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Neutral saftey switch??

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Old April 7th, 2015 | 8:26 PM
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I have a 83 Chevy truck. It lost power to the starter. I have power to everything else. Before I bought it it was converted to floor slap shifter. I changed starter(it was going bad). I changed ignition switch. I ran direct line to starter from ignition purple wire. Still nothing. I am wondering if neutral saftey switch got out of adjustment since there is no column shifter now. Should I install new on or just jump wires or are there any thoughts or suggestions on what is going on. How can I jump neutral saftey switch if that is the issue thanks
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Whoever changed to the floor shifter had to do something about the neutral safety switch. It should not be affected by you changing the starter. Try running a wire from the battery directly to the starter to see if it works. Then figure out if it is the safety switch or the ignition switch.
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Thanks For your help that makes sense about neutral safety switch. I figured it out. The ignition key lock rolled back and wasn't fully engaging ignition switch to starter mode. I took some pliers and cranked it pretty hard forward till it snapped back. It will be a temp fix until I change key lock which will probably be never haha. What a pain that was but it got me to change the starter that was going bad.
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