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Ok ... so anyone know how to make the car thing the clutch pedal is depressed when it isn't?
The SVT will not start. It's doing exactly what it does when the clutch isn't depressed. I messed with the bolt on the back side of the clutch pedal trying to make it engage when it wasn't on the firewall.
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Switch provides ground, so connecting black/yellow wire, on switch side of 8 pin connector, to ground should do the job.
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Why would you want to disable a safety device? The first time you start the car in gear and ram the bumper into another car you will understand why it is there. Seems like an expensive lesson though.
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Thanks for the info Jim. I know why it's there though (I'm not a total moron thank you). I used to have an auto-starter on my Honda Civic and have since left every MT car I've driven in N. I'll not be doing what you meantioned but thanks for looking out of me?? 
Horse. The switch that I am talking about is on the topside of the clutch and there is no black/yellow wire. There are 4 wires (two Orange/Blue, White, Black). The firewall switch is the offender in this case. I haven't been able to see the wire colors on it (there might well be a Black/yellow wire). The plunger will not go in all the way (and start the car) with the bolt in place (ie: take it out and it works fine).
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There is a howto for this in the Mods section...
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Originally posted by Big Jim:
Why would you want to disable a safety device? The first time you start the car in gear and ram the bumper into another car you will understand why it is there. Seems like an expensive lesson though.
It's not a safety device, it's an idiot switch. European cars don't have them and they are predominantly manual. If people are dumb enough to bump the car in front in this manner, they shouldn't be driving.
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Originally posted by MarkO:
Originally posted by Big Jim:
Why would you want to disable a safety device? The first time you start the car in gear and ram the bumper into another car you will understand why it is there. Seems like an expensive lesson though.
It's not a safety device, it's an idiot switch. European cars don't have them and they are predominantly manual. If people are dumb enough to bump the car in front in this manner, they shouldn't be driving.
Most safety devices are an attempt to make the product idiot proof. Anyway, no insult intended if anyone took it as such. Just an attempt at a wake up call before disabling a safety device.
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8 pin connector I was referring to was above brake pedal not at the clutch switch, but I am referencing a '97 wiring manual and it shows only 2 wires to clutch switch.
Hope you get it started.
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If people are dumb enough to bump the car in front in this manner, they shouldn't be driving.
I agree, I drove a manual truck for 10 years, and of all the dumb things I did behind the wheel, I never did that.
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I would certainly consider the ability to roll my car off the intersection or an RR crossing w/ the engine dead to be a safety feature (for uninitiated: this is done by the starter if the switch is disabled), but then again I have ATX and MTX in the family so I either look for a clutch in ATX or try to start MTX w/o depressing the clutch first. I am a moron, what can I tell ya?
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