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[MiniSal]

Is there supposed to be a wire attached to each connection on the back of the ignition switch ? I think I have accidently dislodged a previous owners bodge as I have a loose wire that looks like it has never been connected to anything and I have a connection with no wire on it. I can't see that the two are supposed to be partnered up !!!!

[dklawson]

I think there are only a few wires on the back of the switch. Short of taking my dash apart I can't confirm how many.

There should be a brown wire coming in from the hot side of the starter solenoid to the switch (on terminal 3) and one or two white wires leaving the switch (on terminal 2). One white wire should go to the fuse box and I think the other goes to the charge/ignition indicator lamp. The third color you should find on the switch (terminal 1) is a white wire with red tracer for the starter solenoid.

Sorry, without tearing my car apart I can't be of further help.

[MiniSal]

Thank you very much for reading my thread and replying. It was a weird situation. My ignition lock was loose so I tightened it and then I couldn't start Joe from the key, but the solenoid did the trick when I pressed the button. I ran a wire from the solenoid to the coil and then to the fuse box with no success. I then put a new solenoid on and it works a treat !

[midridge2]

hi sal, i think there is also a wire from the heater that goes to the ignition switch.

[dklawson]

For some odd reason the heater (blower motor power) wire is not fed not from the ignition switch but from a double-crimp spade lug that plugs onto the voltage stabilizers "B" terminal. I only remember because that seems SO strange.

[MiniSal]

How odd !!!! The only time I have got involved with heater wires was when I realised the heater in Harry, my little MK2, wasn't working. I don't use heaters very often, but equally I believe that if you have something in a car, then it should be working. The reason it wasn't working was because one of the wires had become disconnected- an easy fix.

[midridge2]

just had a look in the haynes book of lies and the mk1s have the heater wire connected to the wiper motor and mk2s have it to the voltage stabeliser, but i seem to remember on my very late mk1 that the wire was very short and would only connect to the switch.

[MiniSal]

So that's why MK1 wipers and heaters are so awful then ! It's interesting stuff though.

[dklawson]

My car is a Mk1 built in '64 and it never had a connection between the wiper motor and the heater blower. That's not to say it wasn't done... but I haven't seen that yet.

The wipers on a Mk1 are pathetic. That's one of the reasons I don't drive my car in the rain. That's also the reason God created Rain-X.

As for the heater... my car's heater is great. I just can't stand that loud blower motor it uses.

[yorkshirechris]

My car is a Mk1 built in '64 and it never had a connection between the wiper motor and the heater blower. That's not to say it wasn't done... but I haven't seen that yet.

The wipers on a Mk1 are pathetic. That's one of the reasons I don't drive my car in the rain. That's also the reason God created Rain-X.

As for the heater... my car's heater is great. I just can't stand that loud blower motor it uses.

Rain-X? elaborate..

[MiniSal]

Rainex is an anti rain spray that bikers spray in their visors on their lids, so that the rain just runs off rather than sitting there in clusters.

[mk=john]

Yep, Rain-X is great. It is applied by wiping it on and it forms a special film which last a few weeks depending on how much u drive. The water tends to globule on the screen and the forward motion of the car enable the water to basically roll off.
It's amazing to see if u have never used it before as its possible to drive in the rain not using your wipers at all!!

I use it on my mini, and my Ford Focus