First of all I want to say that this seems to be a great forum with lots of good information.
I just purchased a 96 F250 with a 5 speed and immediately found out about the "push the clutch through the firewall" issue. Mine was really tough. So this AM I went out to take a look and see what the issue was and it was the bushing.....there was none. So until I get that fixed I really needed to bypass the safety switch to make it easier to start this thing.
I used the search function here and found some info on bypassing the switch, but not specifically for the 96 model year, so I though I would pass along what I found.
Someone had posted a thread concerning this bypass on either a 95 or a 97 and I made the assumption the wiring colors would be the same on mine........WRONG. They were different, but I did not make a note of the colors on mine......brain fart. Anyway, that thread stated that the number 1 wire was +12 volt for the starter circuit and the number 2 wire was the output from the switch to the starter. That seemed like a good place to start.
I unplugged the connector and made a jumper for the #1 to #2 wires and it worked. The starter worked fine without the clutch pushed in. So I just used a couple of inline splicers and a short piece of wire to jumper between these two wires. It worked great after the plug was back in the switch. I took it for a test drive to check the CC and it still worked, so the mod was a complete success.
So, if you need to temporarily bypass the clutch safety switch on a 95, you can jumper between the #1 and #2 wires, the two closest to the firewall, and still have full use of the CC if you have it.
Hope this helps someone and thanks again for a great forum.
Hutch
I just purchased a 96 F250 with a 5 speed and immediately found out about the "push the clutch through the firewall" issue. Mine was really tough. So this AM I went out to take a look and see what the issue was and it was the bushing.....there was none. So until I get that fixed I really needed to bypass the safety switch to make it easier to start this thing.
I used the search function here and found some info on bypassing the switch, but not specifically for the 96 model year, so I though I would pass along what I found.
Someone had posted a thread concerning this bypass on either a 95 or a 97 and I made the assumption the wiring colors would be the same on mine........WRONG. They were different, but I did not make a note of the colors on mine......brain fart. Anyway, that thread stated that the number 1 wire was +12 volt for the starter circuit and the number 2 wire was the output from the switch to the starter. That seemed like a good place to start.
I unplugged the connector and made a jumper for the #1 to #2 wires and it worked. The starter worked fine without the clutch pushed in. So I just used a couple of inline splicers and a short piece of wire to jumper between these two wires. It worked great after the plug was back in the switch. I took it for a test drive to check the CC and it still worked, so the mod was a complete success.
So, if you need to temporarily bypass the clutch safety switch on a 95, you can jumper between the #1 and #2 wires, the two closest to the firewall, and still have full use of the CC if you have it.
Hope this helps someone and thanks again for a great forum.
Hutch
