Pretty cool!
I'm even more impressed with the "dynamic laser cruise control"!

 

By the way Mazda is offering the same technology for the new MX-5 as the Toyota. It's an option.

 

Ok, can anyone tell me where I went wrong? I used the power source from the lighter but now the button won't work unless the headlights are on..... the button stays powered when the headlights are off and turns off when the headlights are on ... So I have light to the button during the day and no power at night which is opposite.... and I can only start the car when the headlights are on....

 

You must have tapped the power for the light that surrounds the lighter socket. I believe you need power that feeds the lighter socket. This is powered when the key is in the run position.

 

yup you were right :P

 

I have the Honda Start Engine button right in my hands. You wrote that there are 3 wires needed to be attached to the button. However, there are five connector pins on the back of the start engine button. Which are the ones that need to be connected?
Sorry for the blurry picture. It was done by a crappy webcam.

 

...I forgot to put the pictures in for that, there are two threads about it....

I think it is the last three from the left, in these pics. Red is 12v, blue is ground yellow out to clutch switch.


S

 

A few more questions:

1. How did you remove the plastic that holds the ashtray and the lighter? You wrote that is is held by clips. Do I need to just pull it? Do I need to use a screwdriver?

2. How did you fix the wires? Did you solder them?

 

"The gear **** surround pulls straight up with 8 clips, and the lighter bin is held in by two clips, and two screws under that surround."

Maybe I should type slower

You need to take off your gear shift ****, lift the shifter plastic surround straight up (or pull up on the boot), then undo the two lighter/bin retaining screws, and pull free of the two clips.


S

 

There are good pictures in Gomez's thread about the short-shifter. That explains well how to remove the "gear **** surround".

 

I managed to install my engine start button. I had to use Dremel tool to make the lighter hole bigger, otherwise the button would not have fit.
The button emits a very faint red light. It can only be seen in total darkness. Is your button that dim, too?

Cs

 

Here is the next problem:

There are two wires coming out of the lower clutch switch. One is green/red/white and the other is blue/white.

I tried to connect my start button to both of them by scraping the plastic off the wire and attach my wire with a crocodile clamp. Non of them worked. Do you know what the problem could be.

 

Sounds like wrong pin out.
1- Check that the start button sends out 12v when pushed, ign on.
2- Take power from a footwell fuse to the bottom clutch switch wires, one must work.

S

 

I am sorry but where and what is the footwell fuse?

 

Has anyone made this work beside Stealth_TL?

 

I am happy to say that I solved my problem. I had a faulty wire that caused the problem. Now I have a cool engine start button installed.
Thank you Stealth_TL. It took you 1 hour, it took me 2 days

 

There's one difference that I would like to share. I have two wires coming out of the clutch switch. If I connect the start engine button to the red/white/green wire, the engine starts without pushing the clutch. If I connect the button to the blue/white wire, nothing happens.

Csaba

 

so does the lighter hole need to be bigger for the start button to fit? or do u just plug it in the existing one? *confused*

 

(Good to see you "got 'er done!" faffy!)

The lighter hole has to be trimmed, just a little to fit the little reinforcing ridges on the back of the Honda button.

The trim does not affect the fit of the stock lighter, if you want to put it back.

S

 

thanks for the reply stealth...btw wat tools did you use to do the trimming?

 

I used a rechargeable Dremel grinder to open the hole, just a little, but a round file would do fine - there's not a lot to remove.

S

 

StealthTL, I bought an S2000 button from Ebay (from http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWN%3AIT) Button+Relè.
I have a 6MT Mazda Rx-8. Can you help me in installing it? I tried to install it but I didn't succes in it. I find these schemes (look pics).
1) I install the buttom: Connect 1 to 85 of relè.
2) Connect 2 to +12v
3) Connect 3 to ground (-pole)
Now the problem is the relè:
4) I connect 86 to ground
5) I connect 85 to button
6) witch wire shall I connect to 30 - 87a point?
7) Witch wire shall I connect to 87 pont?
I'd like to start the car either with the key either with the button
or
It it's impossible, only with the button excluding key.
I DON'T want push clutch to start the car! I have a manual Trasmission
Can you help me?

 

You are making this too complicated for yourself, and you are using the Honda instructions on a Mazda!

You don't need that relay.

Your harness is totally different than the one in your pictures.

The "back of the switch" picture is all you need - the wire marked '2' is your power, from the lighter.
The '3' wire goes to a good ground.
...and the '1' wire goes to the switch at the bottom of your clutch travel, with the white plunger.

The 'green/red/white' wire goes to the starter relay, if you cut it the new switch will be the only way to start, if you just splice in, the key still works, and if you splice into the other(blue/white) wire, you would still need to push the clutch in.

Done, no relays, no farting around. :o

S

 

ok I'll try but how can I splice in that wires?

 

You could use one of these, if you have never used one you should get a mechanic to do it.

S