ylidk
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- Vehicle Year
- 1991
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- Ford
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Hey all, I've been fighting with some wiring here and want to get some feedback. So the situation here is the ignition cylinder is jammed, and I haven't had luck of removing it to install a new one. Even if I did manage that, the actuator rod is missing, though I could shape a small rod to take the place of it. Instead, I decided I would force the ignition switch into the RUN position at all times, and wire in a starter button as well as cut the battery wires going to the OEM switch, and wire an aftermarket ignition switch to the battery wires. The hot end of the battery wire to the BAT terminal of the Aftermarket switch, and the battery wire going to the OEM Switch to the RUN position on the Aftermarket switch. That would give me something like this drawing, I believe:
Does anyone see any faults with this? I wired it up this way just last night and the lights wouldn't come on and the truck wouldn't start. Maybe I just put the battery cables on too loose and there wasn't a good connection, because this seemed like it would work to me. Thanks!
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Does anyone see any faults with this? I wired it up this way just last night and the lights wouldn't come on and the truck wouldn't start. Maybe I just put the battery cables on too loose and there wasn't a good connection, because this seemed like it would work to me. Thanks!
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