zpyro
May 1st, 2008, 10:01 PM
My stang didnt come with keys so I had to get new door locks and an ignition cylinder. after trying to put the ign cyl in the ign switch, I discovered somebody had put some other ign switch in, no clue where its from. so I got a new switch as well. it's way different from what was in the car. this new one has 4 spade connectors, as well as a threaded rod on the back. the old one had 4 threaded rods, one in the center with 3 others around it. I've tried to figure out what goes where but I'm still not completely sure. Anybody know for sure what wire should be on what connector?
I found this pic and description:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7636/mufp070310zfactoryfiverwy4.jpg
"The wiring connections on the back of the ignition switch are, from the top (clockwise): ignition out (pink), battery in (red), start out (purple). The center stud is accessory power (brown), which we capped with a rubber plug for safety."
I've looked at wiring diagrams, but the wiring has been pretty ****ed with before so I can't rely upon wire colors :mad: I tried hooking up what was there as much as I could. I know which one is from the battery. I'm pretty sure which one is the accessory wire. There's the pink "resistor wire" back there too. As for the one to the starter relay, that one was for some reason spliced into a red wire that goes to what seems to be a small relay under the dash, below the ign switch. No clue why. I tested for continuity to determine one end of the splice was going to the starter relay. I hooked it all up to the ign switch, turned the key, and nothing happened. However, I made a jumper and connected the "hot" and the Red/Blue I found that went to the starter relay, and the engine would turn over. :confused:
Here's a diagram of what I have figured out so far from wiring diagrams
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1778/wiringea3.jpg
Seems as though I have it wired correctly, but it wont even turn over unless I use that jumper. Any ideas?
Now that i compare the two, isn't that first pic wired incorrectly? From the wiring diagram, the top left should be the pink wire to the coil, and the top right should be going to the starter relay. Yet from their description, they have "ignition out (pink)" on the top right, and "start out (purple)" on the top left....
I found this pic and description:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7636/mufp070310zfactoryfiverwy4.jpg
"The wiring connections on the back of the ignition switch are, from the top (clockwise): ignition out (pink), battery in (red), start out (purple). The center stud is accessory power (brown), which we capped with a rubber plug for safety."
I've looked at wiring diagrams, but the wiring has been pretty ****ed with before so I can't rely upon wire colors :mad: I tried hooking up what was there as much as I could. I know which one is from the battery. I'm pretty sure which one is the accessory wire. There's the pink "resistor wire" back there too. As for the one to the starter relay, that one was for some reason spliced into a red wire that goes to what seems to be a small relay under the dash, below the ign switch. No clue why. I tested for continuity to determine one end of the splice was going to the starter relay. I hooked it all up to the ign switch, turned the key, and nothing happened. However, I made a jumper and connected the "hot" and the Red/Blue I found that went to the starter relay, and the engine would turn over. :confused:
Here's a diagram of what I have figured out so far from wiring diagrams
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1778/wiringea3.jpg
Seems as though I have it wired correctly, but it wont even turn over unless I use that jumper. Any ideas?
Now that i compare the two, isn't that first pic wired incorrectly? From the wiring diagram, the top left should be the pink wire to the coil, and the top right should be going to the starter relay. Yet from their description, they have "ignition out (pink)" on the top right, and "start out (purple)" on the top left....