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Subject:Re: Stranded in Kentucky, USA
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:16:58 -0700

super easy to bypass the nuetral safety switch in the shift console, if
needed to get going
just pull two wires off the switch ..join two female connectors.

On 8/18/2012 2:48 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
> If automatic be sure to jiggle or move around the shifter in neutral or
> park.   That damned
> thing creates more no starts than dead batteries.     At least in the  86 I
> previously owned.
>
> Steven
>
> 91 Westy
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:04 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>     I've got a friend from here in town stuck with a no start condition in
>> the Land Between The Lakes Nat'l Recreation Area. (middle of nowhere)
>>
>>     And to compound the problem, her cell phone doesn't work where she's at.
>>   I've sent her husband the usual: AIRS, Vanagonauts, Roadhaus shops lists.
>>
>>>> She said that when she turns the key in the ignition, nothing happens.
>> Based on other recent symptoms (which she did not describe), she is
>> suspecting the ignition switch. We had the wiring harness in the steering
>> column replaced a year ago.  <<
>>
>>     Is tanyone around there within the sound of my typing available?
>>
>> George/ATL
>>