Neutral Saftey Switch Adjustment

[TuckerD]

Hi all,
Well last Friday, I replaced my neutral saftey switch on my 1992 300E. And after replacing the switch all was well. I new that this part was probably going bad for a couple of months, because when the car did have problems starting I was always able to start it by shifting to neutral and starting or just by taking it out of park and putting it back into park and would start. But it finally just completely went bad and the jimmy starting method didn't work anymore. So as I mentioned after puting in the new switch all was well the car started just the way it should. I also replaced the linkage bushings while I was under there, because I figured they would be pretty worn as well, and there were. So this is the problem, one week to the day it won't start. My suspicion is the the switch isn't properly adjusted, does any one have any sugestions as to what the proper way is to adjust the switch. Thanks for your help in advance!

Tucker

[Arthur Dalton]

The mounting holes are elongated , so you can loosen them and rotate the switch .
Also, make sure you turned the wire connector ring back
to the locked position when you put in the new switch.

[TuckerD]

Thanks Arthur the lock for the plug was fine, but I just loosened the bolts and re-adjusted the switch in the opposite direction to where it was. Seems to be fine now. thanks again,
Tucker

[Arthur Dalton]

Cool..
Isn't it nice when it doesn't cost a grand $$$$$$.........

[al parker]

Good Morning,
Just a quick question for either of you. What are the sympthoms of a bad neutral switch and what is an easy way to test the switch to see if it is bad..
Thanks in advance if you can help
Al

[richard28]

With a good NSS, the car should start in neutral or park , correct?

[TuckerD]

Not nessasarily, it has to be properly adjusted, then everything should be fine.

[kramlavud]

A few weeks back, I get to my car about 5pm after work and it won't start. For the prior 2 weeks I've started it by shifting into neutral, so I figure the NSS has finally died. After about 10 minutes of constant trying to start in neutral it finally catches and off I go on the 26 mile ride home from Bethesda, MD to Fairfax, VA. I call home and ask my kind wife to find Fastlane's phone number, then pull onto the shoulder of the Beltway and called Phil, who somehow finds a NSS in a location that can still get it to me overnight. (Thanks Phil -Fastlane- for the extra effort, you will always have my business and my recommendation.) Next day is Friday and I take my daughter's car to work as she won't need it until the afternoon. I leave work early returning home at 1pm, and the NSS has arrived. I get the car up as high as I can with a floor jack and jack stands, but cannot manage to remove the old NSS. I can remove the electrical connector and I clean and apply dielectric grease to the pins. The car started in park and has continued to do so since. So far so good, but the new NSS is in the trunk just in case.

Mark

[Chevota]

From a safety standpoint you should never make a change to a vehicle etc, bla bla bla. Now that's said; in my world, that safety switch would be bypassed at the first sign of trouble, end of problem. Some cars I bypass before they become a problem.
I know that many parked cars and storefronts have been saved by this device, but I wonder if those drivers should have ever been allowed behind the wheel in the first place.
Ok, I'm done ranting.
I guess consider bypassing as an option if you're ever stranded.

[kramlavud]

How would I bypass the NSS?
Mark

[Chevota]

Find the switch and bypass it. It's attached to the shifter somehow, all depends on the car. I usually cut and solder the wires. It may take some work to figure out, some cars just have way too many wires.