[Mgs] Ignition Switch

[Paul Hunt]

It sounds like infant mortality.  I can understand a dodgy connection 
preventing it engaging the starter on the restart, but it would need at 
least two external faults to subsequently engage the starter when the key 
was removed as well.  However an internal malfunction could cause any number 
of interactions, which could be permanent or intermittent.

The switch and the lock are separate items, so it depends why you replaced 
the two i.e. if the old switch is still functioning you could use it 
dangling on the wires and still go for your ride.  If not, then it should 
just be a matter of joining brown to white for ignition, and touching 
white/red to those to crank.

I can sympathise with your desire to drive the car, half-way through 
restoring mine after stripping and welding but before paint I just had to 
drive it up the road and back even though it had no lights, chrome or 
interior - I taped the dual oil/temp gauge to the steering column and sat on 
the floor hanging onto the wheel so I could reach the pedals.

----- Original Message ----- 
> Any ideas as to what is causing this?  65 degrees today and Saturday - 
> really
> want to drive car.