jkg2101

working on putting together my C2 resto.

the wiring schematic for the ignition switch shows pink, purple, red, and brown wires going to the switch. these 4 all go through a special plastic connector, and that is easy.

my ignition switch has a 5th plug, and the plastic wire ignition switch connector has a spot for it but there is no wire there. it is empty. the schematic shows a black ground. am I just missing this entirely?

also, there is a 12 gauge brown wire near the ignition switch but separate. Brown wires usually go to the radio capacitors all around. there is one on the dash just sitting next to the ignition switch, and it has a plug that will fit the brown wire hanging there. on the wiring schematic, it shows a brown wire in this area that connects to "radio capacitor conn"

i dont see any other special radio capacitor connector here, although it seems weird there would be a big brown wire coming through the harness just to go to a small lone capacitor here. it also is weird that there is no ground on the ignition switch when I got the car, it started and ran.

so, please help with the ignition switch ground wire and the lone brown wire hanging in the area

thanks so much!!
justin

Frankie the Fink

All that detail and you never state the year of the car - it matters...

jkg2101

1967 coupe 427. 400 hp car. Wiring harness is looks undisturbed and original under the dash

Frankie the Fink

My '63 has an empty ignition switch terminal and an empty spot in the plastic connector that mates to it (no wire there). If a '67 is the same then its perfectly normal...

buns

Yes, that is correct. No ground wire on C2 ignition switches. Also, a pic below of the big brown wire for the radio capacitor.





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JohnZ

The radio capacitor to which that brown wire connects is shown in your 1967 Assembly Manual in section U69, sheet A4, item #5.