the mean time, I thought I better educate myself on the topic. Has anyone put one of these in? Is there a diagram available explaining the mechanics of the device and how to wire it up? Any help that you may be able to provide would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Tom
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Tom
I havent seen one of these in a looong time, but if what you are talking about is the floor mounted starter, it is mechanical, not electric. Stepping on teh starter button moves a lever that closes contacts in the starter motor itself. The only wire is the battery cable that goes to starter.

I still have the original foot pedal in mine and it works great. Let me know if you want pictures and i'll e-mail them to you.
Brian Davis '49 3/4 ton

Foot pedal starters are great. You can put on your seat belt while starting the truck!

Yeah the pedal is the ultimate retro. Many do not even know what it's for. This should have been there for manual tranny's through early '55. Hydramatics came with the push button and solenoid. Mechanical is the way to go! You will need to make sure your bell housing has the taps, etc., to mount the setup. Best to hit the wrecking yard. Should be easy to find.

I have seen them in Task Force trucks through '59 .

Push Starters were standard equipment on 6 cyl through 59. V8 had electric starting in 55, I think?? I know they were all electric in 60, also the first year of manditory seatbelts and turnsignals.
hope it helps
Brad

Think of it as a anti-theft device, even if they can get juice to the coil if theycan't handle four pedals your dead in the water.

I take my 59 to a quickie lube (I don't have a garage). They almost always have to come ask me how to start it.
Now, if it only had a cup holder.

When I took my '48 to the glass shop, it wasn't the foot starter that fooled them, it was the "on" position of the ignition switch. They thought all-the-way to the right was on (instead of straight up) and wore down the battery!