Starting question (simple)

Can you start a 5.0 manual transmission car without pressing in the clutch?

I am modifying a 1991 wiring harness to fit in my 65 mustang and I can not figure this out. I have been looking at wiring diagrams and forums all day and the neutral drive safety switch still has me confused.


Thanks for you help.

I am building my harness pretty much from scratch. So I can modify it how ever I want...

I really just need to know how it was originally implemented from the factory.

In the stock configuration can you start a manual 5.0 with the transmission in neutral and without pressing in the clutch?

Or do you always have to press in the clutch for the starter motor to engage?

I am just trying to make sure I conceptually understand how the system should work. Then I can make sure the wire harness is setup that way.

The main question I am trying to answer is whether the starter circuit uses just the clutch safety switch or if it uses the neutral gear switch (NGS) as well. I know the computer uses the NGS to determine idle conditions. I can't figure out how the circuit would function to use the NGS for the computer and for the starting system. I believe the computer uses 5V (pin30) to sense the NGS switch and the starting circuit is using 12V. I have been told that if you allow the 12V of the starting system to connect with the return pin46 of the computer (the 5V system) it burn the trace in circuit board.

Any help is appreciated......thanks!

FYI.....I don't have access to a 89-93 mustang 5.0.......I just have the wire harness that I am using in a different car.

I think I finally found the answer to my question:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/702249-t5-sensor.html

This diagram shows that the starter circuit only uses the clutch sensing switch in a manual trans setup.

Now everything makes more sense.