Neutral light does not engage so no power to starter

[Dinger70]

My 1999 Porsche 996c2 tip has been parked up for a couple of years. Used to start without any problems. Recently I tried to start/turnover but neither the park or neutral light goes on with ignition switch on - so no power to ignition/starter for turnover. All other lights on the gearbox work ie, drive +  reverse. Anyone have any ideas why the neutral light won’t go on? Any tips to get car started.

[Richard Hamilton]

My guess would be the multifunction switch on the side of the gearbox is playing up.  It is fairly common to get bad contacts in the switch.  Try moving the selector from park to drive several times fairly vigorously, to see if cleans up the contacts a bit.

[Dinger70]

Richard, Thanks - I’ve tried forcing it pretty hard between gears with no success. I’ve bought a new mf switch,  now need to fit it!