TKO 600 neutral safety switch
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TKO 600 neutral safety switch
Pulled the engine and transmission out the '79 today. Managed to damage the neutral safety switch on my TKO 600 in the process. I seem to recall hearing somewhere a lot of the TKO parts are available through Ford. Does anyone know the part number for the NSS? Or. if I'm wrong, what's a good source for a new switch?
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Pulled the engine and transmission out the '79 today. Managed to damage the neutral safety switch on my TKO 600 in the process. I seem to recall hearing somewhere a lot of the TKO parts are available through Ford. Does anyone know the part number for the NSS? Or. if I'm wrong, what's a good source for a new switch?
https://www.ebay.com/i/222739876395?chn=ps
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Does it look like this one?
https://www.ebay.com/i/222739876395?chn=ps
https://www.ebay.com/i/222739876395?chn=ps
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Last edited by SilverOverdrives; Dec 4, 2017 at 02:44 PM. Reason: Correction after I fully read the first post :-)
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FYI, this is not a neutral safety switch but a neutral position switch.
Its purpose is to inform an ECM (or other component) that the gear shifter is in neutral. The switch is not rated to support the current that a starter would require.
It can be used as an input to a starter relay circuit.
I know this is not the original purpose of the thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
Its purpose is to inform an ECM (or other component) that the gear shifter is in neutral. The switch is not rated to support the current that a starter would require.
It can be used as an input to a starter relay circuit.
I know this is not the original purpose of the thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
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FYI, this is not a neutral safety switch but a neutral position switch.
Its purpose is to inform an ECM (or other component) that the gear shifter is in neutral. The switch is not rated to support the current that a starter would require.
It can be used as an input to a starter relay circuit.
I know this is not the original purpose of the thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
Its purpose is to inform an ECM (or other component) that the gear shifter is in neutral. The switch is not rated to support the current that a starter would require.
It can be used as an input to a starter relay circuit.
I know this is not the original purpose of the thread, but I thought it was worth mentioning.
Since I swapped to EFI, I have toyed with the idea of reinstalling the neutral switch on my T-56 and adding remote start. Probably not going to do it though.