My midget ( 71 ) did the same thing ! If you have the guts' you can
disassemble the ignition
switch, clean it ( the contacts ) strech the springs alittle and
reassemble it.
Guts are required because it's held together with peened over tabs in the
metal casting.
If you are careful not to break them , you can bend them back in place
when you reassemble it.
It's cheaper than a new one and you can do it by pulling the plastic
cover off the colum.
( leave the "key" part of the switch in place )
Good luck, I hope it works for you too !
john.kahoon@juno.com
71 midget
On Thu, 03 Sep 1998 08:36:10 -0700 Eric Zambori <eaz@snet.net> writes:
>I'm having a strange problem with my 72 B. My ignition is cutting
>out.
>It just happens as I'm driving. Everthing is going well and then the
>engine just stops. The first time it happened, I was able to restart
>it
>after about a half hour of troubleshooting. Using a test light, I
>show
>no voltage going to the coil. I removed the + connector from the coil
>and put it back on - no change. 5 minutes later I rechecked with the
>test light and it had voltage. I assumed that I must have missed the
>terminal with the test light probe and that the connector was dirty
>and
>the act of reinstalling it had cleaned it up. The second time it cut
>out, I did the same thing right away but it still did not have voltage
>and would not restart. I used a jumper wire from the fuse box
>directly
>to the coil and it starts and runs fine. So I removed the jumper wire
>and started troubleshooting again. I traced the wiring in the wiring
>diagram and it shows it going to the ignition switch. So I removed
>the
>plastic covering around the column and went to get my test light but
>decided to test for voltage at the coil again and voila, it had
>voltage. The act of removing the column covering fixed the problem.
>Anyone have any ideas? Bad ignition switch or bad connections at the
>bullet connectors leading from the switch?
>By the way, I just got the car back from being painted and it looks
>like
>there was a considerable amount of wet sanding done and the dash board
>area hadn't been covered very well and is a mess.
>THANKS
>Eric Zambori
>
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