Neutral gear safety switch

[Sam410]

I had the opposite problem on my 410 - it would not start at all on a trip to France. I managed to work out that it was the inhibitor switch that had failed so using some stout logs found at our gîte as axle stands, I bypassed it so that it would start in any gear. I was very careful to double check it was not in gear when starting for the rest of the trip.

[Roger Morrall]

Originally Posted by Sam410

…… so using some stout logs found at our gîte as axle stands, I bypassed it so that it would start in any gear. ………

Sam - that all sounds an immense amount of hard work when all you needed to do was to open the bonnet to connect an earth to the solenoid as per my previous post. But you did do much better than me at not starting the engine whilst in gear!

[Sam410]

I don't remember the precise details now, but whatever it was I did it was easier to reach from underneath the car!

On another French trip the ignition switch packed up and after phoning SLJ for instructions I spent a thousand miles having to hotwire the car at every start. It has just been rewired with a new loom so I hope these travails are behind me now... (Touches wood!)