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Drake

12-14-2002 19:17:51

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my 1958 ford 661 has no key switch just a push button start but the wiring diagram has a key switch does anyone know if it should have a key

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Tommy D.

12-16-2002 09:26:12

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Re: 1958 661 no key switch in reply to Drake, 12-14-2002 19:17:51

Here's what I did.....When I got my '64 4000 4 cyl. gas, I saw a pull switch on the right side, just above where my right knee is when stiitng in the seat.....I ass-m-me'd that someone had "rigged" this to be the ignition switch..... My ole farmer neighbor was over looking at her, and I told him that - He is still laughing at me....There, just on the opposite side, above my left knee, low & behold, a key switch! It was ignorance on my part....hee hee

I would do as others suggest - trace backwards from the coil...

Good Luck!
Tommy D.

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paul

12-16-2002 14:55:24

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Re: Re: 1958 661 no key switch in reply to Tommy D., 12-16-2002 09:26:12

So, did the lights come on the first time? :)

There has to be a switch, or how would they shut the tractor off?????

--->Paul

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Tommy D

12-17-2002 10:13:21

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Re: Re: Re: 1958 661 no key switch in reply to paul, 12-16-2002 14:55:24

Actually, no, because the battery was gone.....Sure worked when I got another battery and got juice to them..... Been working ever since...

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Jim.UT

12-14-2002 21:05:53

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Re: 1958 661 no key switch in reply to Drake, 12-14-2002 19:17:51

Rick is right. The button on the transmission just spins the starter. The key switch sends power to the points. Won't run otherwise.

Often the key switch goes bad. A common repair over the years has been to replace the key switch with a toggle switch. Look for a toggle switch somewhere.

If someone wired the points to be hot all the time you'd eventually burn up the points or drain the battery. Gotta be a switch of some kind somewhere. Try following the wires backwards from the coil back to the switch. When I first got my tractor it had a toggle switch wired into the line, not mounted to anything, just wrapped with about 6 coats of electrical tape. It has a key switch now!

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RICKWI

12-14-2002 20:16:47

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Re: 1958 661 no key switch in reply to Drake, 12-14-2002 19:17:51

Button just runs starter, switch turns on the juice. Gotta be there.

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