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04-20-2016, 08:16 PM | #21 | |
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Re: neutral safety switch
Before cutting anything, check out the connections on both. Maybe easier than you think.
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04-20-2016, 08:51 PM | #22 |
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Re: neutral safety switch
Well, I think I got it all done today. Man is it hard working with little short wires. I won't know for sure until I get it all back together and can try it. Or should I hook up the battery and test it at the solenoid?
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04-21-2016, 07:42 PM | #23 |
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Re: neutral safety switch
If you want to test it to prove the unit is ok or adjusted correctly, just run a battery wire to one of the NSS wires, put it in gear and use a test light on the other wire. The test light should only light up in neutral (or park and neutral if it's been modified).
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04-23-2016, 03:01 PM | #24 |
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Re: neutral safety switch
Just finished installing new fuel tank and sender. Next job is installing a neutral safety switch. Car has a 302 with a C4 transmission. PO did not have a NSS at all, and car will start in any gear, not good at all. It's been a while since I have installed one. Right now there is no wiring for a NSS. Am I correct that it mounts on shifter on tranny and one wire of the NSS goes to ignition and the other wire coming out other side of NSS goes to the Selenoid. Also, on a C4 does it matter what year built or do I need to buy according to date on tranny?
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04-23-2016, 09:28 PM | #25 | |
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Re: neutral safety switch
I don't get the discussion about start in neutral or park. One of my cars fitted with a Lokar shifter and Fordomatic starts in neutral and park, the other with FMX starts only in neutral.
Personally I wouldn't bother changing the switch. Some years back I bought a 58 switch to change over to park and neutral start but the switch turned out to be the earlier neutral only in a 58 box. Cost me just under $100 by the time I got it and now I just can't be bothered.
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04-09-2021, 10:06 AM | #26 |
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04-09-2021, 10:40 AM | #27 | |
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They were originally made to start the car only in Neutral to avoid having to shift past Reverse every time you were headed for Drive, to cut down on wear & tear to the reverse gear parts. Still a valid concern with an older transmission. terminator2372, resurrecting old threads is generally not done because it quickly gets confusing knowing who to respond to and about what... a question resolved years ago or the most recent comment. . Last edited by dmsfrr; 04-12-2021 at 08:22 PM. |
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04-11-2021, 10:04 PM | #28 | |
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04-12-2021, 07:07 PM | #29 |
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Re: neutral safety switch
The dealer issued '57 Ford car owners manuals said "place gear select lever in neutral" to start cars equipped with Ford-O-Matic. They did it this way because they didn't want the owner to have to shift from park to reverse to neutral while the engine was running if they had designed it to start in park. There may have been a fear that shifting into reverse with engine running while auto-choke was engaged might cause premature wear or damage to reverse gear.
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