Optional Starter Relay, Add a relay to protect the ignition switch Options

[Artfrombama]

On a previous 914 I had many years ago I experienced a "no crank" condition that I traced back to my ignition switch. It seems that in the start circuit on the switch, when the key is released a tiny "backfeed" of current from the starter solenoid arcs across the terminals on the ignition switch, and over time damages the contacts.
After a little research I determined there are two ways to stop this "current backfeed", one is to install a diode to ground in the starter wire, another (which I did) was to install a simple 5 pin relay.
Hope this is of some help, please disregard or delete if this has been discussed before.

[GregAmy]

A guy goes to prison for the first time, gets walked into his cell in the middle of a long cellblock. The cellblock is mostly quiet, not much going on.

The silence is suddenly broken when someone in the cellblock yells, "58!" and the place breaks out in laughter. Then it's quiet again.

A few minutes later someone yells out "143!" and the place laughs again. Then more silence.

A few minutes after that someone yells "24!" and the place roars in laughter and someone says "Yup, that's a good one". Then more silence.

The new guy taps on the wall and whispers to the guy next to him, "hey, what's what all about, calling out numbers?"

Guy next door says, "oh, we've all been here so long that we numbered the jokes, and we just call out the number when we want to tell the joke."

"OK", the guy thinks to himself. "I'll give it a shot" and he yells out "75!"

Silence.

New guy taps on the wall and says, "hey, what happened? Why is no one laughing?"

Guy next door replies, "you didn't tell the joke right."