Ok, I posted in the Driveline section about my car not starting, but now I'm thinking this is the btter section to put it.
Yesterday I drove home for my break, jumped back in the car to go to work, but again it wouldnt start.
So this morning I checked out the starter motor which seems to be fine, and the neutral safety switch. After unplugging it and replugging it several times, making sure the connections were all good and everything, the car still wouldnt start. so I kept fiddling around with the switch and the starter motor and I ended up giving up, but before I went inside I tried it one more time and it started...
So I turned it on and off several times and it now seems to be going ok...
Im happy the car will start but I dont know what the problem was!
THis has really got me stumped, so if anyone could offer any ideas on what the problem actually is and how to fix it that would be great, as I dont want this to happen again!
Neutral safety switch
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, Oct 15 2008 08:56 AM
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 09:22 AM
i had a heap of problems with the NSS in my torry and with lack of parts available i just bypassed the switch completly. im just really use to making sure the car is in "P" or "N" before i start it.
mine was the same didnt matter if i wiggled it, reconnected it etc etc i just had to have my face a certain way for it to start.
just run a wire bypassing the switch to make sure it is the NNS before you get replacement or bypass.
mine was the same didnt matter if i wiggled it, reconnected it etc etc i just had to have my face a certain way for it to start.
just run a wire bypassing the switch to make sure it is the NNS before you get replacement or bypass.
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 09:30 AM
Ok thanks, the only problem is I've got absoultely NO idea about electricals... lol
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 09:35 AM
give you a hint... either do i! i managed to do it so im fairly sure any one can haha
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 12:39 PM
It's the smoke in the wires you gotta worry about, when that stuff leaks out, you're in trouble.Ok thanks, the only problem is I've got absoultely NO idea about electricals... lol
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Posted 15 October 2008 - 05:43 PM
It happened again today! After fiddling around with the switch it started up again though... Im gonna go have a look and make sure all the connections are ok down there...
Thanks for the heads up, I'll watch for that smoke make sure it doesnt escape from the wires lol
Thanks for the heads up, I'll watch for that smoke make sure it doesnt escape from the wires lol
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 03:32 PM
It happened again today! After fiddling around with the switch it started up again though... Im gonna go have a look and make sure all the connections are ok down there...
Thanks for the heads up, I'll watch for that smoke make sure it doesnt escape from the wires lol
could be a number of things that are slightly loose. One culprit is the starter solenoid(the small cylinder where all the wires go on the starter motor), give it a tap with a hammer is the usual cure till you get sick of it.
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 03:43 PM
If you can take a picture of the neutral safety switch then we can show you which wires to jump together to bypass the switch. Then next time the car wont start you can jump the wires together and if it then starts you will know what the problem is and can either repair or replace the switch.
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 05:52 PM
On top of the column near the firewall is the combination reverse light/neutral safety switch.
Unplug & join the 2 purple wires to defeat the switch. Disconnect the purple wire from the starter motor & use a test light to check the start circuit.
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Posted 19 October 2008 - 08:27 PM
Put a bypass wire in, yes.
Why not put a switch in-between as well, then if it gives you grief you can switch the bypass on.
One that will get you out of trouble,
Two it will also tell you for sure that the NSS is the problem, if it works straight away without any fiddling, NSS!
Why not put a switch in-between as well, then if it gives you grief you can switch the bypass on.
One that will get you out of trouble,
Two it will also tell you for sure that the NSS is the problem, if it works straight away without any fiddling, NSS!
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Posted 20 October 2008 - 07:33 PM
Thakns for the help guys, there was a loose screw down there, I tightened it up and it hasnt happened again yet... I'll kniw what to do if it does though thanks heaps really appreciate it!
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