ididit Electrical: Ignition Switch Test - Manual (Page 3)

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This wire could be the cause of a fire in a car!!! Protect it well.
If a customer is looking for a power source for some unexplained acc. That must be hot at
all times, this is NOT the place!!! Make them go to the starter!!!!
Green wire?!?!?
There is a green wire in some GM harnesses. This wire is a bulb check. It makes the idiot
lights on the dash come on so you can inspect the bulbs.
We cannot support this wire. We will however recommend that a toggle switch be installed
that is grounded on one lug to the body, and the other to the green wire. This will provide
the ground for this function to work.
We have also heard this wire to be BLACK on Chrysler vehicles. This can be verified
by putting the key to the on position, verify there is no power to the wire..test light.. then
provide ground to the wire. This should light idiot lights on dash. If so than the switch idea
can be used.
Orange wire??!?!?!
This is an accessory feed wire for a GM vehicle. It should be grouped with the brown wire.
This was originally a separate feed for the air conditioning on the OEM type column.
Vehicle won’t shut off!!!!!!
Three possible reasons:
#1 Painless Performance Harness ? see their instructions about the diode between the
alternator and ignition system. Item # 276-1661 from Radio Shack. This item keeps the
alternator from back feeding the ignition circuit. This is installed in the wire that goes to the
#1 terminal on the alternator with the stripe on the alternator side.
#2 could be a defective relay, pull the relay with the pink wires attached.
#3 could be that the ignition system is wired wrong. Pull the pink and brown relays to
verify. This should kill the system!! If this worked, it means that the ignition system is
wired.. coil.. to the accessory wires instead of the pink wire. This must be corrected!!
If none of this works disconnect the battery and give us call for further assistance.