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John in Albq
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Ignition Switch Substitute

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The 4 wire key switch on my 83 has become very tempremental and instead of replacing it entirely I was thinking of adding a toggle switch for power and a momentary for the starter. Am I correct in thinking that the red to the switch is power in, the brown is power out and the black goes to the starter? Then I would toggle the red to the brown and have a momentary switch from the red to the black. If this is true, what is the 4th (green) wire doing? As I was going to leave the old key switch still wired in place, do I need to add anything for the green wire?
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Re: Ignition Switch Substitute

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I can't remember how the wiring goes, but yes, this is a good idea. The OEM ignitions switches are expensive junk.

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Re: Ignition Switch Substitute

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At a guess (don't have a wiring diagram handy) would it be for the accessories position?
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Re: Ignition Switch Substitute

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IIRC Italian cars generally do not have a position for 'accessories', even my relatively modern (2002) Fiat Seicento does not have this position. Really annoying when connecting a radio.

I suspect that the green wire may be for illumination of the switch which I think is connected to the door light switch. The light should come on when the door is opened. I thought that this was a really cool deature when I got my car- when it worked!
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