neutral safety switch

nedchap · #1 (**permalink**) 03-23-2011, 05:42 PM

Thanks to all. Ordered the reverse light switch from MIke. Jury is still out on the neutral safety or sensing switch or whatever it is called. I am going to try to splice it in and see what happens.

HI Cobra · #2 (**permalink**) 03-23-2011, 07:08 PM

The reverse light switch for the backup lights on a CR is a good idea but I fail
to see why one would need a neutral switch for anything. People drove cars
just fine without all these "safety switches" for everything until the govt started taking over to "protect" us. JMHO.

Ron61 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-24-2011, 05:54 AM

Flip,

My neutral safety switch was a screw in unit to the transmission which I found out one day when I couldn't get the car to turn over. One of the wires had came loose. As for having it, there was a post on here a year or so ago showing someones Cobra with the front end bashed up. He had just driven it and parked it in his garage and his daughters boyfriend was looking at it and for some reason decided to turn the key. It fired up and ran through his garage door. And I have seen that at car shows which is why I always take my keys out and make sure the car is in gear and the parking brake set.

Ron

IndyCobra · #4 (**permalink**) 03-24-2011, 09:01 AM

The neutral safety switch is normally wired between your ignition switch and your starter solenoid to prevent the starter from engaging unless the transmission is in neutral. It's not absolutely needed but it's not a bad idea to use it or a clutch depress switch in your starter circuit.

My TKO500 came with a pigtail and a connector but like you, it only had one side of the connector. I just cut it off and replaced it with a waterproof 2-prong connector from a wiring supply house.