[DML] Re: Auto trans inhibitor switch

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The two little plungers on thw switch are the start inhibit and 
backup light switches. You should be able to check them easily with 
an ohm meter or test light. I'd more likely suspect that there is 
some mis-adjustment in the linkage, i.e. it may get bad enough to be 
able to start with the lever in "reverse" and the backup lights are 
coming on in "neutral". If bad enough you may not be able to get the 
car into park. This adjustment is at the crossover linkage next to 
the accumulator. 

Trace the wiring up to the connection box on the firewall (driver 
side) - are all the plugs clean and tight? Take a look a the wiring, 
this goes close to the crossover pipe and if mis-placed can burn thru 
and cause all kinds of interesting problems. 

Does your transmission appear to be in the right gear based on lever 
position? Do the reverse lights operate normally? Can you "jump" the 
switch at the relay or junction box and get it to start? 

Dave

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Mc Auley <dmc4087@xxxx> wrote:
> Ok Dave/David, I have both of the connections out on the gearbox, 
what exactly am I looking for or supposed to do? I checked the relay 
and the connections seem fine, I even sprayed them with electrical 
contact cleaner just incase.
>  
> The problem is, sometimes my car would not start, and I would have 
to shake the shifter in park or neutral, and then it would start. 
This doesnt work anymore. Any ideas welcomed!
> 




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