electrical and ignition Ignition Switch Wires

[bigfoot]

As I am putting the wiring back in my car and getting things connected, I noticed the two wires coming out of the ignition switch have cracked insulation right at the point they come out of the switch and are shorting out on the switch body. Is there a way to open up this switch and fix this, or do I replace the switch?

Thanks Erich

[ray_]

Is that something that could be insulated with heat shrink tubing?

GL,

[71bmr02]

is it wiring or the connections on the switch. if it is wiring, heatshrink will likely fix it. if it is the connections on the switch, you will likely need a new switch. pics if you have them would be helpful.

Gale

[Guest_anonymous]

or there is an insulator paint you can dab on

[M3M3M3]

which part of this are your refering to?

[Mike Self]

IIRC there is only one wire that's actually part of the ignition switch body (the metal part that contains the key lock)--that's the wire that connects to the "key in ignition" buzzer.  Don't know about you, but I hate that thing and disconnected it about five minutes after I bought the car.  If that's the problem wire, simply disconnect it from the car's wiring harness and tape it up out of the way.  No more buzzer.

 

If the problem is with one of the wires that connect to the bakelite switch, the wires are all part of the car's wiring harness, not part of the switch, so you should be able to use electrical tape or shrink tubing...or just cut the wire back, crimp/solder on a new terminal and plug it back into the switch.  There's enough slack in the wiring harness to do this.

 

cheers

mike

[bigfoot]

After a closer look at my wiring diagram I realized it was just the wire to the buzzer, which I didn't even realize the car had. Sorry false alarm on that one.

Thanks, and yes I have disconnected it.