08-31-2009, 06:56 PM
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: DFW, TX
Posts: 206
|
Starting Boxster without having to push in the clutch pedal
One thing I liked on my old 944S / 951 / 968 was that I did not have to push in the clutch to start it. Out of habit, I always shake the shifter to determine if it is in neutral anyway. Is there a way to disengage the clutch lock out (or interlock) during the start up process?
__________________
rob76turbo
Current Porsches: 2002 Boxster S (Speed yellow)
Past Porsches: 1972 914, 1987 944S, 1976 930, 1986 951, 1999 986, 1992 968, 2001 986 S, 2006 Cayman S, 1986 951 track car, 2001 986 S, 2005 Cayenne
|
|
|
|
08-31-2009, 08:07 PM
|
#2
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Depends on the day of the week....
Posts: 1,400
|
Flash your car to RoW (Rest of World) software, or disable the clutch interlock at the pedal.
__________________
Boxster S
|
|
|
|
|
09-01-2009, 08:22 AM
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 200
|
I have disengaged the clutch interlock switch on my 2000 because I too find it a nuisance and unnecessary (old habits die hard). I seem to remember that someone posted that disengaging the switch also effects the cruise control. I can’t rememberwhen I last used cruise control…perhaps when I first bought the car…so I don’t know first hand if this is really an issue.
|
|
|
|
|
09-01-2009, 08:30 AM
|
#4
|
|
Porscheectomy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Seattle Area
Posts: 3,011
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Keith Newby
I have disengaged the clutch interlock switch on my 2000 because I too find it a nuisance and unnecessary (old habits die hard). I seem to remember that someone posted that disengaging the switch also effects the cruise control. I can’t rememberwhen I last used cruise control…perhaps when I first bought the car…so I don’t know first hand if this is really an issue.
|
There are 2 switches. One for cruise, one for the starter. If you short the wires running to the clutch switch, it doesn't effect the cruise and lets you start without the clutch in.
|
|
|
|
|
09-01-2009, 11:13 AM
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: DFW, TX
Posts: 206
|
Have not had a chance to look up under the dash yet....maybe this evening.
What is the position of the switches? Which one (cruise or clutch) is on the left or right (or up or down...)?
__________________
rob76turbo
Current Porsches: 2002 Boxster S (Speed yellow)
Past Porsches: 1972 914, 1987 944S, 1976 930, 1986 951, 1999 986, 1992 968, 2001 986 S, 2006 Cayman S, 1986 951 track car, 2001 986 S, 2005 Cayenne
|
|
|
|
|
09-01-2009, 12:32 PM
|
#6
|
|
Porscheectomy
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Seattle Area
Posts: 3,011
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by rob76turbo
Have not had a chance to look up under the dash yet....maybe this evening.
What is the position of the switches? Which one (cruise or clutch) is on the left or right (or up or down...)?
|
If I remember correctly, there's one that's activated when the clutch is released and one when it's pressed in. The former is the one to bypass. You can test it by taping the switch before doing something more permanent.
I made a short wire with spades on both ends that shorted the two wires that usually lead to the switch, totally reversible.
|
|
|
|
|
09-01-2009, 12:34 PM
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: DFW, TX
Posts: 206
|
Just did it
Disconnected the switch that is to the side of the clutch pedal (on the parts diagram it is listed as part 997-613-109-00). The other one (red and black switch) is the cruise control disengagement switch. Wired the two wires together (to create a circuit) and voila....car start in neutral without having to depress the clutch pedal. Should take you two minutes to do it (which means it took me 5...).
I like it!!
__________________
rob76turbo
Current Porsches: 2002 Boxster S (Speed yellow)
Past Porsches: 1972 914, 1987 944S, 1976 930, 1986 951, 1999 986, 1992 968, 2001 986 S, 2006 Cayman S, 1986 951 track car, 2001 986 S, 2005 Cayenne
Last edited by rob76turbo; 09-01-2009 at 12:36 PM.
Reason: added self-effacing info...
|
|
|
|
|
11-29-2017, 05:54 PM
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: new york
Posts: 3
|
Back to old ways
I suffered for a year or so with the "depress clutch pedal" message. It was intermittent and annoying every time. I bent the switch arm a few times and it would work until the arm fatigued again.
Ran a continuity test on switch and it is fine. Just that idiotic arm is weak. Pulled the bracket and used a piece of lite machinist wire to hold the switch closed. Re-installed it and voila!! No more annoying message or crawling under the dash in a parking lot...that was very "unPorsche like"!! It was more like something I would be doing with my old Camaro.
Thanks for the tips..they all got me thinking about what to do.
|
|
|
|
|
11-29-2017, 06:31 PM
|
#9
|
|
There Is No Substitute.
Join Date: May 2007
Location: West Coast
Posts: 3,253
|
The simplest solution is the zip-tie clutch switch hack. Just zip tie the switch above the clutch pedal so it is permanently depressed. I did this 10 years ago and have not had any issues.
__________________
1999 Ocean Blue Metallic Boxster - blueboxster.com
|
|
|
|
|
11-30-2017, 01:05 PM
|
#10
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Virginia
Posts: 104
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by rick3000
The simplest solution is the zip-tie clutch switch hack. Just zip tie the switch above the clutch pedal so it is permanently depressed. I did this 10 years ago and have not had any issues.
|
I might do this myself!
|
|
|
|
|
12-01-2017, 03:41 PM
|
#11
|
|
Artist, 986S tinkerer
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 1,821
|
Or just cut that mother off and twist the wires together! 2 minutes. Job done.
__________________
James now has: 2008 987S 6 speed
Crashed: 2010 987.2 pdk in speed yellow! 
Sold to a cool racer chick: 2004 986 S
YouTube channel: the PORSCHE as seen by NewArt
www.youtube.com/channel/UCohdrH2xHTklM1thxk0KKOQ?
|
|
|
|
|
12-01-2017, 05:37 PM
|
#12
|
|
Artist, 986S tinkerer
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 1,821
|
Haha, didn’t notice that this was an 8 year old post! But still pertinent, what?
__________________
James now has: 2008 987S 6 speed
Crashed: 2010 987.2 pdk in speed yellow!
Sold to a cool racer chick: 2004 986 S
YouTube channel: the PORSCHE as seen by NewArt
www.youtube.com/channel/UCohdrH2xHTklM1thxk0KKOQ?
|
|
|
|
|
12-21-2017, 10:10 PM
|
#13
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: CO
Posts: 989
|
Actually, it is recommended to start the car with the clutch in as it takes the load of spinning the trans as well as the engine off the starter. It's even in the manual... crazy
Haha... Walking Dead thread!
|
|
|
|
|
12-22-2017, 08:45 PM
|
#14
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Posts: 746
|
This of course will permit starter action with car in gear, as there is no electrical signal from transmission
__________________
Kent Christensen
Albuquerque
2001 Boxster
2007 GL320 CDI, 2010 CL550
2 BMW motorcycles
|
|
|
|
|
12-29-2017, 01:09 PM
|
#15
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Vancouver, BC
Posts: 91
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by rick3000
The simplest solution is the zip-tie clutch switch hack. Just zip tie the switch above the clutch pedal so it is permanently depressed. I did this 10 years ago and have not had any issues.
|
I zip tied mine years ago. No issues and easy to put back to stock if you ever want to.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:03 AM.
| |
Lemonhead
Porscha
Boxster
Cayman S
Linear Mode
