when I lived in the UK my S over there didnt have the clutch switch. You didnt have to depress the clutch to start. I am not sure if this is a UK thing or a Euro thing.

just one of the many differences I have found between my UK car and my US car.

 

will disabling this affect the "pushing start button while the engine is runnign" failsafe?

ie if i disable this, will the starter try and start the car if I push the little red button on accident while the engine is running?

 

YES............................ CCCRRRRRRRUUUNNCH!

 

The starter will engage with the start button if you have the clutch pushed in at any time, even with the engine running.

 

anyone have a how too diagram =)???

 

I still don't see the point... someone enlighten me

Are some of you just doing this to modify something? Are you bored? What is the advantage?

 

I have no idea if this applies to the F20C or not, but the thrust bearing on the DSM 4G63 engines gets much better oil flow during start-up if the clutch it not depressed.

 

I'm usually one of the first people to disable safety devices when it gets in my way. At home, my circular saw has the safety cover permanently wired open, and I never installed the clear plastic lens over my bench grinder. I've been known to disengage seatbelt buzzers years ago as well. But the clutch/starter interlock is one safety feature that I would not disengage.

Why? Because you will in time get into the habit of starting the car without depressing the clutch. It will become second nature very easily. Then someday you will be engrossed in converation, getting your coffee and briefcase (or purse) situated, thinking about whether you locked up the house or fed the dog, and forget that you had the car in gear. The next thing you remember is your beloved roadster creating a new door through the back of your garage.

Why do I know this? Because decades ago, no manual cars had this interlock mechanism. I'm sure that I'm not the only person that has turned the key, only to have the car lunge forward. Fortunately, I didn't do any damage because the car didn't fire up and I wasn't in a garage. But I've seen it happen. Before I got married, my wife's neighbor's garage had an interesting new tunnel out the back, and I believe they had a Porche.

 

Euro cars don't have this interlock. Oh and yes, the start button makes a bad crrunnnkkch when the engine is running .......

///Robin

 

i had to bypass my clutch cause I have a remote start.....i just got to remember to not leave it in gear when I park