Hi guys' I haven't posted in awhile, I've been fighting gremlins. This car has a mind of her own and will not be cooperative until she's good and ready! When my friend built the new engine harness and wired the car he made the run circuit, power the MSD box but we failed to recognize that we needed a jumper at the ignition switch to supply 12V to the ignition when the key was in the cranking position. When I went to start the vehicle to do the engine break-in we recognized that we had no LED indicator light on the MSD box when in the start key position, so we jumped the run and start circuits at the firewall connector, started the car and performed the engine break-in. After that was completed I called my friend the electrical "guy", yeah "I gotta guy" and asked where I should place the jumper. Armed with his instructions and the schematic, I jumped the correct wires in the connector on the ignition switch. Tried to start the car, won't crank. Carefully reexamined my jumper location and called the wire "guy", he assured me that I did follow the instructions correctly and the circuit should be correct. I pondered this for awhile and finally decided the ground at the neutral safety switch was the only position I hadn't checked. Sure enough, no ground, disconnected the shift linkage from the actuator lever and couldn't find a ground. I jumped the ground and the engine would start confirming that the wiring was okay.
I thought at that point the switch was bad and called John Cope @ Cope Racing Transmissions (he built the trans) to get a replacement. John told me that the single stud neutral safety switch was no longer available and my options were to find a NOS part or he could supply a good used part. John also told me that he didn't think that the switch was the problem and suggested that the shift linkage was not properly adjusted, because I had disconnected the linkage from the shift lever I violated one of my personal rules and ignored the "guy" that knows what he's talking about and requested a replacement switch. John sent me a good used part and I installed it, still no ground....Note to self shut-up and listen Harder! After getting more than a little frustrated one of the guys in the shop noticed that if he put finger pressure upward on the shift lever we had a ground on the switch. Armed with this new information I called John again and he told me that it sounded like the rooster comb needed to be tweeked up a little bit. John the gave me two options for how to do this, one involved removing the switch and carefully prying the rooster comb up with a bent screwdriver the other removing the trans pan so you had direct access and could see what you were doing. I elected to remove the pan because John indicated that it was possible to damage the plastic follower on the comb if not careful. Problem fixed.
Call out for John Cope @ CRT, I purchased a pro-street 727 transmission from CRT in April of 2015, He patiently explained the options and components to me over several phone conversations and was very professional through the process. I ordered a transmission and some extras from him and I was very pleased with the result. 18 Months later when it's likely that I'm not buying anything more from him, he still patiently answers my questions and provides great customer service.
Thanks, Brian.
