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Old Nov 20, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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Has anyone installed an accessory ignition switch, on their c1, and if so could you give me the info for installing one on mine? Thanks
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Old Nov 21, 2007 | 06:25 AM
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Not sure I undestand the question. I think that's why nobody has responded.

Are you talking about an accessory ignition switch, as in an "extra" ignition switch, OR

Are you talking about a later model switch with ACC, LOCK, OFF, ON, START?

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I'd like to install a ignition switch, with an accessory position, in place of the original one. Such as the one's in tri-five chevys. Lar
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It takes more than just the switch - the instrument panel harness on C1's doesn't have a circuit for "accessory" (which is power for everything in the car except the coil). You could accomplish the same thing by placing an on-off toggle switch in the 18-ga. brown wire on the back of the switch; that's the feed wire to the ballast resistor.
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