remote starter on manual transmission Options

[chicklover345]

the remote start will only work if im in the car pushing in the clutch how do you make it work

[kgr-gts]

Well, you have a few options here:

1) Buy a "manual transmission" starter. With these, you have to put the car in neutral, get out, and shut the door. The car will shut itself off and arm the system. If you open a door, it cancels and you won't be able to remote start. Basically the system ensures that the car is in neutral. I bought a CompuStar, which is both automatic/manual, so I went this route. Kind of annoying if you forget something in the car and have to open the door, but it's the safest way to go.

2) Buy an automatic remote starter and install it yourself (because no reputable shop will do it for you) and then hope you always remember to leave it in neutral.

3) Construct your own neutral safety switch. One guy did this by installing a spring around his gearshift (under the boot) which would contact the shift lever if it wasn't in neutral. Sounded kinda hard to do a clean job with it.

Whichever way you go, you've gotta bypass the clutch. Most remote starters have an ground output that activates when you press START. Connect that wire to a relay. Connect the other side of the relay coil to constant +12V. Now tap into each wire going into the clutch switch and connect them to pins 30 and 87 on the relay. This will result in the clutch switch being bypassed ONLY if you're remote starting.

The clutch switch is closest to the firewall... the other one is for the cruise.