I have a 1964 parts car here. I know the switch is there and the key is here somewhere, i will look tomorrow and see how many pins it has if you havent located one yet. percy
I suspect the only one that will work is the actual 65 switch, the number as stated above being 1116659. I'd be leery of buying any other switch and hoping it fits.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Pritch, the connector looks fine but look in his picture between his thumb and finger. The housing looks to be completely different there. I am guessing there is a reason the part number is not the same from 64 to 65.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Yes, Carl. I noticed the housing is different. Do you suppose that his housing has something to do with the light? As you may or may not be aware, on a '64 the light creates a complete circle around the switch. Just a thought- - -
I suspect the only one that will work is the actual 65 switch, the number as stated above being 1116659. I'd be leery of buying any other switch and hoping it fits.
One thing to consider...(even though the terminals may be located the same) is the threaded portion on the barrel of the switch the same length?
Some threads run deeper on the switches than others. Some have built in standoffs that will limit the amount sticking out of the dash.
With not enough threads you won't be able to tighten down the chrome nut that fastens the ignition switch on the dash.
The nut will go as far as it can and be tight, but the ignition will be sloppy and loose on the dash.
So check the depth of the threads as well as the terminals. Like I said they can be different.
-- Edited by Greaser on Tuesday 18th of July 2017 03:02:53 PM
Still haven't found a switch yet. The trouble I was having was the key in start position sometimes it would work sometimes not. If you tried to start by turning the key slow enough there was a sweet spot where it would catch (start) now it wont at all. so many different switches that look the somewhat the same but not same part number.
-- Edited by RonchoPoncho on Tuesday 18th of July 2017 07:23:58 PM
Thanks. I ordered an nos one online should be here next week. We are headed out east for the week,so I will have the boys check the post office while we're gone.
