68 Cutlass shifter swap wiring

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old September 24th, 2012, 11:48 AM
  #1  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
boese1978's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 904
68 Cutlass shifter swap wiring

I did "search" for info but am not quite clear....I am converting my 68 Column shifted car to a Hurst Quarter Stick. Can I just snip ( the purple ones I think) the 2 wires that go up into the column and rewire them to the safety switch on the new shifter? Can these wires be crossed and still work? any other tips or input is appreciated.
boese1978 is offline  
Old September 25th, 2012, 07:25 AM
  #2  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
boese1978's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 904
anybody?????
Thanks
boese1978 is offline  
Old September 25th, 2012, 08:39 AM
  #3  
Old(s) Fart
 
joe_padavano's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 47,670
Originally Posted by boese1978
I did "search" for info but am not quite clear....I am converting my 68 Column shifted car to a Hurst Quarter Stick. Can I just snip ( the purple ones I think) the 2 wires that go up into the column and rewire them to the safety switch on the new shifter? Can these wires be crossed and still work? any other tips or input is appreciated.
Yes, though your shifter should have both an NSS and backup light switch. Purple wires for the NSS, green for the backup lights. And yes, if you simply jumper across the two purple wires, the car will start in any gear. One word of caution. Most of the aftermarket NSS switches I've seen are microswitches that appear to have very limited current carrying capacity. If yours has one of these, I'd wire a relay to carry the starter circuit current.
joe_padavano is offline  
Old September 27th, 2012, 03:09 PM
  #4  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
boese1978's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 904
are these the correct 2 purple wires?

??
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
009.jpg (38.9 KB, 16 views)
boese1978 is offline  
Old September 28th, 2012, 07:09 AM
  #5  
Old(s) Fart
 
joe_padavano's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 47,670
Originally Posted by boese1978
??
Yes.
joe_padavano is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
marxjunk
Parts For Sale
0
June 12th, 2014 12:34 PM
BeenThere
Parts For Sale
0
September 26th, 2013 07:57 AM
neller840
Electrical
11
August 5th, 2011 06:15 AM
oldzy
Electrical
4
September 10th, 2009 05:23 AM
silverriff
Transmission
4
April 7th, 2008 11:17 AM



Quick Reply: 68 Cutlass shifter swap wiring



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:11 AM.