Tiger wrote:
> So it was the ignition switch that was the problem?
To be honest Tiger I am not sure, so I am keeping
the original switch, just in case.
I had played around so much and spent so much time
installing and uninstalling
the instrument cluster and the locks that I
finally was too lazy to put back the old switch to
do another test.
At one point I did a quick test by clamping that
old switch to its harness (hanging down under the
steering - not attached to the lock) and used a
broad screwdriver to turn the switch to position
2, where the brake lights and blinkers come on. I
left it there, pressed the brake pedal and then
checked the blinkers and all were ok. This
suggests that the old switch is probably ok and my
cleaning up the various contacts may well have
been the cure. One of these years I may have
another op****tunity to try the old one again but
I'd rather not. If I ever have to, I'll certainly
get a new clamp on the engine for the speedometer
cable, so that I can reach it from above. That
would make it much easier to move the cluster in
and out, by far the biggest task in working in the
area behind it.
Thanks again for your sup****t.
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