Neutral Safety Switch?
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Neutral Safety Switch?
I'm looking over the wiring for the painless harness and I'm stopped at the safety switch. A) What does it do? B) Do I need it? and C) How can I elminate it if I don't?
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Re: Neutral Safety Switch? (xfactor974)
Neutral safety switch is usually a micro-switch that when the car is in "Park" or "Neutral" allows the car to be started, a lever goes up against the switch, completing a circuit that will allow the vechile to "start".
This was used so you wouldn't accidently start the car in gear.
Yes it can be over-written, just hard wire the two wires together that go to the switch.
This was used so you wouldn't accidently start the car in gear.
Yes it can be over-written, just hard wire the two wires together that go to the switch.
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Re: Neutral Safety Switch? (70PurpleLS7)
Beautiful. If the painless kit doesn't seem to go well with the switch i think i'll do just that and wire them together. It would be a little scary starting in gear though. thanks.
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From: Woodforest
Re: Neutral Safety Switch? (xfactor974)
I had an issue with mine sometimes not working when the switch got hot. Took a while and many false fixes before I finally arrived at it being the issue. If this is not made, no juice to the starter selonoid. You can jump it, but could be extensive damage to your rear or front and maybe someone else's car too with one little slip of concentration. I would recommend keeping it in circuit.
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From: Living in the Hartland
Re: Neutral Safety Switch? (Woodstoc)
I resemble that remark! Reached in and turned it over. Car lurched a little, took my hand out and it fired up, burnt the tires and smashed into the back of my garage! Can't believe it didn't go through it. Lucky only damage to the already damaged nose cone but did bow out the back wall of the garage. Luck again the garage is old and I can fix it good enough for me.
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Re: Neutral Safety Switch? (One GM A Tech)
I guess i'll keep it. The painless harnes has a provision for it. so maybe it won't be such a bad thing. i'm rewiring the car becuase my car has low power all the time and it isn't the alternator. it has normal power sometimes and low power other times. it left me stuck at my girlfriends today which isn't a bad thing but what it if was like 2hrs away or something.
