I'm in the final stages of rewiring my '64 with the Summit universal wiring kit. I'm going to lose my mind if I can't figure this out today since it has been driving me nuts this week.

The ignition switch wires are red (ignition power), orange (ignition accessory), brown (also labeled accessory, though I think Summit made an error here), pink (positive coil), and purple (starter).

The wires routed to the engine bay: silenoid power (red), starter (purple), alternator positive (red, though I put in a one wire setup), alternator excitor (white, which I've capped off), positive coil (pink, obviously to the coil).

What confuses me is the silenoid - there is the positive battery terminal, the starter terminal, and the two smaller terminals ("i" and "s"). I'm assuming the "s" is for the starter wire and "i" for ignition constant power?

Lastly, the kit came with a separate neutral safety switch wire in the box not connected to anything. The Summit rep was little help, and I'm still confused how to hook this up. The truck is an auto for the next few weeks and will be a 4-speed soon. If it's a manual, do I still have to use the wire?

Thanks everyone for the help.

 

Update:


To the silenoid, I have the starter wire to the "s" terminal. The silenoid power is at the "I" terminal (though I think this may be wrong). The one wire from the alternator is at the battery side large terminal.

To the ignition switch, I have the silenoid power at the rear screw-type post in the center of the switch. The accessory wire is to the far left. I have the starter wire to the right (where the key would parallel the post when turned to the start-only position). I haven't hooked up the positive coil wire yet since I am only trying to make the engine turn over when activating the starter. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the coil positive is merely a hot lead when the key is on.

With these wires in these positions, I get a 13-ish volts reading from the gauge. When I turn the key to the start position, the volts gauge drops to zero and nothing happens. If I let off the start position and leave the key at the on position, the volts bounces back up to 13. Am I missing a ground somewhere?

Also, there is a post on the starter switch near the perimeter of the switch itself that wasn't on the original. I have nothing connected to it right now. Anyone know what this switch is? There was no wiring diagram with the new starter switch, so it is all guesswork.