silverbullet02

To start my truck you gotta bury the clutch pedal in the floor to get it to start, a lot of people can't even push hard enough to start it. I was looking at it and can't see how to adjust it. Thanks for the help,

Brian

wannadiesel

It's not adjustable. I bet the pushrod bushing is worn out, it may even be as bad as mine was where the pin on the side of the pedal is worn halfway through. Check the linkage at the pedal.

apwatson50

Unplug the connector and jumper the pins so you don't have to push the clutch in to start, your thrust bearing will thank you

silverbullet02

Cool, I was wondering what kinda switch it was. Think I'm just gonna do that. Thanks!

Brian

Bill Tomlinson

When I had to press like crazy I found out that one of the bolts holding the clutch cylinder had fallen off and the plastic face was bending when I pressed the clutch. It felt a lot like a worn out clutch and it was hard to get the starter to engage. Get someone to press the clutch pedal while you look underneath. If the cylinder flexes you may have had the same problem I had..

I may just try to defeat the interlock because it can be handy to use the starter to move off a railway crossing with a stalled engine. Also, with a somewhat dead battery I can do a push start by myself and use the combo of the weak starter and the slowly rolling truck to get going.

apwatson50

the only thing that I don't know is if the CC uses this switch to disengage if you push the clutch in. seems like there should be a separate switch for it though?

silverbullet02

If one doesn't have cc, one doesn't have to worry bout that, lol!

Chrisreyn

The CC in mine is not connected to this switch in any way if that helps.............

apwatson50

Thats kind of what I figured that the CC is not connected to that switch, it just wouldn't make sense.

Thanks