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Ive got some more wires melted/burnt ,theres a plug and socket near the gearbox bellhousing Geen wires for reversing lights and white/red starter inhibitor, the green wires have melted in to the other wires think a wire must have got trapped ?
Think the ingition switch is faulty as theres no ingition supply at the fuse, are they like the Stag you can replace just the switch unit wires ?
Dave
OUCH! The bellhousing plug feeds the overdrive too via a subloom. But the most important green lead goes straight back to the fusebox, ignition live fused side. And from there (backtracking via the fuse) to the ignition switch. Now the fuse SHOULD have protected the ignition switch and wiring from damage when the short occurred (almost certainly in the o/d wiring up the gearstick) but who knows, you will have to examine it yourself and decide whether the problem goes further.
There should be 2 white wires at the unfused side of the ignition live fuse. Sometimes they are both in one tag, other times the 2 are separate (think it's a series thing) If there are 2 separate tags, pulling the smaller one off will not give you power at the tag, only the fatter one is live in from the switch, the smaller one takes current back to the voltmeter and a couple of other bits in the dash. Counterintuitive but that's how it works!
Yopu'll need to track the current all the way from the switch itself. The switch comes separate from the lock mech but includes a short loom down the column which meets the main loom at a plug to the left of the steering column near the choke.
Steve
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good and bad news no more wiring damage , the igniton switch is faulty , to replace it would this work, remove the socket on the end of wiring pull the wires out of the steering channel replace socket , cant see how you would have to get the channel off