Charles Branch
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My 2130 has always had intermittent starting issues. Early on I accidentally discovered that I could get it to start by wiggling a large wire that ran under the plate over the transmission just to the left of the range shift lever. I removed the plate and noticed that the connector to the neutral start switch was loose. Since that did not seem to be a safety problem, and I could always get it to start, I decided to put the repair on the back burner. But recently I have been on a mission to try to eliminate some of these charming little quirks, and today I removed the plate again. The video in the link shows how the connector on the switch moves when I wiggle the wire. It seems excessively loose to me, and it came off very easily without any discernible click or snap. The image shows the connector removed. The switch has two T-shaped pins, and the connector seems to slide over the top of the T. The connector is shown upside down, and it looks like the T (blue arrow) on the connector could fit into either the top (yellow arrow) or bottom (white arrow). I tried it both ways, and it seemed to fit mush tighter one way than the other. I left it that way. The wiggling is much less pronounced, and it seems to be working consistently now.
But this still doesn't seem right to me. Shouldn't the connector make a much more positive contact? The start switch looks the same as images I have found, but I cannot find any images of the connector to compare to see if my connector is even the correct one.
Video showing loose connector.
But this still doesn't seem right to me. Shouldn't the connector make a much more positive contact? The start switch looks the same as images I have found, but I cannot find any images of the connector to compare to see if my connector is even the correct one.
Video showing loose connector.