Hey, should my Camaro be able to start in gear and without the clutch pressed in. going in for a safety inspection and want to make sure I button up a few minor things.

1987 Camaro Coupe 2.8L / 5spd

 

Technically, no. It should have a clutch safety switch.

 

do you know if the switch is on the pedal or the tranny? I'm pretty sure it will fail the safety inspection if it starts with the clutch not pushed down. I'm going to grab a manual for it this week sometime but was just curios if anyone knows the answers im looking for. all i found in the seach was "wont start issues" for the automatic cars.

Thank you,

 

The neutral safety switch is located on the clutch pedal inside the car. More than likely somebody bypassed it a long time ago. I don't think I'd worry too much about it failing any safety inspection due to that switch being bypassed. If anybody inspecting one of my cars is too stupid to push in the clutch before starting the car, I'd go somewhere else to get it inspected! Even if they did start it without pushing the clutch in, it'd have to be an extremely **** inspector to fail a car because of it.

 

Ok, I just dont wanna spend time/money fixing something that I am swapping out right away. Thanks for the Reply.

 

It might even save your life! If your car dies on a RR crossing and a train is coming you could move the car in 1st gear with the starter. You never know.

 

LOL, good thinkin!