Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

[ringmaster72]

I have a 1990 Raven that originally had a 4.3. I put an older 350 in it and an older distributor(not a thunderbolt). I have no shift interrupter setup and was wondering if it was possible to get a switch and bracket that would work for my setup. I was not sure if there was a way to get everything I need in one kit so I would know I have what I need.

Thanks
Tim

 

[Don S]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

You can probably use the same shift plate and switch setup from the 4.3, but I would need to know what distributor you have in the 350 to say how to wire it in.

 

[ringmaster72]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

It is an older points distributor the the PO changed over to electronic. I have not looked at it lately, but I believe it has 2 wires coming off of it and that is it.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

Ayuh,... Do you still have the shift switch,+ bracket from the 4.3l,..??
If not, how did you run the cables,..??

 

[ringmaster72]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

I think the 4.3 bracket is still on there, but the reason I did not use it is because the dist. was different and I was not sure how to make it work. I am going to pull it out of storage this week and I will check it out. I have run it for the last two years without the shift interrupter, but I would really like to have it instead of shutting the motor off when i need to stop.

 

[Don S]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

If the old switch is still there, just hook one wire from the switch to the - terminal on the coil, the other to ground. All the switch does is shorts the power to ground.

 

[ringmaster72]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

The 4.3 switch is still there. Does it matter which wire I hook to the coil and which I hook to a ground? I remember one of the switch wires was white with a green stripe and I think the other might have been black.

 

[Don S]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

Shouldn't make any difference, it's just a Normally open switch.
On the TBolt ignition, the White Green went to the distributor, black to ground.

 

[ringmaster72]

Re: Can I get a shift interrupter kit?

Gotcha. Thanks for the help.