andrew2516
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Just wondering...mine is a 93 4.0 ax15 and I don't have to start my jeep with the clutch pressed in. Do all jeeps come like this or did they change it around after a certain year?
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Does your jeep start without clutch depressed?
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DaffyXJ
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- southern MD
My 96 Xj starts with out the Clutch depresses.
My 00 TJ does Not. It has a Clutch interlock switch, cluch pedal must be down to start.
My 00 TJ does Not. It has a Clutch interlock switch, cluch pedal must be down to start.
yeah, I've done that too.deisenba said:My 1989 starts in gear, without the clutch depressed. A good thing when your master cylinder goes out. I had to drive 300 miles once without a clutch on a Sunday to get home. It gives you a chance to practice the finer skills of driving.
all the fun of starting it in first everytime I got to a damned stop sign.
5-90
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Most later-model vehicles have a "clutch interlock switch" (roughly equivalent to the NSS) that will not allow the starter solenoid to get current without pressing the clutch pedal.
This thing is ridiculously easy to remove or bypass - and most people who work on their own rigs do so at some point (either because they feel they don't need the thing - like me - or it fails and they can't be arsed replacing it.)
It's a "safety device" that is meant to supplement the "Number One Safety Device" - the one between your ears. If that one works, why for do you need the fiddlin' stuff we're saddled with?
This thing is ridiculously easy to remove or bypass - and most people who work on their own rigs do so at some point (either because they feel they don't need the thing - like me - or it fails and they can't be arsed replacing it.)
It's a "safety device" that is meant to supplement the "Number One Safety Device" - the one between your ears. If that one works, why for do you need the fiddlin' stuff we're saddled with?
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yeah, I got rid of mine. It's nice to have the option to limp in emergency situation on the starter5-90 said:
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andrew2516 said:
I can also start my 93 in gear, which is a good thing on the trail.
Rob $.02
IllianaXJ
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- Southwest IN
DaffyXJ said:
My 02 TJ had the clutch interlock. All I had to do was pull a fuse from behind the glovebox and the interlock went away
It's in the owners manual, 97+ XJs may be the same.
IXNAYXJ
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I can start my '94 H.O. AX-15 any way I want. It can be handy in a number of situations.
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keep0njeepin0n
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Well, you could say, that was my FIRST mod (if you consider it an actual mod) I did when I got my Jeep. Used to have to depress the clutch whther in gear or neutral....believe it or not, the owners manual of all things told me how to bypass it. Jeep must realize that some people will actually use their Jeeps offroad and may need this feature.
Now, I can start it in or out of gear without depressing the clutch!
Now, I can start it in or out of gear without depressing the clutch!
jerseyjeep01
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My 95 YJ would start without depressing the clutch. I have put it in 4low and turned the starter to limp into my garage when my fuel pump went.
