Recently when I asked about how to bypass my '96 XJ's NSS for emergency starting (until I can replace it) this was the picture I was most often referred to...



Because I disconnected and cleaned out my NSS a year ago I recognized that end of the harness as the switch end. So when I read the advice to bridge the two electrodes shown in the picture it really didn't make any sense to me as I would be bridging electrodes on a circuit that was completely disconnected from the rest of the vehicle. Sure enough when I bridged those two and tried to start nothing happened.

So now I'm wondering...has this advice (and picture) always been passed along b/c no one has tried it? Seems to me you would want to bridge the two electrodes on the other side of the harness (where the part in the pic hooks up to).

Does this make sense or maybe I'm missing something?

 

My NSS on my 98 has a different looking connection than that but you want to use the end that is attached to the vehicle, not the end that runs to the NSS itself.

 

All I remember is that you jumper the male (vehicle) side of the connection. Granted, jumping them also means you lose reverse lights unless you wire them seperately

I had to bypass it on my 90 after the 5spd swap