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1st Generation 1964 1/2 - 1973 - Questions & general discussions that apply to a specific year => 1966 Mustang => Topic started by: rrenz on March 23, 2020, 09:33:09 PM

Title: Ignition Switch
Post by: rrenz on March 23, 2020, 09:33:09 PM

Funny enough my father and I have both been fighting with faulty ignition switches. naturally theyre of the reproduction type. Mine is about a year or so old and is randomly not starting and shutting off randomly. I replaced part of the harness with a new pigtail and soldered on new connections when the last unit went in. I'm fairly certain I don't have a connection issue Same issue on my fathers 64 galaxie. He's on switch number 3 I think. Ive messed with connections and cleaned what I could. I purchased a NOS switch and was curious if I should do anything to the switch before installing it as far as cleaning or checking resistance etc...

Title: Re: Ignition Switch
Post by: rocket289k on March 24, 2020, 12:33:08 PM

From personal experience I've had a couple of reproduction ignition switches fail and exhibit the same symptoms that you described.  As a result, I bought a NOS switch and have had zero issues since.  I didn't do any pre-checks whatsoever - I just installed it.

Regards,

Ron

Title: Re: Ignition Switch
Post by: CharlesTurner on March 24, 2020, 02:41:29 PM

+1, plug-n-play!  :)

Title: Re: Ignition Switch
Post by: 67gta289 on March 24, 2020, 03:11:01 PM

reproduction = plug and pray...pray that it works

Title: Re: Ignition Switch
Post by: rrenz on March 24, 2020, 08:14:20 PM

sounds about right. thanks everyone