Gary Lewis Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi Gary - So we have about 10 inches of very wet snow on the ground. If it had been colder, we'd have had much more than that since it snowed continuously for about 36 hours. Anyway, I'm mostly dug out and I tested the plug nearest the transmission (located along the rail). There is exactly 12v coming from it. So that tells me all connections (at least to this point) are good. However, I did not remove the wires from the tranny to test them and I had forgotten about jumping the two pins to see if it cranks. When I disconnect the wires from the tranny, are there only two pins? If there are more, what two pins are you referring to? Steve Steve - That sounds like wet and heavy snow. Wow! As for the connector, there are 4 wires to the connector on the C6 I have. But you want the two red/light blue wires as shown below. Also, fords4life has just posted a question regarding pulling the lower manifold and maybe you could answer that since you've just done that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgauvry Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Steve - That sounds like wet and heavy snow. Wow! As for the connector, there are 4 wires to the connector on the C6 I have. But you want the two red/light blue wires as shown below. Also, fords4life has just posted a question regarding pulling the lower manifold and maybe you could answer that since you've just done that? Thanks! So all I need to do is stick pins, one pin in each correct wire, jump the pins, reconnect power and turn the key. Does not sound to difficult. I'm assuming that if jumping the two pins cranks the engine, the safety switch is bad. Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thanks! So all I need to do is stick pins, one pin in each correct wire, jump the pins, reconnect power and turn the key. Does not sound to difficult. I'm assuming that if jumping the two pins cranks the engine, the safety switch is bad. Correct? Yes, that will work. But, if jumping the pins causes the engine to crank it might not mean that the switch is bad. It might mean that the linkage isn't properly adjusted. That's a long shot as you have tried to crank it while moving the shift lever and it didn't, and it should have as you passed through Neutral. But there is still the possibility that it is mal-adjusted. HOWEVER, if the engine cranks while you are under the truck and the transmission is in gear it might run over you! So please ensure the truck cannot move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgauvry Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Yes, that will work. But, if jumping the pins causes the engine to crank it might not mean that the switch is bad. It might mean that the linkage isn't properly adjusted. That's a long shot as you have tried to crank it while moving the shift lever and it didn't, and it should have as you passed through Neutral. But there is still the possibility that it is mal-adjusted. HOWEVER, if the engine cranks while you are under the truck and the transmission is in gear it might run over you! So please ensure the truck cannot move. Hi Gary - It was in fact, the linkage after all. I don't know the name of the part, but it's a rod that goes from a hole in the safety switch to another hole in part of the gear shift linkage. This rod came dislodged, I believe when I raised the transmission. In order to put that rod back in place I needed to disconnect a few bolts to the linkage. Not too difficult. However, everything seems out of whack at the moment with regard to the gears. It does crank in Park, but will not crank in Neutral. I'll have to play with it a bit to get it right, but I don't think it is any big deal. I think that if I get it into neutral and make adjustments on the safety switch, I can get it to work correctly. Isd that the way to go, or do you have another suggestion? Thanks!! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Hi Gary - It was in fact, the linkage after all. I don't know the name of the part, but it's a rod that goes from a hole in the safety switch to another hole in part of the gear shift linkage. This rod came dislodged, I believe when I raised the transmission. In order to put that rod back in place I needed to disconnect a few bolts to the linkage. Not too difficult. However, everything seems out of whack at the moment with regard to the gears. It does crank in Park, but will not crank in Neutral. I'll have to play with it a bit to get it right, but I don't think it is any big deal. I think that if I get it into neutral and make adjustments on the safety switch, I can get it to work correctly. Isd that the way to go, or do you have another suggestion? Thanks!! Steve Excellent! My approach is to loosen the linkage and put the transmission in Park and then the shift lever in Park. Tighten the linkage and check to see that it seems to go through the gears. But, if the pointer on the column is off and yet everything else is fine there's an adjustment for the pointer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgauvry Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Excellent! My approach is to loosen the linkage and put the transmission in Park and then the shift lever in Park. Tighten the linkage and check to see that it seems to go through the gears. But, if the pointer on the column is off and yet everything else is fine there's an adjustment for the pointer. Thanks! Will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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