In a message dated 12/31/2006 10:57:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
spitlist@cox.net writes:
I seriously doubt it is a neutral safety switch. There never was one on any
Spit. Since the box was a non OD originally, I would be inclined to
believer that the extra switch was included in the mechanism that was added
for the OD. It is most likely the remains of the backup lights circuit for
a car that originally had no switch mounted in the rear of the top plate.
I Bet Andy Mace can come up with a definitive answer!
==AM==
Geez, first day of the New Year and I've already broken one resolution -- to
have ALL the answers! :-)
I'm with Joe in that I don't ever recall any such safety switch.
Jim Muller suggested that "Lots of cars had buzzers with switches on the
belts and in
the seats; the Feds required it, after all. But I've never heard of any
that ran it through the shifter too. Why do that, f'r all love? That's crazy."
Crazy? Sure! But so were the various seat belt buzzer/lamp reminders and the
methods of making them work. My guess is that this setup incorporates the OD
lockout AND seat belt buzzer switches (that usually activated a light and
buzzer in any forward gear UNLESS the belts were properly fastened). Seems to
me
that most all-syncho three-rail gearboxes would've had the reverse light
switch in the top cover.
But that's all conjecture, since I don't seem to have any factory literature
that conclusively proves my theory. ;-)
--Andy Mace
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