RS & Diesel -

I had to travel and got away from this for a few days.

So, how the car was behaving prior to putting in the new NSS:

A rebuilt starter was put in by my friend who sold me the car, about 3 years ago by a professional mechanic. I got a brand new battery about four months ago, and shortly after that had all new glow plugs put in. About a week and a half ago, I cleaned and regreased my fuse terminals, putting in all new, good fuses.

The car was key starting, only, for about the last year, I would have trouble in P and was told by my mechanic and a friend that the bushings were going bad. Finally, I also began to loose N. I could jiggle the shifter and pull it back and forth in between N & P, and eventually it would key start. I also had some luck disengaging the emergency brake and letting the car roll forward or backward a bit, to get it engaged into P properly, then I could key start. WHILE changing the bushings, I broke the NSS, which is why I changed it.

RS- I tried starting with the shifter a bit out of N in either direction. No dice. I'll have to go back under, loosen and re-align the NSS using the 4mm drill bit in the holes, the method you were mentioning.

Diesel- If I jumper the wires in the female terminal of the purple wires that are above the pedal, does that mean that I take a piece of lamp wire and stick both ends into both terminals and then try to start? And, if I get a start, does that indicate just the NSS problem (which could be faulty alignment) and does that rule out the starter and the male electrical plug that I plugged into the NSS? I'm not sure what I can deduce from that method, but am excited to try.