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69 Firebird steering column wiring help
My 69 Firebird was born a TH400 automatic car that I swapped over to a Magnum. In doing so, I jumpered the purple wire together that was in stock form for the park safety switch (first picture). I then zip-tied the outer shell of the steering column so it would not rotate.
Now, I am replacing my steering column with an Ididit Pro-Lite column. For those not familiar, it has turn signal/hazard and horn, but not an ignition switch. I am going to, for now, wire up a toggle switch for the vehicle's power on/off and a momentary switch for the starter. I have removed the factory steering column and the long plug for the turn signal/hazard and horn is plug and play with the Ididit Pro-Lite. That leaves me with 2 other plugs that have a bunch of wires (2nd picture). At this point, I have no CLUE how to wire up the toggle switch and momentary switch for the vehicle's power on/off and starter lol. Looking at the plugs, I *think* (correct me if I'm wrong) that the larger white plug was for the park safety since I see it has the purple wire. So then I guess the smaller black plug is for the ignition switch? My question, please ELI5 how to wire up the toggle and momentary. The 3rd pic I have attached is of the back of the toggle and momentary switch panel I got off eBay (it's only temporary for a few months) and it came with no instructions. The toggle appears to have 3 male spades and the momentary has 2 larger gauge set-screw type terminals on the back. The 2 white wires you see are for a red LED to indicate if the vehicle power is on/off. Any and all help is appreciated. I need to know which wires to decommission, which ones I can jumper together, and which need to go where on the switch panel. Thanks a ton in advance!
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I found the attached diagram on the internet, said it was for a 69 Camaro. I've also attached a pic of the top of the momentary switch I'm using.
Hopefully, this helps out in you guys/gals helping me out.... Thanks!
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I found the attached diagram on Jegs for a similar switch panel and got the following response from Ididit:
"for an ignition switch you will have 4 wires. Going to the toggle switch you will have a power wire. Going out of the switch needs to be a wire going to the ignition and another going to the accessory feed on the fuse block. For the momentary starter switch you will have power going in and a wire to the starter to turn the engine over. You will either need a shop manual to find out where the wires in the pics go or follow them back to the source." Only difference in that Jegs diagram is that my toggle has 3 connectors and that shows 2.
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I forgot the mention that the switch panel I bought came with this relay.
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UPDATE: I ended up buying a different panel. I bought another which has 2 additional toggles so I can have one for the ignition and one for the vehicle accessories. Seems like a much better way to go and easier to figure out without jamming everything through this little one.
When it arrives, I think I may wire it like this: MAIN off/on toggle: Ignition Starter button: Crank engine Accessory 1: Holley + Gauges Accessory 2: All accessories That way I can turn the ignition coil off when not running the engine. I can have my Holley by itself for software update/tuning. Then after starting the car, I can turn all my accessories on so there isn't a system drain during crank. Plus I can have JUST my accessories on when I want like my stereo.
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1969 Pontiac Firebird Last edited by 92GTA; 07-21-2020 at 02:48 PM. |
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Since this is temporary... Why not use the factory switch untill you get ready for permanent. Factory switch doesn't have to be bolted to the column to work.
While a pocket screw driver would work... I'm picturing a simple plate to take care of mounting. And a "L" shaped rod with a push/pull knob on the end. Save all the re-wire for permanent Clay |
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In my case temporary is going to be about 1-2 years, at which point I'm having the entire vehicle re-wired by a professional using a Racepak PMU prior to complete disassembly and paint. I'm going to use a small overhead console to mount the final start button up between the sun visors.
For now, I'd just rather hide this temp switch panel in the center console.
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