The funniest thing happened today. I have a remote start feature on my car and I started it up from inside my office right before lunch today (to let it warm up).

Well, it was in 1st gear and the car started, jumped two huge-a$$ curbs, drove right in between the office building and a row of trees without hitting a thing, and through a large lawn into a creek!!!! I about **** my pants when I saw what was happening.

Anyways, how can I rig up a safety switch to my shifter to make it impossible to start the car when it is in gear?

I have thought about a magnetic switch that will only allow the car to start when the shifter is in neutral.

What do you suggest? Anything.

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L98, 3.27 9-bolt, Hooker shorty headers, custom 2.5inch Y-pipe, no cat, 3inch 2chamber flowmaster, JET AFPR, Ported MAF, Best ET: 13.86 @100mph. 1.99 60'
17 inch ROH "ZS" wheels. 17x8.5(front) and 17x9.5 (rear). Firestone Firehawk SZ50s. 245/45/zr17s and 275/40/zr17s. T56

On the way... Radar Blue 89 Formula, T56, Ram Jet 430, Ram Air, 17inch ROHs.

 

I don't know about the switch, but try getting in the habbit of using the e-brake. With it on, it should be to hard for the motor to start.

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Rob
'86 TA 305 TPI
Gutted MAF
Ported Plenum
TB Bypass

 

Right..

My ebrake was set, but it needs some adjustment cause it will barely hold the car when it is on a steep grade.

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L98, 3.27 9-bolt, Hooker shorty headers, custom 2.5inch Y-pipe, no cat, 3inch 2chamber flowmaster, JET AFPR, Ported MAF, Best ET: 13.86 @100mph. 1.99 60'
17 inch ROH "ZS" wheels. 17x8.5(front) and 17x9.5 (rear). Firestone Firehawk SZ50s. 245/45/zr17s and 275/40/zr17s. T56

On the way... Radar Blue 89 Formula, T56, Ram Jet 430, Ram Air, 17inch ROHs.

 

I've never heard of anybody putting a remote start on a manual car. I didn't even know they offered it. Anyways, I don't know if you would be able to do this, unless you had something to engage the clutch.

 

I put the automatic start on it when it had the 700R4 in it and I just kept it in there when I did the 6speed swap.

Push in the clutch? The whole idea I am after is to rig up a switch of some sort that will only allow the car to start when the shifter is in the neutral position. Forget the neutral safety switch on the clutch pedal, thats not hooked up.

A guy at a local Car Stereo shop told me about some sort of magnetic switch I could use that would complete a circuit when the shifter is in the neutral position. When the car is in 1st, the shifter is moved over the the left and breaks the circuit(no start)

Has anyone done anything like this befor or know where I can get a switch like this?

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L98, 3.27 9-bolt, Hooker shorty headers, custom 2.5inch Y-pipe, no cat, 3inch 2chamber flowmaster, JET AFPR, Ported MAF, Best ET: 13.86 @100mph. 1.99 60'
17 inch ROH "ZS" wheels. 17x8.5(front) and 17x9.5 (rear). Firestone Firehawk SZ50s. 245/45/zr17s and 275/40/zr17s. T56

On the way... Radar Blue 89 Formula, T56, Ram Jet 430, Ram Air, 17inch ROHs.

 

It's called a magnetic reed switch. It's a 2 piece switch, one piece contains a magnet, the other side the contacts and a metal bar. You commonly see these used on doors and windows wired up to a burglar alarm. They also have a wide range of other applications, and come in various amperage ranges.

Any decent electronics shop (not radio shack), should carry something that would work for your application.

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89 Firebird Formula
WS6 package,ZZ4 Crate engine
SLP 58MM TB, Edelbrock TES Headers
Random Tech 3" cat, SLP 3" stainless exhaust
9 bolt rear, Hotchiss swing arms, Lakewood panhard rod
Corvette 2/4 servo, kevlar band, full poly rear.
Centerline 16x8 rims, B.F Goodrich drag radials

 

I think we should have a thirdgen.org Darwin Awards.. i nominate this post.


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89RS w/ Rawidiot power package
Powerhouse 334 stroker
ported heads
stock cam
NOS octane booster
18.93 @ 69mph

 

blockhead has the right idea here, it's a great idea and i'll second the nomination.

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ICON Motorsports

1st & 3rd

 

Actually, radio shack does sell reed switches, saw 'em there last week.
I don't know how you would use on to indicate neutral. Easiest way would probably be to put it so that you close the reed swicth when it's in first, and have that reed switch ground the enable signal to the remote start gizmo. Or something. Of course that wouldn't help if you used another gear when you parked it. Unless you set it up so that it grounded anytime it wasn't centered (neutral), using one or a few on each side of teh gate.
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You set it up in line with the automatic start circuit on the alarm. Mount the switch so that it is closed only when the shifter is in neutral position.
That way, the auto start circuit is energized only when the shifter is in the neutral position.

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89 Firebird Formula
WS6 package,ZZ4 Crate engine
SLP 58MM TB, Edelbrock TES Headers
Random Tech 3" cat, SLP 3" stainless exhaust
9 bolt rear, Hotchiss swing arms, Lakewood panhard rod
Corvette 2/4 servo, kevlar band, full poly rear.
Centerline 16x8 rims, B.F Goodrich drag radials