Was under the hood today and noticed a box on the drivers side that says 'Emergency start ignition must be on'. How does this usually work, I messed with it for a moment but couldn't get anything out of it.

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1974 Dodge Dart Custom, 225, 904, now with a Holley 2300...

That would be the seat belt safety interlock switch. If your car will start with you sitting in the seat with your seat belt unhooked, don't worry about. I left mine in my Duster for orginality, even though the seat belt interlock has been disabled.

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02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2

I figured it had something to do with that. I just never really paid much attention to it before. The car starts fine, it just caught my eye today and peaked my curiousity.
Thanks.

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1974 Dodge Dart Custom, 225, 904, now with a Holley 2300...

The little red cylinder sticking out the side actually is shrouding a reset button inside. Every great once in a while, my son's '74 Dart Sport won't start, and he has to depress the reset button. You can hear a tiny "click". We never reinstalled the seat belt harness, and it usually starts without any problems. Someday, I may do the by-pass wiring I read somewhere on here in another thread.

Jerry

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There's a difference between ignorance and stupidity.
Ignorance is not knowing any better.
Stupidity is knowing, yet doing it anyway.

I just cut all the wires that went to the box and wired them together. It is hidden in electrical tape so the judges can't see it.

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82 D150-225/727
02 Dakota-3.9/5 speed
87 GMC C7000-8.2 Detroit Diesel/5+2