'68 steering column .. what's this do?

[70DartMike]

Hey all, I pulled the column from this '68 Valiant I bought for parts and noticed it had an extra electrical harness snagging it up. I thought maybe it was a '68 only thing, but the floor shift column I pulled from my '68 Cuda doesn't have it. So what is it?

 

[VDART]

neutral safety switch

 

[70DartMike]

Cool, thanks.

 

[doug 371]

reverse light actually

 

[65Val]

Yup... Doug has it correct...backup light switch

 

[cudajim]

Yep, it's the switch for the backup lights. That plastic tit usually breaks too.

 

[70DartMike]

Thanks again!

 

[Mopar Tim]

FYI the neutral saefty switch is in the transmission on Auto cars. :burnout:MT

 

[d55dave]

On floor shift models it was located on the floor shifter. 69 and up used the three prong combination neutral safety switch / back up light switch in the transmission.

 

[67Dart273]

On floor shift models THE BACKUP LIGHT SWITCH was located on the floor shifter. 69 and up used the three prong combination neutral safety switch / back up light switch in the transmission.

I fixed your "it"

 

[d55dave]

Hey, thanks!