57_chieftain Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 on steering column outside just down from the firewall is a switch with 3 electrical connections and a flat spring loaded arm about 2 inches long. nothing is hooked to the arm. What is it for? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chieflander Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 What sort of transmission does it have? My 1951 Chieftain has Hydramatic, and it has three wires on the shifter assembly, just inside the engine compartment. They are there, in my car, to keep the car from being started in any other gear than neutral. It's actually the ignition wiring, it's just wired through that circuitry. If it still starts, someone may have cut out that part of the system in a rewire, or something burnt out in the switch, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57_chieftain Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 Thanks, I had a slight suspicion that it might be a neutral safety switch of some kind, but I wasn't sure. The car has had a lot (ALOT)of wiring done to it and i think the 3 stooges had something to do with it. It's also had alot of Mods done to the body.It used to have a 3 on the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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