Customer Reviews

Actron CP7853 Remote Starter Switch

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Bumped a big Block Chev over one time to find top dead center and never worked again. The switch is open all the time. Headed for radio shack to get a thumb off/on switch and will make a good remote switch from the scraps of this on. I gave it one star for working one time. We have a trade deficit with China because of substandard quality like this. This every American's fault, including myself, for buying foreign junks and excepting it.

To begin with, I bough one of these years ago and It didn't work right out the wrap, I had to fix it before using it. The clamps provided are to bulky and big to fit the small & confined starter fittings of different manufacturers and are not practical to most actual real world applications. I actually end up making my own with basic fittings that will fit different starter's configurations.

We have used this remote starter for 13 years in the most unconventional manner. It is used daily not for starting cars but for starting horse races, dog races, quarter horse time trials and official timing of racing events. This trigger has far surpassed what we expected for the product and performs great with no failures. The grip is comfortable and easy to mount on walls with velcro. You can't go wrong with this unit.
Ford Cook
Operations American Teletimer Corp

It is being used as a starters switch at an IHRA Deag Strip.
Removed the cable.
Installed a Tower Ready LED in the head.
Adapted it to the starters cable in my Track Computer system.
It has survived 2 years of being dropped, walked on, direct sun light, blistering hot days, freezing nights and even rain days on the starting line.

I was always relying on someone to help me crank my motor to reset my timing on my classic car, this easy to use product makes it a one man operation, one of the best tools I have bought.

Longer wires are always nice, but you can extend them. This is a convenient tool.

it is easy to use and is great if you are working on a car alone and need to crank the engine and see what happens. Perfect if you need to check spark.

I have not tried the remote starter yet, but it feels like a really solid piece of equipment. Sometimes I'm dubious of products made in China (what can you buy that is'nt made in China) but I was pleased that it had such a solid feel. The aligator clips have strong springs, the trigger seems to pull smooth and also has a strong spring, and the body seems almost to be made of bakelite (tough resin). The included instructions gave good examples on how to hook the starter up to different makes of cars, which was a big relief. THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE INSIDE THE PAPER INSERT IN THE BLISTER PACK, DO NOT THROW THE PACKAGING AWAY! If you throw the packaging away with the paper insert, then you can only guess how to hook it up to your vehicles wiring, unless you already know. Still, you may have different cars/trucks you want to work on so, in that case you will be screwed.