All hail the 'old timers'! I'm in the middle somewhere too, just, but have daily driven about a half-dozen stick cars over the years and the only one that has a safety switch is the current one and that's on the pedal. A NSS makes sense for an auto but like someone else said a pedal switch makes much more sense with a manual. Who wants the extra step of pushing the stick into neutral at a stoplight stall? - EmbarrASSing enough, I want to get rolling again asap! Stepping on the clutch pedal and puttin' it in neutral before hitting the key is so thoroughly ingrained I've hardly thought about adding one to the Ole Stang, butt (TS&T) as I get older I wonder if the brain farts might increase Seems like a pedal switch would be pretty easily doable without removing anything and even though no one else currently drives my car unless I'm in it with them it sounds like cheap insurance.

Last edited by McStang (4/07/2015 12:01 PM)

Hornman wrote:

Well Bob, I don't know if you qualify as old yet, but you have the Curmudgeon part down pat.

Hmmmm, Jack and I will have to cogitate on that a bit, Ron.  Never thought of myself as Cur-mudgeon-ly.  I'm not usually gruff nor irritable nor hard to get along with, except on certain issues. Mostly I'm just geezerly and PIAinly and like most geezers, I don't see the redeeming qualities in all things modern and all conventional wisdom...EFI, cruise control, power windows and mirrors, good AC, and expanding ammunition being notable exceptions.

Oh, and yes, I qualify as old...prolly among the more olderly here.

BB

Kristang wrote:

I wired my safety switch on my T5 last night and tested it.  Unfortunately the circuit is "open" whether in gear or in neutral.  I did do an interweb search and found issues with the pin could cause this to happen.  I can reach up and touch the switch with my hand but no way to get a wrench on it and I'm not thrilled about pulling the transmission to address it.  Any other ideas about what it might be or am I going down the correct road with this?

I've had many clutch cars over the years and none of them have had a NSS.  I learned to drive in a 56 Chevy with a three on the tree in hilly Pennsylvania.  I guess I never knew I was missing a safety device, as the first couple of starts in gear soon taught me to put it in neutral first.  I just don't see the need.  When my car is back to a driver, I don't plan on being worried about my son or my wife driving the car and forgetting to put it in neutral before starting it.  They'll learn just like I did.  The last thing I'll add, is that if you've ever spent much time chasing shorts in newer cars you know that a NSS is a common fault.  Sometimes it's just better to keep it simple.