Re: Bart's ignition question/Rosa's Hornet

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There is no difference in ignition switches in regards to whether the car is an auto or a stick. The difference lies in whether the column is a tilt or a non-tilt. You can use the switch off any similar year GM product with no problems. 

I have used the tilt/non-tilt switches interchangeably. I'm not 100% sure what the difference in the two is, but they're similar enough to work. It's very seldom that one of these ignition switches gives any trouble--after all, it's just copper contacts that slide against each other. But, when they do give trouble, it's more likely to be a loose connection than anything else. 

In regards to Rosa's Hornet--I'd lay odds on the resistor wire being the culprit. I had this same problem occur on a Spirit a few years ago--would run as long as the ignition was turned to "start" but would die as soon as it flipped back to "run". I fixed the problem by opening up the wiring harness under the hood, completely removing the resistor wire, and then installing a ceramic Mopar-style ignition resistor inline. Worked like a charm. Replacing the resistor wire with a similar wire might prove to be a challenge--would be hard to know just how much of what kind of wire to buy.

Jeff Reeves
Auburn GA
79 Spirit GT
72 Javelin SST
69 Ambassador DPL


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