Well to clear things up, its not a "neutral safety switch", manual vehicles have a clutch safety switch!
And yes you can bypass it, follow the clutch pedal up behind the dash, you'll find the switch. pull the plug and "short" the two connections(of the plug) with a piece of wire.
What makes you say it is "going" bad? Just curious, normally it'll just stop working!
Testimonial: "Thank you for the help Mark. I was told that I could bypass it but nobody told me where it was. The reason that I think it is going bad is because I have to engage the clutch 4 or 4 times before the car will start"
SOURCE: Where is the neutral safety switch locayed at on
Where they all are on Toyotas - on the trans, mounted under the selector arm (the one that moves when you change gears.)
SOURCE: neutral safety switch 1991 camry 4 cyl
Well, not necessarily need a professional if you have some basic maintenance experience.
If you look at the engine compartment from the front of the car, the switch is located at right side, very close to the radiator, close to the bottom of the car. You will see the shifting cable as well as an electronic connector on it. You can try if you shift, the cable will rotate the arm on the switch.
According to my experience, it's not easy for the switch to go bad, it may just need some alignment so the switch angle is zeroed in wrt the contact points. There is a line on the switch for alignment purpose.
To replace it is not difficult at all, once you located it, you will see. You can get a used one at junk yard, I believe it will be much much cheaper.
SOURCE: need to replace neutral safety switch in a 1997
what wrong key are you talking about? daylongdrive. how do you adjust it so it would start?
SOURCE: need to replace neutral safety
Go to online site of autozone, oreillys...etc and you may have to register but they have free online step by step manuals.
The clutch start switch in a Camry is normally on the floorboard in front of the clutch pedal lever. It can sometimes be mounted on the clutch lever pivot point.
It is connected into the starter motor circuit, as shown here
http://www.turboninjas.com/camry/
in documents st.pdf and cl.pdf
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maybe it's not going bad. there are times when I have to push the clutch in 4 or 5 times before it engages and the car starts.
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