The Story
I've had problems with this thing before, it's basically the downfall to my poor jeep. I've been working on accomplishing two things, getting rid of that damn check engine light, having my reverse lights work. I dont care if the cruise doesnt work, nor do I care if it starts in any gear. I just want to pass inspection. I tried taking of my stock unit two years ago, it came off in a couple pieces....looked long and far for a junkyard one, after a dozen places, nothing. Nobody on here had one at the time, and ebay's lowest was $140. Bought one at auto zone for $250.
All is well, I passed last year, then this one acts up. When I went to adjust it there there seemed to be problem after problem. Left it and just used a "jumper" to make it think its in park/neutral all the time so it'll at least start. Well now its march and i need a sticker.
The Problem/Attempted Fixes
I mapped out what each wire goes to, and where they are on the inside of the nss. I've got this in the pics on the bottom. Im not going to do anythin with the tranny mounted sensor because the adjusting bolt snapped / threads are stripping. Id prolly have to drop the transmission to finish that job, something I can picture myself breaking 10 other things in the process for.
So I was planning on wiring momentary switches mounted inside the "shift area" inside the vehicle. I was going to have one get set off when in park, one for reverse (its going to be tough so idk), and one for drive. However, as a test, when I have the black and black/yellow wires together (for park/neutral) AND vehicle is in park....I still get a NSS check engine light. What gives? The arm that rotates will make those two wires touch, nothing else should be touching right? I figured the blue might have some part to play but it doesnt make a complete circuit when in park because it'll touch plastic. I have no idea what to do, any ideas?
I've had problems with this thing before, it's basically the downfall to my poor jeep. I've been working on accomplishing two things, getting rid of that damn check engine light, having my reverse lights work. I dont care if the cruise doesnt work, nor do I care if it starts in any gear. I just want to pass inspection. I tried taking of my stock unit two years ago, it came off in a couple pieces....looked long and far for a junkyard one, after a dozen places, nothing. Nobody on here had one at the time, and ebay's lowest was $140. Bought one at auto zone for $250.
All is well, I passed last year, then this one acts up. When I went to adjust it there there seemed to be problem after problem. Left it and just used a "jumper" to make it think its in park/neutral all the time so it'll at least start. Well now its march and i need a sticker.
The Problem/Attempted Fixes
I mapped out what each wire goes to, and where they are on the inside of the nss. I've got this in the pics on the bottom. Im not going to do anythin with the tranny mounted sensor because the adjusting bolt snapped / threads are stripping. Id prolly have to drop the transmission to finish that job, something I can picture myself breaking 10 other things in the process for.
So I was planning on wiring momentary switches mounted inside the "shift area" inside the vehicle. I was going to have one get set off when in park, one for reverse (its going to be tough so idk), and one for drive. However, as a test, when I have the black and black/yellow wires together (for park/neutral) AND vehicle is in park....I still get a NSS check engine light. What gives? The arm that rotates will make those two wires touch, nothing else should be touching right? I figured the blue might have some part to play but it doesnt make a complete circuit when in park because it'll touch plastic. I have no idea what to do, any ideas?