Pushbutton/Toggle Start Install Problem

Jeff (Velocity Motorsports) has been kind to help me through most of my install, but I'm still having problems getting it to work properly.  Time is a factor, so I'm asking anyone else on here for help.  I'm sick of having the interior of my beautiful BMW disassembled and am ready to finish this project up once and for all.  With that said, here's the problem.

The following diagram has been followed to the "T".  I'm sorry about the size.  I just couldn't make it smaller without distorting the wording and making it more confusing.  All connections have been checked twice for security.  In brief, this diagram shows a toggle switch that you can toggle to ON and OFF for power.  Then a pushbutton is used to start the car.  To keep some of my car's existing security in tact, the system is designed so the key must be in the ON position for the toggle switch to properly function as an ON/OFF power switch.  If I park my car in an unsafe area, I can take the key out, rendering the toggle switch useless.  However, most of the time, I plan on leaving the key in the same position so when I enter the car I just sit down, toggle to ON, and pushbutton start the car.  Atleast that's how it was planned to work.

The problem:  When I want to turn the car off, I toggle to OFF, the car turns off, but power remains on.  I have to atleast turn the keys to position 0 or remove them to get the power off.  Am I missing an important item in the above diagram or is this just not a possible thing to accomplish for my car.  That is a possibility because I think my toggle switch idea is very untested.  In fact, this was a hard project because I couldn't find anyone who's done it exactly like this.  Thank you for any help or suggestions on this.

Michael

I'm not 100% sure on this one, but how did you hook up the relay to the accessory wire, because if you just tapped into it power will still be flowing when the key is in the on position, if you want it to turn off when you throw the toggle then you need to actually cut the wire and if you want it to only work if the key is in then i believe that you should connect on side fo the accessory wire to either 87 or 86 either one will work and hook up the other side to 30.  If you just tapped the wire then you will still have power for the accessories. hope this helps.

Thank you!  I'll give that a try later on today when I have a few hours.  :o)  I hope that works.  I'm really lookin forward to putting my car back together.  LOL, what a stupid mod.

Michael

Which sides of the accessory and ignition wires go to pins 87 and 30?  You said to cut them, but didn't say which side goes to 87 and which side goes to 30.

Michael

Ok, I may be a monkey brain here, but in my head it really does matter which sides of the accessory and ignition wires go to pins 87 and 30.  If I cut, for example, the ignition wire, one end of the wire goes up into the place where you turn the key and the other end goes down the steering column toward the firewall somewhere.  I'm positive it matters which end you use.  I'm sure what you are saying is correct, but I had to tell you what's going through my head so you can tell me where I'm going wrong.  Sorry I'm a little slow.  If I could take high school again, I'd definitely take that wiring class as an elective.

Another translation - Do you mean take each end of the newly cut wire and route to pins 87 and 30 or do you mean take one end and divide it into two separate wires going to pins 87 and 30?  Thanks.

Michael

Ah, good explanation Jeff.  I'll give that a go later today and see what happens.