Lokar neutral switch
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donsrods
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I have had problems too, and still do. I called them and they told me to use the little thingie that came with the shifter to adjust the NSS. Still doesn't work all the time and will startle you sometimes by starting in gear and jumping 5 feet before you get it stopped. 
I also have a problem with it dropping down into 2nd gear if I am on the interstate and hit a bump like a bridge riser in the pavement...........that also will get your attention! I have got to get in there and play with both issues before it causes me any problems.
I think I might go to a Gennie shifter in the new rod I am putting together, I hear good things about them.
Don
I also have a problem with it dropping down into 2nd gear if I am on the interstate and hit a bump like a bridge riser in the pavement...........that also will get your attention! I have got to get in there and play with both issues before it causes me any problems.I think I might go to a Gennie shifter in the new rod I am putting together, I hear good things about them.
Don
EX JUNK
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I don't know what the problem is with your switch Rooster and Don. You had me wondering about mine so I went to the garage and checked mine and it worked perfectly. It will only start in park and neutral. Maybe I just got lucky with mine.
In my other car, the '37, I have a Gennie unit and I am very pleased with its operation also.
Jim
In my other car, the '37, I have a Gennie unit and I am very pleased with its operation also.
Jim
LumenAl
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I to had to do a little tweaking to get it to work only in Neutral or Park... and as I've said in past, with the 32 inch shifter (and skull top), I've experienced numerous occasions that a bump will downshift the car into 2ND... I drive with a hand on the shifter to mitigate that issue.
I got mine to work correctly by following their directions with the dummy switch and loosening / tightening the sliding bracket - but here's the thing- you need to mess with the threaded rod that connects the Lokar lever to the trans lever (up front). I've found that as little as one or two turns of the rod-effectively lengthening or shortening it- can make a big difference in how it "sees" a gear.By doing this and using a test light on the two contacts at the switch I was able to dial it in. Lokar tech suggested this to me. Hope this helps someone- keep dinkin' wit it !
harleydude
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Neutral Safety Switch
I dont know a thing about how these work but, I learned the hard way. I was at a car dealership I sell to. couldn't get my Bucket to start, Using my remote jump starter switch,with my knees on the ground jumped my starter, it started but was in gear, well I thought it was just rolling in neutral but it was in gear, Duh I tried to get up, as well as hold it and just dragged me on my knees till I was smart enough to let go. after I got up it was on its way through the parking lot and about to hit a wall. Thank god the parts manager managed to reach in and push the brake. I had to change my pants after that ordeal. Scraped up knees, Well I'm about to replace my hurst shifter pro shift 2 with something? any recommendations. The neutral switch will not allow me to start the car without putting preassure to the right against the switch, and the switch alone it $45.00. Sloppy wiggle shifter anyway so I might as well get a new on.
I dont know a thing about how these work but, I learned the hard way. I was at a car dealership I sell to. couldn't get my Bucket to start, Using my remote jump starter switch,with my knees on the ground jumped my starter, it started but was in gear, well I thought it was just rolling in neutral but it was in gear, Duh I tried to get up, as well as hold it and just dragged me on my knees till I was smart enough to let go. after I got up it was on its way through the parking lot and about to hit a wall. Thank god the parts manager managed to reach in and push the brake. I had to change my pants after that ordeal. Scraped up knees, Well I'm about to replace my hurst shifter pro shift 2 with something? any recommendations. The neutral switch will not allow me to start the car without putting preassure to the right against the switch, and the switch alone it $45.00. Sloppy wiggle shifter anyway so I might as well get a new on.
Re: Neutral Safety Switch
Your lucky dude i did it with mine last year and it ran up my leg and drove with my leg under the rear slick then hit my work bench after i reached in and shut it off it rolled back enough for me to get out from under it i could not walk for several weeks i went to the hospital and it was a seveeeeeeeer sprain/strain.harleydude said:
pete rallis
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I am not real happy with our Lokar either. It's hard to tell what gear you found, and I worked for several hours tring to find why the starter would not engage, and it was the Nuetral switch. I removed the washers behind the switch, made adjustments the the linkage with the shifter loose, and it works. But it could have been made a lot simpler....
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