Clutch safety switch.....
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Clutch safety switch.....
I want to get rid of my clutch safety switch. I am having a no start issue with this damn thing.
What would be my steps for removal? Could I just jump the two wires together? Anyone else done this?
What would be my steps for removal? Could I just jump the two wires together? Anyone else done this?
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Originally Posted by VictorRussell'92
Anyone else done this?
1) I won't pass IHRA / NHRA tech without it.
2) I don't want to be held liable for someone getting runover because of it.
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Originally Posted by scorp508
No for 2 reasons.
1) I won't pass IHRA / NHRA tech without it.
2) I don't want to be held liable for someone getting runover because of it.
1) I won't pass IHRA / NHRA tech without it.
2) I don't want to be held liable for someone getting runover because of it.
Give me a break.
Those old muscle car starter setups were some real killers, huh?
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Originally Posted by VictorRussell'92
Give me a break. Those old muscle car starter setups were some real killers, huh?
Those old muscle car starter setups were some real killers, huh? yourself. Just last year a father crushed his very own young daughter in the pit area of a dragway because he removed his. His wife was folder the girl's stroller to put it in her car's trunk and the father's mustange cranked over while he was working on it and it crushed her between his car and his wife's car.
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Originally Posted by scorp508
Oh yourself. Just last year a father crushed his very own young daughter in the pit area of a dragway because he removed his. His wife was folder the girl's stroller to put it in her car's trunk and the father's mustange cranked over while he was working on it and it crushed her between his car and his wife's car.
yourself. Just last year a father crushed his very own young daughter in the pit area of a dragway because he removed his. His wife was folder the girl's stroller to put it in her car's trunk and the father's mustange cranked over while he was working on it and it crushed her between his car and his wife's car.Well, when I start my car I'll be sure to look out for baby strollers.
Better yet I'll just rememeber to put the clutch in every time.
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This thread can turn nasty real quick and there isn't a reason for it.
Victor may have a perfectly legitimate reason for needing to bypass the switch, we really don't know all the details. Maybe he just needs to do so to verify that that is in fact his problem?
If you don't want to help him out or give the details than just don't post. There really isn't a reason to get upset or hostile about it at all.
Victor may have a perfectly legitimate reason for needing to bypass the switch, we really don't know all the details. Maybe he just needs to do so to verify that that is in fact his problem?
If you don't want to help him out or give the details than just don't post. There really isn't a reason to get upset or hostile about it at all.
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Originally Posted by Nathan Plemons
Victor may have a perfectly legitimate reason for needing to bypass the switch, we really don't know all the details. Maybe he just needs to do so to verify that that is in fact his problem?
What I'm trying to do is get this damn no start problem off my back. I'm hoping to get the car dyno tuned this weekend and I don't want the thing not starting on the dyno.
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Originally Posted by Nathan Plemons
If you don't want to help him out or give the details than just don't post. There really isn't a reason to get upset or hostile about it at all.
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Originally Posted by scorp508
2) I don't want to be held liable for someone getting runover because of it.
You'll be held liable if you run over someone if you have it or not !!! I've been thinking of disabling mine for several months... if the switch works on a release system, just disconnect one of the wires. If it works on a "make" system, (logic says this is more likely), then jumper the wires. I'd have to check my Helms to know which way would work.
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Last edited by rocco16; May 26, 2005 at 12:36 PM.
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Originally Posted by rocco16
You'll be held liable if you run over someone if you have it or not !!! If you intentionally remove a safety device and an accident occurs causing physical/property damage because of it your insurance company is not going to pay out any claims for you.
This is the same as removing a fusible link and then trying to collect on a car fire.
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Originally Posted by rocco16
You'll be held liable if you run over someone if you have it or not !!! I've been thinking of disabling mine for several months... if the switch works on a release system, just disconnect one of the wires. If it works on a "make" system, (logic says this is more likely), then jumper the wires. I'd have to check my Helms to know which way would work.
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I just got back from looking at it. Its a pretty big connector. One yellow and one purple wire going into 2 large black wires which both go into the switch. Me thinks it needs a jumper.