Neutral Safety switch

[fire120ball]

So I just put a solenoid relocation kit on my truck from Jegs, this is my fourth starter in a year and I bought the starter wrap. To fix my starting problem, crossing my fingers this holds up. But ever since I put the new solenoid on my neutral safety is acting funny. Like sometimes it will start in park but most of the times it will not. By the way it is an automatic. and sometimes in won't even start in neutral I will have to move the shifter up and down and get "lucky" to have it start. I would just like to by pass the thing entirely. Any tips on how to? Thanks guys!!!

[billnorman]

I wouldn't remove the neutral safety switch. If your linkage is so insecure that you have to fish for the proper switch operation, you very well could injure or kill somebody, including yourself if you start in gear. Fix it properly.

[fire120ball]

If I started in gear it would bump the truck forward... Then I would say O f*** then change it, its not that it is insecure. The wiring is messed up.

[willett]

it seems a bit odd to me that you have nuked 3 starters in 1 year.

perhaps there is a deeper root to the problem?

[fire120ball]

That is what I was thinking too, but I asked around on this forum and with headers I GUESS it is a very common problem? even with everything I did. Relocate solenoid, wrap my starter. It still does not start hot. I have routed wire's so the wires are away from any type of heat. I have changed the battery, Changed the power and ground wires. I'm just stuck, now this neutral safety thing. God I don't even know what to do...

[BLE 'BURBAN]

Get rid of the problem by getting rid of the headers. Problem solved.
If it's headers you want then get some "shorty" headers

[donut]

Originally Posted by willett

it seems a bit odd to me that you have nuked 3 starters in 1 year.

perhaps there is a deeper root to the problem?

Originally Posted by BLE 'BURBAN

Get rid of the problem by getting rid of the headers. Problem solved.
If it's headers you want then get some "shorty" headers

Good advise here. I'll throw in my few cents. I've burned up a couple NSS in the past few years. (Enough that I carry a spare in the glovebox now.) They are adjustable, just by loosening the 2 mounting screws and rotating the switch a little left or right. If your cab mounts are shot or loose, adjustment won't matter. Park and Neutral on the trans may be something else on the column.

Initial timing. A little to much can hammer the starter. On mine, it was fine cold, but warmed up it was slow cranking and sometimes would "backlash" (everything I read told me it was the heat from my headers also. Until it first "hammered") I'm currently running cheap Heddman longtubes, and my starter has been happy there for about a year and a half now. (knock on wood)

[GMC Guy]

Originally Posted by donut

Good advise here. I'll throw in my few cents. I've burned up a couple NSS in the past few years. (Enough that I carry a spare in the glovebox now.) They are adjustable, just by loosening the 2 mounting screws and rotating the switch a little left or right. If your cab mounts are shot or loose, adjustment won't matter. Park and Neutral on the trans may be something else on the column.

Initial timing. A little to much can hammer the starter. On mine, it was fine cold, but warmed up it was slow cranking and sometimes would "backlash" (everything I read told me it was the heat from my headers also. Until it first "hammered") I'm currently running cheap Heddman longtubes, and my starter has been happy there for about a year and a half now. (knock on wood)

x2
cheap heddman longtubes, 12* of initial timing, no starter wrap, no header wrap, no problems :] hot or cold

i'd double check your timing again