Have you interupted the battery and the starter solenoid?
The alternator is connected to the solenoid.
I have mine connected:
Battery (+), kill switch, solenid.
The minor posts disconnected they ignition knob which kills the dasboard an all
other stuff that is feeded from the ignition knob.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Arnold" <triosan@gmail.com>
To: "Friends" <fot@autox.team.net>; "Triumph" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:14 PM
Subject: [FOT] Problems with Kill switch wiring
> I have what I believe to be a pretty first rate kill switch for my race
> car. I think I followed the wiring directions, but now have an unacceptable
> result -- the engine will not turn off.
>
> I do not know the brand of switch. It has a metal handle and the switch body
> is about 2" around. There are 4 terminals -- two major posts and two
> minor. One major post is hooked to the battery and the alternator/main
> electrical goes to the other. A lead from the battery also goes to one of
> the minor posts. The field wire from the alternator goes to the other.
> [This is a Bosch alternator for the Ford Fiesta. It has connectors to it
> like the stock triumph TR6. I believe the field wire is the yellow/brown
> wire that hooks to a terminal on the alternator labeled with a "+" sign.
>
> I have a Longacre ignition/starter/two accessory switch panel. This does
> not seem to be wired correctly. The ignition switch controls the starter
> [when not on, the starter does not work]. However, it is also supposed to
> switch the ignition system [in my case a Crane HiFire box] but it does not
> turn it off.
>
> When I first started the engine, the ignition switch would not shut the car
> off, but the kill switch would. I suspect this is because the field wire
> had become disconnected at the alternator. Once I hooked up that wire
> yesterday, I started the car. But neither the kill switch nor the ignition
> switch would turn it off.[turning off the fuel pump worked -- I had it on
> blocks and did not want to shift it into gear with the break on to kill it].
>
> Anybody have any suggestions on how the switch should be wired. I am a bit
> suspicious of the two minor posts wiring.
>
> I do have a wiring schematic I can share with anyone who response -- it is a
> Power Point drawing.
> --
> Chuck Arnold
>
>
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