At 13:46 5/1/2000, James Ruch wrote:
>switch in the gear selector mechanism (auto trans).  I have bypassed it for
>now by simply jumping the starter leads that plug into the switch.

Be careful...my family had a big Chrysler wagon many years ago and the
starter switch died somehow -- my dad rigged up a pushbutton under the hood
(under the *hood*?  It must have seemed a good idea at the time!?!) that
wasn't run through the interlock switch.  A couple years later I watched my
brother run the empty car into a tree...hadn't followed the checklist.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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