Q: Neutral Safety Switch

asked by on April 30, 2017

We have a 1979 kings highway RV and we can get it to turn on and run but when put into gear it dies. We don't know where to even start looking. It seems to be getting gas so not sure what's wrong plz can someone help give us a idea where to start looking
My car has an automatic transmission.

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