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I have a 1974 Ventura the wiring is shot in the car.I'm trying to bypass the igintion switch and key switch so I can start it to move it around until I get a new harness.Can someone tell me how to do this with another key switch? Thanks
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This used to be called hot wiring a car. If the coil is not incorporated into the distributor cap, do the following.
Look at the distruibtor, there will be a small wire coming ou the bottom of the distributor, take a jumper wire from the positive post of the battery and connect it to the opposite post that the distributor wire is connected to, if I remember correctly the GM coils have an internal resister, to drop the voltage down to 6 volts.
Then you must jump or short the starter solenoid on the starter to start the engine. This must be done carefully, take a small short screwdriver and touch the large postive post of the starter and a small relay post together and the starter should work. Some of the GM's had two small post, one of them will operate the starter, the other one will not.
Be careful, shorting the starter, if done wrong can easily melt the screw driver. Do not touch the positive post and the engine block, only the two post on the starter, there will be some small sparks when touching the starter posts, but if you ground the screwdriver, you will melt the screwdriver and possibly burn yourself.
Good luck
Look at the distruibtor, there will be a small wire coming ou the bottom of the distributor, take a jumper wire from the positive post of the battery and connect it to the opposite post that the distributor wire is connected to, if I remember correctly the GM coils have an internal resister, to drop the voltage down to 6 volts.
Then you must jump or short the starter solenoid on the starter to start the engine. This must be done carefully, take a small short screwdriver and touch the large postive post of the starter and a small relay post together and the starter should work. Some of the GM's had two small post, one of them will operate the starter, the other one will not.
Be careful, shorting the starter, if done wrong can easily melt the screw driver. Do not touch the positive post and the engine block, only the two post on the starter, there will be some small sparks when touching the starter posts, but if you ground the screwdriver, you will melt the screwdriver and possibly burn yourself.
Good luck
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Originally Posted by Old Tired Rebel
I have a 1974 Ventura the wiring is shot in the car.I'm trying to bypass the igintion switch and key switch so I can start it to move it around until I get a new harness.Can someone tell me how to do this with another key switch? Thanks
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Originally Posted by toddyw
This used to be called hot wiring a car. If the coil is not incorporated into the distributor cap, do the following.
Look at the distruibtor, there will be a small wire coming ou the bottom of the distributor, take a jumper wire from the positive post of the battery and connect it to the opposite post that the distributor wire is connected to, if I remember correctly the GM coils have an internal resister, to drop the voltage down to 6 volts.
Then you must jump or short the starter solenoid on the starter to start the engine. This must be done carefully, take a small short screwdriver and touch the large postive post of the starter and a small relay post together and the starter should work. Some of the GM's had two small post, one of them will operate the starter, the other one will not.
Be careful, shorting the starter, if done wrong can easily melt the screw driver. Do not touch the positive post and the engine block, only the two post on the starter, there will be some small sparks when touching the starter posts, but if you ground the screwdriver, you will melt the screwdriver and possibly burn yourself.
Good luck
Look at the distruibtor, there will be a small wire coming ou the bottom of the distributor, take a jumper wire from the positive post of the battery and connect it to the opposite post that the distributor wire is connected to, if I remember correctly the GM coils have an internal resister, to drop the voltage down to 6 volts.
Then you must jump or short the starter solenoid on the starter to start the engine. This must be done carefully, take a small short screwdriver and touch the large postive post of the starter and a small relay post together and the starter should work. Some of the GM's had two small post, one of them will operate the starter, the other one will not.
Be careful, shorting the starter, if done wrong can easily melt the screw driver. Do not touch the positive post and the engine block, only the two post on the starter, there will be some small sparks when touching the starter posts, but if you ground the screwdriver, you will melt the screwdriver and possibly burn yourself.
Good luck
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Originally Posted by big hoss 29
Not to hi-jack the thread, but I've got a 72 Ventura! It's good to see another Ventura owner out there. Have you heard of pontiacventura.com? It's got some great info on there and some good pics as well. You might be able to find a complete wiring harness for it there too.
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I got mine when my grandpa passed away 4 years ago. He got it from the lady that bought it brand new in 1972, she gave it to him in 1997. As it sits now, the car has 64,433 original miles. I have all the original registration slips from 72 until 2000, all maintenance reciepts and I even have the little dealer key tags. I even have the original bias ply spare!
It looks like hell right now because nobody cared how it looked, just how it ran, but it's coming along. I've got a picture on the bottom of page 5 in the 1972 section. It's the ugly gold colored Ventura. It's got my e-mail in there so feel free to e-mail me any time. Glad to help a Ford truck owner and a Ventura owner.
It looks like hell right now because nobody cared how it looked, just how it ran, but it's coming along. I've got a picture on the bottom of page 5 in the 1972 section. It's the ugly gold colored Ventura. It's got my e-mail in there so feel free to e-mail me any time. Glad to help a Ford truck owner and a Ventura owner.
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Originally Posted by big hoss 29
I got mine when my grandpa passed away 4 years ago. He got it from the lady that bought it brand new in 1972, she gave it to him in 1997. As it sits now, the car has 64,433 original miles. I have all the original registration slips from 72 until 2000, all maintenance reciepts and I even have the little dealer key tags. I even have the original bias ply spare!
It looks like hell right now because nobody cared how it looked, just how it ran, but it's coming along. I've got a picture on the bottom of page 5 in the 1972 section. It's the ugly gold colored Ventura. It's got my e-mail in there so feel free to e-mail me any time. Glad to help a Ford truck owner and a Ventura owner.
It looks like hell right now because nobody cared how it looked, just how it ran, but it's coming along. I've got a picture on the bottom of page 5 in the 1972 section. It's the ugly gold colored Ventura. It's got my e-mail in there so feel free to e-mail me any time. Glad to help a Ford truck owner and a Ventura owner.
