Does any one know what the Neutral switch actually does for the MX7 gearbox? Mine is stuffed, but my car has been working fine without it for ages, and I wanna know what it actually does and if I really need to get a new one. Does it do something simple like stop the car being started in neutral? Or increase revs while in neutral while the Air con is on? Anyone know? Thanks Craig

From what I could tell It richens it up a bit when the motor is in gear, so when u are at the lights in neutral or just sitting there working on the car or whatever it doesn't use quite as much fuel, It does bring the revs up a tinny little bit too I think. (I put mine on a switch when I was trying to work out what it did)

Can anyone with a VLT manual tell me if they can start their car in gear at all?

i can not sure if the switch is broken or not... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah, i put my foot on the clutch and switch it on i dont really do it though whats the point, just start it in nuetral

sorry to bring up such an old post but its all i could find and it doesnt answer my question! where exactly is the neutral start switch in an MF5 manual executive?? Gregory's car manual talks about the purple wire a fair bit (coming off the starter motor) but where is the neutral starter switch that it is supposed to connect to!?

up you go

Nutral switch??? Never heard of it, Guess we forgot to put something in my car when we converted it to manual. Never had a problem so guess i dont need it. What does it do? And could have it prevented what happened a few years back. Dad started car in gear. My car behind his. He has a tow bar ball.......need i say more.

i always start my car in 1st gear. its a n/a but neutral switch is fine and it starts in any gear. dont all cars which are manual. sorry but not sure of what they do Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

if your neutral switch was working, your car wouldnt be able to start in gear (thats the point of it) the neutral safety/start switch prevent you from turnin your car over if your are in gear (in and auto or manual) actually, i just realised the switch might only be present in auto's as an austo car wont start in gear will it? the reason i ask is becuase i have hooked up a Viper car alarm and i have skipped the neutral switch in the setup, and hence, if i hit the remote start and its in gear, it will jump forward. And if i could find the neutral switch and hook it up in the viper alarm and i hit the remote start while its in gear, the alarm will detect that it is in gear and not turn the starter motor over. so yeah.... anymore help!? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

leave it out of gear. hope this helps.

As far as I was aware the switchyou are talking about is only on the autos and prevent you starting it in drive.

bugga - ill just have to remember to leave it in neutral like stocky said. cheers guys

there is a neutral switch on manuals it wires to the ECU it's signal changes the mixture and revs at idle. On an auto the inhibitor switch (P and N start only) is wired to the auto computer and also signals the same ECU port via the neutral position and start relays.

Quote: Originally Posted by benau there is a neutral switch on manuals it wires to the ECU it's signal changes the mixture and revs at idle. On an auto the inhibitor switch (P and N start only) is wired to the auto computer and also signals the same ECU port via the neutral position and start relays. Exactly.

scary, you could rig up your remote start to neutral sensor on the manual box easy enuf so it wont start in gear, just run it straight from the sensor to a relay and run your remote start through that(not sure how your remote start is wired but im sure it cant be to hard) also, if you leave the neutral sensor unplugged completly does it effect anything? or does it just have the mixtures/idle set for in gear all the time??

so there is a neutral safety switch?! where abouts exactly? or does anyone know which wire goes into the ecu which is affected by the remote start?

Quote: Originally Posted by scary so there is a neutral safety switch?! where abouts exactly? or does anyone know which wire goes into the ecu which is affected by the remote start? No, there is no safety switch. It's just to tell the ecu when in neutral(as said above) They still start in gear. The wires for the reverse and neutral switch go above the brake booster. Use a multimeter and check which is which.

awesome! thanx sigmund!

on the mx 7 is it the rearward switch or the front