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Old May 20, 2023 | 12:09 AM
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Redoing ignition switch wiring on 64 roadster. It's a resto but switch and wiring looks original. Wires look correct except one wire is not what I expected. The IGN wire which should be pink/black is two 18 gauge wires. One is pink/black and other is black. Is this correct? If so, where should black wire go? Thanks as always.
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Normally the two 18 gauge wires are pink (or black with pink stripe). One goes to the ballast resistor and one goes to the top fuse in the fuse panel. I haven't see a solid black wire on an ignition switch.
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Sounds like they may have eliminated the ballast resistor and ran a new wire, ignition to the coil.
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Source: Wiring and Bench Testing an Assembled Mid-Year (’63-’67) Corvette Instrument Cluster Dave Zuberer and Tim Welsh May 2016
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