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I'm seeing an occasional problem with what I think is the neutral
safety switch (automatic transmission) on my 88 Cabrolet. Every once
in a while it won't start. Sometimes (not always) moving the shifter
will help, the other day I almost got stuck when the shifter moving
trick failed.

Checked my Bently manual, and... ****, they don't have the 88's
neutral safety switch diagram! Does anyone have a diagram of this
circuit?

Best I can tell, there is no stater relay (there is in later years)
but that is not 100% clear.

I suppose the next question is has anyone see a heat soak starter
problem where the starter won't do anything if hot? Each time it
failed to start the car had been sitting for only a few minutes and so
the engine was hot.

(When it fails to start there is *no* sound from the starter, no
c****, nothing at all. Some drop on the voltmeter. The battery is at
the end of its life, and I'll replace it, but I think there is another
problem as well.)

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My guess will be the ignition switch.......

SFC

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> I'm seeing an occasional problem with what I think is the neutral
> safety switch (automatic transmission) on my 88 Cabrolet. Every once
> in a while it won't start. Sometimes (not always) moving the shifter
> will help, the other day I almost got stuck when the shifter moving
> trick failed.
>
> Checked my Bently manual, and... ****, they don't have the 88's
> neutral safety switch diagram! Does anyone have a diagram of this
> circuit?
>
> Best I can tell, there is no stater relay (there is in later years)
> but that is not 100% clear.
>
> I suppose the next question is has anyone see a heat soak starter
> problem where the starter won't do anything if hot? Each time it
> failed to start the car had been sitting for only a few minutes and so
> the engine was hot.
>
> (When it fails to start there is *no* sound from the starter, no
> c****, nothing at all. Some drop on the voltmeter. The battery is at
> the end of its life, and I'll replace it, but I think there is another
> problem as well.)

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On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:19:28 +0200, "SFC" <sf-cillari@hetnet.nl>
wrote:

>"PeterD" <peter2@hipson.net> schreef in bericht
>news:93kab45a8jc2m0rt50n7pncstu0n964a9o@4ax.com.. .
>> I'm seeing an occasional problem with what I think is the neutral
>> safety switch (automatic transmission) on my 88 Cabrolet. Every once
>> in a while it won't start. Sometimes (not always) moving the shifter
>> will help, the other day I almost got stuck when the shifter moving
>> trick failed.
>>
>> Checked my Bently manual, and... ****, they don't have the 88's
>> neutral safety switch diagram! Does anyone have a diagram of this
>> circuit?
>>
>> Best I can tell, there is no stater relay (there is in later years)
>> but that is not 100% clear.
>>
>> I suppose the next question is has anyone see a heat soak starter
>> problem where the starter won't do anything if hot? Each time it
>> failed to start the car had been sitting for only a few minutes and so
>> the engine was hot.
>>
>> (When it fails to start there is *no* sound from the starter, no
>> c****, nothing at all. Some drop on the voltmeter. The battery is at
>> the end of its life, and I'll replace it, but I think there is another
>> problem as well.)
>
>My guess will be the ignition switch.......
>
>SFC
>

Possible... My push the shifter trick that sometimes works did require
that I use my left hand for the key, so I would have been turning the
key differently.