No start after ignition switch cleaning
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No start after ignition switch cleaning
Hi all,
I was having problems with bumps in the road and the car turning off and so I took apart the ignition switch and sure enough there were dirty contacts inside. I cleaned them up with 2000 grit sand paper and reassembled it all and hooked it up. When I first reconnected power and turned the key, the speedo was pegged past 200 MPH and so I turned power off unplugged and replugged everything. Now, when I turn the key nothing happens at all. The cluster doesn't even do the thing where the needles move. I've triple checked that everything is hooked up correctly is there something I am missing or did I screw something up? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!
I was having problems with bumps in the road and the car turning off and so I took apart the ignition switch and sure enough there were dirty contacts inside. I cleaned them up with 2000 grit sand paper and reassembled it all and hooked it up. When I first reconnected power and turned the key, the speedo was pegged past 200 MPH and so I turned power off unplugged and replugged everything. Now, when I turn the key nothing happens at all. The cluster doesn't even do the thing where the needles move. I've triple checked that everything is hooked up correctly is there something I am missing or did I screw something up? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks!
Last edited by flyingmonkey1; Mar 25, 2016 at 12:26 AM.
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Well I ended up taking it apart again and somehow one of the contacts got bent out of place when I put it back together the first time. Bent it back into place and the car starts up okay now. Thanks for all the responses
