Replacing Safety Neutral Switch
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Replacing Safety Neutral Switch
Please help... Can anyone tell me how this is done? I have the part and my truck was starting in neutral or if I jammed it in park at times but now it won't at all.. So, I bought the part and now I need to have an idea of how to do this
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Chock the wheels and set the parking brake. Put the trans in neutral.
On the driver's side of the trans locate the shift cable. Remove the nut that holds the shift cable lever to the trans. Remove the lever, leaving it attached to the shift cable. Unplug the wiring harness from the sensor. Remove the two bolts holding the sensor to the trans. Remove the sensor. It may stick and need prying. Sometimes you have to break the old one to get it off.
Install the new sensor. There is a line in the center rotating part that needs to be aligned with the same mark on the case of the sensor. Install the two bolts, the wiring harness, the lever, and the nut. You're all done!
It probably won't work any better, but you will now have a new sensor. If you want to fix it not starting, keep reading.
Go under the dash on the driver's side. Locate the shift cable, and find the bracket that it is attached to. This bracket attaches to the shift tube with two #30 Torx head screws. These screws come loose and sometimes fall out. When they are loose it is often hard to find the right location to get the truck to start. Tighten the screws and it should work fine again. Loctite on the screws is a good idea, too.
On the driver's side of the trans locate the shift cable. Remove the nut that holds the shift cable lever to the trans. Remove the lever, leaving it attached to the shift cable. Unplug the wiring harness from the sensor. Remove the two bolts holding the sensor to the trans. Remove the sensor. It may stick and need prying. Sometimes you have to break the old one to get it off.
Install the new sensor. There is a line in the center rotating part that needs to be aligned with the same mark on the case of the sensor. Install the two bolts, the wiring harness, the lever, and the nut. You're all done!
It probably won't work any better, but you will now have a new sensor. If you want to fix it not starting, keep reading.
Go under the dash on the driver's side. Locate the shift cable, and find the bracket that it is attached to. This bracket attaches to the shift tube with two #30 Torx head screws. These screws come loose and sometimes fall out. When they are loose it is often hard to find the right location to get the truck to start. Tighten the screws and it should work fine again. Loctite on the screws is a good idea, too.
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The link below has an illustration of what Mark is talking about on alignment. Yours is a truck so there is going to be a nut and lever that are different than pictured, but you should get the idea.
Do what he said on the shift cable and bracket first. Unfortunately I don't have a pic of that. Maybe someone will chime in that does.
http://www.bcatransmissions.com/properalignment.jpg
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Do what he said on the shift cable and bracket first. Unfortunately I don't have a pic of that. Maybe someone will chime in that does.
http://www.bcatransmissions.com/properalignment.jpg
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Hey, can anyone tell me what that bracket is called? I've had the same problem, now the truck will not start. I checked the column and saw that the bracket was actually broken...snapped on one side, soooo I guess I should replace it... then check that the NSS is aligning properly... I'm not the most savvy mechanic (how many artists are?), but I can do things when it's more or less clear what to do...
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