Neutral switch adjustment

[benstarz]

Hello all,
So I have no back up lights .
It’s the neutral switch that needs adjusting.
At the moment my switch when in park is about 5-7mm to the right if you look at it from the front.
I do have the need to pull back on the lever in the park position for it engage to start the car.
My question is : should the neutral switch after adjustment be totally to the left which it turn pushes the slack out of the lever when in park??

I’ve looked but can’t find an exactly step by step process to follow.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[TonyC]

Before anyone asks, this is for your '65, right? The shop manual does have stepped guidance on how to adjust it, but the guidance is in a chapter that many wouldn't think of searching. Look in the chapter that covers transmission service and repair; that's where they put the guidance. If what you see there still doesn't seem to help, we can.

---Tony

[benstarz]

I shall look now..
Thankyou tony

[Lee]

Here is Motor's procedure:

[TonyC]

It's funny how that page specified '64/5 and '67, then gave the same guidance for '66 as the other years. In '66 they had a separate neutral/reverse switch mounted on the side of the transmission, the column piece serving only for parking brake release.

But, something I learned was that the '66 column piece could be used also as neutral-safety/reverse if the one on the transmission gave up the ghost; all it needed was to transfer the wires to the right tabs built into the switch, using female spade connectors of the right size. How do I know this? I did it, with Frankenstein. The trans switch self-destructed, and the column switch on my retrofitted '67 column broke a couple rivets for the wires; so I removed the switch from the old '66 column and discovered the tabs place in the same spots as the rivet points on the '67 switch. On a hunch I took the column piece off my original '66 column, spliced on spade connectors, connected the wires, and ba-bing, I had reverse lights again. I should also have neutral safety, but there is something else wrong with that circuit (caused a very long time ago with the prior owner), probably a bypass-raping of that circuit by an unscrupulous mechanic who was tasked to fix a no-start problem. I've never been able to trace and fix that problem.

But all this is beside the point. The page shows the right guidance on how to adjust the switch, and fix the OP's problem.

---Tony

[MFE]

The procedure for the '69 is very specific about the Park Reset Button and about how the "Park reset must be performed whenever the switch is adjusted", but the imagery does not identify the button in question. Where is it?

[TonyC]

There was a recent thread that got into that subject, though I think it was a veer-off from another topic. I can't find it now, possibly because I'm gradually losing consciousness.

---Tony

[Lee]

Here’s the visual.

[MFE]

thank you