1a. The original remote control. As you can see it's got a large press button on the front.
1b. Opening it up shows that button is pressing onto a tiny button on a circuit board.
1c A friend soldered two wires to it for me.
1d I drilled two holes through the case, fed the wires through, sealed the holes and reassembled.
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2a Note O-Ring under the flange for weather proofing and the thin 'nut'.
2b Two wires, dead easy.
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3a. Where I wanted to put the momentary switch was carefully measures so the new push button would be in line with and have the same centre to centre measurement as the OEM Radio buttons.
3b Unfortunately the screw holding the case the radio buttons are in was in the way.
3c So I had to move it up an inch or so.
3d Drilling the hole. That's the, right I'm committed here now moment!
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4a The momentary push button needed to be pressed through hole, the wires reattached, but the nut was impossible to tighten with a spanner, so finger tight & threadloc it had to be. It shouldn't vibrate free and even if it does, as the button was tight fit and isn't going anywhere fast.
4b The original remote control was attached to a plastic mounting with a 1" square of self adhesive heavy duty Velcro. This will allow it to be easily remove when the battery needs replacing. Everything behind the fairing panel looked dry and that rain or spray doesn't get in so the original body of the remote control should be safe from the weather.
4c. The finished job. I'd have preferred the push button to be a little closer to the radio buttons, but the aforementioned screw was in the way so there's a bit of a gap. By next week I'm sure I won't even notice it. Anyway, everything works, the button is in easy reach and looked neat enough for me.
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