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 Post subject: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:40 pm 
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Done a service on it sunday changed sparkplugs and oil now today car didnt want to start in Park, tried 3-5 times didnt want to kick over, nothing happened, so i decided to put it in neutral and it started up first go. Dad says could be the inhibitor switch, do you guys think it could be this? Everything else is working perfectly fine reguarding to start up, fuel pump, coil, dizzy, altinator ect
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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:43 pm 
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yep, gear position/inhibitor switch..
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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:48 pm 
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Make sure it is locking into Park properly. Try putting slight forward or backward pressure on shifter while cranking.
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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:54 pm 
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Yea thought soo thanks
I started it up in neutral put it into park turned it off, put it into park and it starts straight away, relised it doesnt turn over if you park it for about an hour or so.
Inhibitor swich is located where?
Also is it a easy job to replace?
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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:56 pm 
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nalane wrote:
Make sure it is locking into Park properly. Try putting slight forward or backward pressure on shifter while cranking.


Haven tried that yet but tomoro i will try it if it doesnt wanna fire up first go
Thanks
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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:58 am 
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And my car hit 200,000km's :(
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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:02 am 
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Its a white switch on the passenger side of the transmission its pretty common for them to fail.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=inhib ... 29,r:2,s:0

 

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 Post subject: Re: 98 el ghia doesnt start in park but starts in neutral?? Wtf?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:22 am 
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GeZza200 wrote:
Its a white switch on the passenger side of the transmission its pretty common for them to fail.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=inhib ... 29,r:2,s:0


Awk cool thanks champ :)
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