Automatic p/s column on a m/t floor shift

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Automatic p/s column on a m/t floor shift

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ok here is my question with an automatic p/s column will it cause an issue with nuetral safety switch since i will be converting from a 3 on the tree to a floor shift 4 spd manual tranny?

my reason for this is i am converting to power steering aswell
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Re: Automatic p/s column on a m/t floor shift

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Was your truck originally a auto tranny truck ? If so, yes, you will have to wire around the NSS.

If your just going from a 3 on the tree to a floor shift 4 speed & are using the auto steering column because its a P/S column, you dont even need the NSS.

The 3spd & 4 spd trucks dont have any kind of lockout like the NSS on the auto trucks.

Hope that makes sense.
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Re: Automatic p/s column on a m/t floor shift

Post by fordman »

your 3 spd truck wont have a nss in it. the plug is capped off from the factory with a looped plug. puttign in a auto column you can just unplug the looped plug and plug in the nss from the auto column. but if you are using a 4 spd trans you wont need the nss switch on the column so you wont have to do anything.
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Re: Automatic p/s column on a m/t floor shift

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ok thanks for clarifying this for me guys. i appreciate it.
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