Neutral safety switch location

Tiny
JUSTCHEVY1980 JEREMY
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No codes only message range shift inhibited. How do I check pressure? And could new TCM or reflash fix issue?
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If there are no codes then I suspect it is a connection issue or some other electrical issue. This could be a TCM but normally when a module fails there are codes that go along with it. I would remove the connectors on the sides of the transmission and make sure there is no water or corrosion in them. You should have the TCM on the passenger side and the NSBU on the driver side. These have both been known to cause this warning. There are a lot of forums on all this, not that I listen to many people on forums because there are not many answers. Let us know if there is anything in the connectors and once they are connected back to the transmission, just test operation again and make sure it wasn't a loose connector.
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How do I test the neutral safety switch? Can I bypass the switch to see if the engine starts? Which wires to connect to bypass?
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I am assuming the starter will not crank the engine. Look for the 10-amp "crank" fuse number eight on the left side of the instrument panel. It will have two test points on top. Check for twelve volts on both of them. You should find twelve volts when the ignition switch is in the "crank" position. If you find that, remove the starter relay from its socket under the hood.

Be careful to not poke your meter's test probe into those terminals. Doing so could spread them and cause future intermittent connections.

One of those four terminals must have twelve volts all the time. Disregard that one. Two others should read very low resistance to ground. As an alternative, move your meter's or test light's ground wire to the battery's positive post, then use the positive probe to search for a good ground. Two terminals in that socket will show twelve volts now, or low resistance to ground. Disregard those two terminals.

That leaves you with just one terminal left to check. That one should have twelve volts when the ignition switch is in the "crank" position, just like fuse number eight did. If you do not find that switched twelve volts, the neutral safety switch and its wiring are suspect. To bypass the neutral safety switch, it is on the left side of the transmission. Unplug it, then in the connector, jump the purple and yellow wires together. If that switch is defective, the starter will crank now, including when in "drive" or "reverse", so be careful.
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I'm trying to put my nss back in. I have no idea what wire goes to what. Please any help would be great.
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Hell, I'm Danny.

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PHILLIP R. MAXWELL
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We have just installed a new transmission and shifter cable. The truck will not go into Park, unless I move the trans shifter lever one knotch forward, the it will
show on the column it is now in park, and will start. But I can't shift the transmission out of park. And when I put the trans in another gear it wont move
or it wont go in reverse.
Could the neutral safety switch be the problem. The
mechanic just replaced my broke switch with one he had laying around. Or am I just not adjusting the switch to the right position.
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https://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/170934_shift_interlock_1.jpg



In case you don't have wiring info.
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PHILLIP R. MAXWELL
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Installed new transmission and neutral safety switch. Checked wiring diaghram supplied by you. Everything TO INCLUDE, transmission, transfer, neutral safety switch plugged into the right socket. Truck will start in neutral and go thru the shifts reverse, neutral
drive 1, 2, 3, with lighted indicator. But the truck will not go into Park, with any light or will not start in Park. In the correct gear the truck appears to register but will not move, as if the brake is holding the truck. What can I do to adjust the neutral safety switch, or anything else that might be overlooked and get the truck to start in park and be able to DRIVE. WORRIED MYSELF SICK. PLEASE HELP
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