Slant 6 pushbutton to 3 speed swap

[Claydart]

I just swapped out a pushbutton tranny to a 3-speed and installed a floor shifter. What i would like to know is : There should have been a neutral safety switch in the car but i cant find the wiring for it, can i just change my starter relay and be good-to-go or is there something else i have to do to get it to start with the key? I can start it by jumping out the solenoid and i can start it by jumping out the starter relay. Any help with this would be appreciated.

 

[doug 371]

not sure if u can find the relays without the neutral safety spade anymore but u can just run yours to ground

 

[Claydart]

Thanks, i will give that a try. This has been very enlightening, doing this swap! There is so much more than changing out the tranny. I have been having a good time at it though. I think that when i am done, i will put together a timeline to do this job,so that anyone who is thinking about it can get an idea as to how much that there is to it.

 

[65 Dartman]

Just out of curiosity, why didn't you go for a 4 speed or a 4 spd OD?

 

[nm9stheham]

Run a wire jumper from the G terminal of the starter relay to ground. That simulates the NSS being grounded (activated) all the time.

And consider adding a clutch safety switch long term for safety. The '64 had no clutch safety switch; that was added several years later as a safety feature. Install the clutch safety switch at the clutch pedal arm like in later years; ground one side of the switch and run a wire from the other side to the G terminal of the starter relay.

 

[Claydart]

I used a 3-speed because i got a good deal on a 64 4-door 3-speed donor car, and used everything that I could off of that which was quite a bit. I priced out the parts for a 4-speed and it would have been almost twice as much, and me being married to a wonderful wife who does not care much about this particular hobby, I needed to watch my money. And I have had 3 a-bodies with 4-speeds and only 1 other 3-speed before, so I figured that a 3-speed on the floor would be neat. If any of that makes sense.

 

[65 Dartman]

Makes perfect sense in using what you have!

 

[Claydart]

Somebody that had the car before me removed the neutral safety switch wire from the tranny and tied it into the ground for the engine! Thats why I could not find it. Also I checked the starter relay and it was no good, so I went online to RockAuto parts and found one without the neutral safety spade and I am good to go now! Thanks for the info.