looking to rebuild or replace ignition switch on my 74

Both of them can usually be repaired to good working order.

Mike

Sometimes they can sometimes not. It depends on the problem, especially with the ignition switch which has 2 trouble areas. One is the electrical portion the other is the mechanical side for the key.

What exactly are your problems?
Jeff

some times the starter only makes a klicking noise. If I go into the front trunk and jump awire across to where the old emergence start switch was the car cranks right over. Then I go back inside the car and turn key and the car starts right up. I think the problem must be in the switch. Was this switch in the front trunk also some tipe of relay?

Sounds like you have a problem in the starter interlock/override circuit. The override switch is forward in the front trunk. Most people I know have ripped all that out.

See the wiring diagram at Mike Dailey's Pantera Place... http://www.panteraplace.com/El...20AND%20OVERRIDE.pdf

Julian

yes, I remove the that over ride switch along time ago but what doese this do to the ignition switch.

I had a 64 vette that would not start, sometimes, when hot, I put on starter heat shields. I had a jumper wire permenatly attached to the starter solonoid so I could jump it to the batt. One day after pulling out hair, I noticed that the 30 year old wire feeding from the switch was kinda stiff, and brittle. I replaced it and it solved MY proplem. Word has it that wires build up resistance over the years, and a heavy load on the small wire somehow align/ disalign molecules that cause current flow resistance. Only when hot .. sometimes. Make sure you have a good wire and connections. Bill 1362