Which wires did you jump to bypass switch? Mine is a 4 wire set up with 2 ground wires and a dark green/orange and a yellow/orange wire
What Year/Model do you have?
KJ or something else?
I can check in the wiring diagrams for you but you can either short out or disconnect the Switch mounted below the Clutch pedal...see which works...or remove/short out the Clutch Over-ride Relay located inside the Relay/Fuse box under the hood...see which works!
I have actually been meaning to do this on my 2002 Export Diesel Manual recently. This is useful if I have breakdown on a busy road so by cranking the engine while in low gear I can move out of the way!
Normally I could put the Transfer Case in Low Range which over-rides the clutch-switch and tells the ECM to boost the power!
This is done to be able to start the Jeep in gear if stalled on a steep slope while off-roading....can only be done for a short distance on a firm surface though
Recently though my switch on the Transfer Case has failed but I seldom go off-road and can live without this feature....new switch is very expensive!
I must sort this out
now on my Jeep before I do end up stalled on a busy road!
Let me know your Year/Model
Edit to Add: OK the wiring diagram for the 2002 Manual KJs....Gasser or Diesel...show that the Clutch Interlock Switch has 2 wires on it.
This switch goes across the contacts for the Clutch Switch Override Relay in the Fuse/Relay box under the hood.
I have just now finished connecting a small switch into this Fuse/Relay box (Power Distribution Center, PDC).
I basically fitted this Single Pole switch across the contacts on the Clutch Switch Override Relay ie. in parrallel to the switch activated by depressing the clutch.
I would have liked to have this switch inside the Cabin within easy reach but my RHD KJ has the PDC Center on the other side of the engine bay so a bit difficult to run wires into the cabin. So if my Jeep stalls in traffic I have to pop the Hood open, run around and operate my switch, get back in again and with the Jeep in first gear I can turn the engine over so as to be able to move the Jeep out of the way.
I could leave this switch ON all the time but after 18 years with this Jeep I am in the habit of parking it in gear so I could easily start it in gear and crash into something!
So let me know the Year/Model of your
Jeep and I can try find the correct Wiring Diagram.
