KA neutral switch question

[mrbean]

Hi,

Finishing the install of a Clifford Matrix 3.5 to may manual '89 hatch. I'm trying to rig up the neutral position sensor to the neutral safety switch that came with my alarm, so that the remote start won't activate unless the car's in neutral. According to the FSM, the neutral sensor has continuity only when the car is in the neutral position, meaning it's normally closed, but according to the ECU wiring diagram in the back, the neutral switch is normally open, meaning it DOESN'T have continuity in neutral. I've tried wiring it as both normally closed and open, and it seems the circuit is closed whether the car is in neutral or not.

Can anyone tell me how exactly the neutral sensor works?

Is it normally open or closed?

What causes it to sense whether the car is in gear or not? Does my foot have to be off the clutch while its in gear to trigger the sensor?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[mrbean]

anybody?

[Maverick7687]

I dont know anything about the neutral switch but the Clifford alarms use something caled IntelliStart 4..I think yours i a new one so it should have that....The way it works is, on a 5 speed car before you turn off the key you have to activate chennel 11 I think on the remote...but when you do this the car has to be in N..dont touch any pedals and keep the car running...activate whatever channel...it should tell you somewhere..it is the remote start safety switch or something..then when you tunrn the key off and get out the car will stay running until you activate the alarm...that is so the syustem knows it is still in N...then when you hit the remote start button it will start up....Thats how I understood it out of the book and what people have told me about my Concept 400.....Mav

[mrbean]

It's not an intellistart. It should just start right up if you bypass the clutch and have everything else wired right. I was just hoping to wire the car's neutral sensor switch to the alarm's neutral safety toggle as an added safety feature. Unfortunately, the sensor is not behaving like the FSM suggests...

[Maverick7687]

I dont know if this would work, but have you tried holding in the clutch and pushing the start button?? Mav