Help with Clutch safety switch
#1
Help with Clutch safety switch
Having trouble locating clutch safety switch for 4 speed conversion. Any aftermarket or similar make solutions? Are there other wiring tricks used to accomplish this without the safety switch. Thanks
#2
Why do you need a clutch safety switch?
It was one of the first things I ripped out when I got my first Chevelle in 1980.
(and now I wish I'd kept that valuable piece of plastic...)
- Eric
It was one of the first things I ripped out when I got my first Chevelle in 1980.
(and now I wish I'd kept that valuable piece of plastic...)
- Eric
#4
And your hand, putting the gearshift in neutral.
I don't know how old you are, but when I learned to drive, cars in general didn't have clutch safety switches, and I was taught that you always start with the clutch pedal depressed, both for safety, and, more important, to reduce the load on the starter, especially on cold days, when the trans. oil is thick.
Besides, you can't start a manual transmission car in gear, anyway. All you do is make the car lurch a little and look stupid to bystanders.
- Eric
#5
No one is reproducing this item. I bought a NOS one off of EBay for 140.00 a year ago - thought I got a deal. You might try posting in the Parts Wanted forum. There's a lot of guys like 507Olds on this site that kind of specialize in 4 speed conversions and might have a good used one. Good luck!
#6
safety switch
i needed something like this to get my 65 f85 converted to 4spd thru tech at the dragstrip so i installed another brake light switch over the clutch pedal arm and was able to plug the neutral safety switch harness into it.you have to depress the clutch pedal for it to turn over.
#7
I have been through tech at a number of strips multiple times and no one has ever asked about a safety switch. Tell them to show you the rule in the NHRA rule book! 66s didn't come with them and I learned decades ago to make sure it is in neutral before starting. I prefer not to press the pedal so there is no load on the thrust bearing.
#8
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I have been through tech at a number of strips multiple times and no one has ever asked about a safety switch. Tell them to show you the rule in the NHRA rule book! 66s didn't come with them and I learned decades ago to make sure it is in neutral before starting. I prefer not to press the pedal so there is no load on the thrust bearing.
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