nuetral safety/clutch safety switch help?

[superwade57]

I put my new steering column in my 86 today. Its for a manual. Truck was previously an auto. Problem is I dont know what to do about my nuetral safety now. The only wire on the plastic switch on the bottom of the steering column was a blue/green one for reverse lights I believe. When I looked at my 76 auto there's a pair of heavy gauge purple wire for nuetral safety on the same switch. When I looked at my 88 3500 manual there's a heavy yellow and heavy purple that go to the clutch pedal nuetral safety switch. When I located the heavy purple in my 86 harness they go to some kind of resistor. On top of the steering column with a hand full of other wires. Now if that was only on the auto column I'd say no brainer, just relocate it. However the manual column had the same set up. I don't have a battery hooked up or starter installed since this is in the process of a t56 swap. Do I need to splice the purple wire and send to a neutral safety or do I remove the pins from the resistor they go to now and relocate to. A nuetral safety? Thanks for what ever help I can get!
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[zirk]

I put a new steering column in my truck recently. I spliced the heavy yellow and purple wires. Works perfect.

[superwade57]

I don't see a heavy yellow in my 86. I did see that in my 88 they both go from the switch to somewhere in upper left of the dash and then the heavy yellow on pinned into the same spot on that resistor above the column that my 86s purple wire goes to. So based on that maybe it'll just work with out a nuetral safety?
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[superwade57]

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/sm...?topic=13967.0


heres a link to a different thread--- is it true that in 86 they didnt have a formal electronic nss but rather it was a built in mechanical switch in the column? can anyone veryify this?