That tranny safety nuetral switch reminds me of when I realised mine had been disabled!
Here's a copy,and good for a laugh...BUT coulda been potentially even more funny!
Copy:
Here is my warning when you disable the switch,and potentially nearly disable yourself!
ALWAYS apply the E Brake.If not,you could be screaming the EEEEeeeeee!
This is a true event in the confessions of Baz.Sometimes the luckiest,most times the unluckiest bastard on Earth.
Copy from a while back.......no laughing!!!! Was very UNFUNNY at the time.
Just want to warn others of what CAN happen when you disable the switch,and allow starting in gear.
A few years ago camping with 2 other Mates and families in our favourite Lancelin Dunes secret men's spot Downunder,I was working on my 350 Ody's carb.
After I was done,I assembled it back together and screwed on the carb top etc. Now standing on the outside of Ody,on the RHS,I pushed the starter button and,WTF?
The ody fired up instantly to well over clutch engagement RPMs,and took off to my horror.
Instinctively I just grabbed for the rear bar before it got away,set the death grip on both hands on the rear bar and just hung on for dear life.
Could'nt keep up and dropped to knees,ploughing in thru the sand...kinda like knee skiing!
Luckily the Ody went into full turn/lock mode,and me and Ody just started ploughing at decent speed large circles right near our camp,tents cars etc.
I was panicing that that if I was to let go,then the Ody would accelerate to max revs and possibly take out the camp? Cars? but worse still Mates and kids.
Also worried if there were any rocks below the sand that would take out my knees,and people would call me Stumpy.
After at least 2/3 laps I managed to start yelling "Help,help,as no one was outside or in view yet.It's really hard for a grown man to yell for help,it's not something we practice,and despite trying as hard as ya can to do it in a manly deep voice...still comes out a bit like a woman's?The only one that came out was the missusImage not my first prefered choice.She waited till i came round again and tried to sync in with the escaping orbiting Ody to turn off the switch or key, but instead only managed to grab the steering yoke and yank it back to straight due to the Ody fighting back by trying to shake her off by running over her foot with large Ohtsu tyre.
Now I'm still hangin' on BUT NOW seeing the RHS of my beloved Nissan dual Cab 4x4 appearing larger and larger thru the Ody's roll bars to the front.
Now if I thought things were bad before,now they created the nightmare of my 2 loved toys smashing into each other.
The missus reckons she heard me shout out loud "NOT MY FAR KIN CAR!" just before the inevitable Ka POW!
Now the Ody is still angry it could'nt get away,Engine still alive and reving,rear wheels still driving and roosting sand back over me,until it dug itself so deep down and stalled the Engine!
Now it was oh so quiet,and my brain was still trying to make out DID this all just happen,or maybe bad dream?
Charlie Chaplin,Keystone Cops woulda laughed their arses off.Unfortunately nothing was caught on camera,woulda been great on Funniest home vids.
By the way,don't tell Nukem about this,he will be so jealous and prob try it himself!
You see,when I tried to line up the carbs air piston/slide's groove with the plastic thingy,it obviously did'nt,and was set in posi about 3/4 throttle? Damn,missed it by THAT much!Image