The Roach

[Richard Cranium]

I was making some good electrical wiring progress today and checking polarity with the steering column just sitting on the floor when the the ignition switch fell apart.

Got a new one on order now.

 

[dadsbee]

You jerked when you should have squeezed... didn't ya!

 

[themechanic]

I was making some good electrical wiring progress today and checking polarity with the steering column just sitting on the floor when the the ignition switch fell apart.

Got a new one on order now.

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Thanks for the exploded view.

 

[Richard Cranium]

You jerked when you should have squeezed... didn't ya!

I didn't jerk or squeeze anything. The column was all together & I was turning the key switch & the fuel pump was working, then a fuse blew, an then nothing. Checked the switch with a continuity tester & I found that the hot wire was grounding to the column. So, apart it came.

 

[dadsbee]

Better now than when you're down in the Bronx's

 

[Richard Cranium]

Better now than when you're down in the Bronx's

Agreed, It would have sucked big time if it fell apart while driving.

 

[68BabyBlue]

Better now than when you're down in the Bronx's

I was working in the South Bronx, running a trucking terminal in the Hunts Point Market in 1992. My daily driver was my '62 Imperial. When the coil crapped out on me, and left me stranded on Hunts Point avenue, I dumped my water bottle's contents into a rag, and cooled it down, as the vultures started to circle. Got spark back, and limped back to New Jersey. Amazing what you can do when you have no choice.

 

[Budnicks]

I was making some good electrical wiring progress today and checking polarity with the steering column just sitting on the floor when the the ignition switch fell apart.

Got a new one on order now.

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Murphy's Law is in effect...

good luck with that, lil' pain in the asses as it goes, never fails

looks like you're handling most all of "it" well
I can't wait

 

[chargervert]

Imagine an ignition switch only lasted 55 years!

 

[RemCharger]

Imagine an ignition switch only lasted 55 years!

'Uckin junk!!

 

[rklewis1005]

I was making some good electrical wiring progress today and checking polarity with the steering column just sitting on the floor when the the ignition switch fell apart.

Got a new one on order now.

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An unscheduled rapid disassembly.

 

[chargervert]

Sometimes schit just happens!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Super service from O’Reilly’s.

 

[eldubb440]

Agreed, It would have sucked big time if it fell apart while driving.

why would you go to the Bronx?

 

[Richard Cranium]

why would you go to the Bronx?

The weather in the Bronx is like summer compared to where Wayne is.

 

[eldubb440]

I'd rather be snowed in at Wayne's

 

[dadsbee]

I'd rather be snowed in at Wayne's

Bar is open...

 

[Richard Cranium]

Another little snag; after filling the radiator, the next morning I found a coolant leak at the back of the engine where the heater hoses attach to. I thought it was a loose hose clamp, but it turned out to be a pin hole where the bracket welds onto the tube. The intake manifold had to be pulled to get the tube out, which runs under the intake & into the water pump.

A replacement is about 32 bucks and I’ll order one today.