mmaaddmmaaxx

Hi Folks,

Just bought a 97 RAM pickup (2500)...took me a year to find a nice one! :-)

Anyhow..now I'm concert somebody stealing the truck and did some research...Found a bunch of people claiming that a easy trick is to find the "Clutch safety switch" which they claim even on automatic trucks is under the dash...then wire a switch (hidden) into this.. Seems like a great idea except I can't find it...Could somebody help me if this information is correct and maybe if I post photos finding such cable?

-max

patdaly

Do you have an auto or a stick?

Jaybug

On mine two black wires go to the clutch safety switch. In the sticky it shows that for the autos the two black wires go to a bypass jumper that's taped to the wiring harness. It could be different for the 2nd gens.

I made a kill switch for my truck a while back. I just added some length to the starter solenoid wire, ran it back through a firewall grommet, and connected a switch I hid under the dash.

The clutch safety switch method sounds even better.

mmaaddmmaaxx

I have a automatic as I wrote in my post...

mmaaddmmaaxx

ah, ok...I didn't find the sticky I guess... Wonder if I can find the bypass in the harness... thanks

mmaaddmmaaxx

darn, guess I also put my post into the wrong spot as my truck is 2nd gen... can I move it? or only a admin?

maybe368

I want to be clear that this is on my '90 with no pcm and I don't know if there is a problem with it by doing this: I just wired a SPDT switch in line to ground from the FSS solenoid. It works beautifully...Mark

torquefan

Yes, the automatics have the connector too, but instead of having a switch plugged into it, there's a jumper. Should be under the dash, just to the left of where the column goes through the firewall. I can't remember if it's taped to the harness or mounted to the big aluminum bracket under there. I think it's a yellow wire with red tracer.

oliver foster

Look for the green plug in with two wires running to it.

patdaly

Ok, see this for wiring, one side will be red with a yellow tracer, the other will be dark blue with a yellow tracer. The plug should be attached to a block on the drivers side and is snapped to the back of the part. The connector is a royal pain to get to, so you will have to look closely to find it. I looked and I don' have a picture of precisely where it is located.




I will move this to the appropriate 2nd gen section as well.

mmaaddmmaaxx

Pataly! thanks!!!

So, from what that diagram looks like I could remove the bypass jumper and put a switch in? does that sound right?

oliver foster

That should do it.