Clutch Pedal Switch

Dan02gt said:

I'm pretty sure the other one is the kill switch for the cruise control.

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Hmm. I thought the starter safety switch doubled as the cruise control cut off. The starter safety switch has two harness plugs. I thought one was to control the starter and the other to kill the cruise. Then, there 's this other on on the other side that I'm trying to figure out what it does. I could be wrong

I just did some exploratory test driving.

As you know, the starter safety switch engages when you push the clutch pedal completely to the floor. You can see that it functions that way when you look under there and push the pedal down. This other switch over on the quadrant side is closed when the clutch pedal is in released position. It opens almost immediately when you begin to depress the clutch.

I drove along with cruise set at 50mph. Tapped the brake and the cruise shut off. Reset cruise to 50mph and continued. I slightly depressed the clutch (didnt touch the brake), and the cruise shut off.

Conclusion: The switch pictured does actually shut off the cruise.

liljoe07 and Mustang5L5 beat me to the punch as I was typing

Mustang5L5 said:

The one in the pic is the cruise control dump

The two on the pedal arm are the starter interrupter, and the Nuetral sense circuit

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I understand the starter interrupter.

I'm curious, how does the neutral sense circuit play a role in the 5spd application? What about the clutch position has anything to do with the trans being in neutral or not?

I've been learning about these switches because I'm chasing an issue with stalling when I push the clutch in. But I have more info on that (whole other subject) LOL I'll start another thread about that.

Ok, so the computer wants to know what position the clutch is in when the trans is in neutral? Is that it?

90sickfox said:

That switch wasn't in my 89 and it was 5 speed and had cruise. Unless I don't remember. I've had the pedal assembly out several times and never saw that switch.

I think I'm losing my touch...

Disclaimer ; I'm not the the brightest, unless I've been drinkin'

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Its weird for me. If I go out and have a few beers then come home, last thing I want to do is start working on car, or at least I cant seem to get it going. However, If I walk into my garage basically sober with a fridge full of beer, I can start drinking and work on cars all night long while continuing to drink. But I've gotten wise and avoid any test driving late in the process

If I bypass the starter interrupt but leave the NGS connected, will it throw codes or cause any other hassles?