andrew2516
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Just wondering...mine is a 93 4.0 ax15 and I don't have to start my jeep with the clutch pressed in. Do all jeeps come like this or did they change it around after a certain year?
yeah, I've done that too.deisenba said:My 1989 starts in gear, without the clutch depressed. A good thing when your master cylinder goes out. I had to drive 300 miles once without a clutch on a Sunday to get home. It gives you a chance to practice the finer skills of driving.
yeah, I got rid of mine. It's nice to have the option to limp in emergency situation on the starter5-90 said:Most later-model vehicles have a "clutch interlock switch" (roughly equivalent to the NSS) that will not allow the starter solenoid to get current without pressing the clutch pedal.
This thing is ridiculously easy to remove or bypass - and most people who work on their own rigs do so at some point (either because they feel they don't need the thing - like me - or it fails and they can't be arsed replacing it.)
It's a "safety device" that is meant to supplement the "Number One Safety Device" - the one between your ears. If that one works, why for do you need the fiddlin' stuff we're saddled with?
andrew2516 said:Just wondering...mine is a 93 4.0 ax15 and I don't have to start my jeep with the clutch pressed in. Do all jeeps come like this or did they change it around after a certain year?
DaffyXJ said:My 96 Xj starts with out the Clutch depresses.
My 00 TJ does Not. It has a Clutch interlock switch, cluch pedal must be down to start.
87manche said:my 87 will start in gear, with the clutch engaged. The starter hates me for it, but sometimes that's what you gotta do when you stall it and can't do the 3 footed dance.