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1993 Ford Tempo cranking

Tiny
EABCMB
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  • 1993 FORD TEMPO
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 90,000 MILES
Car started not wanting to crank unless you played with the automatic floor shifter. With it in park, wiggle the shifter a little and it would finally turn over. It has gotten to where this doesn't work as well as it first did. Now I have to hold the key over as to crank it, while at the same time moving the shifter to neutral. While leaving park with the shifter, as soon as it hits neutral it cranks and runs great. I've been told its the tranny. And i've been told its just a saftey switch, which makes more sense to me. HELP! If it is a switch, where would it be located. Thanks for any help and info you can provide.
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Monday, November 30th, 2009 AT 11:40 AM

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Tiny
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Welcome to the forum, thanks for the donation. The neutral switch should be on backside of transaxle. White wire with pink tracer is voltage to switch, hot with key in the crank position, then red wire with lite blue tracer carries voltage to coil side of starter relay. You could test circuits at starter relay, underhood, driverside fender well. Any testing, make sure the tranny is in park or neutral and the e-brake is set.
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