Electric trouble

[Jim Altemose <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>]

I thought I had my electric troubles solved on my 63 Polara 500 (383), but I guess not.

The symptom is getting intermittent spark.  Battery is strong and I have a jump box on it.  It cranks strong always.  What I noticed was that sometimes I get the oil pressure light on and gas gauge moves.  But sometimes not.  If the oil light is on, I'll get spark and it will fire.  If the oil light is not on, it will crank but will not fire.

At first I though it was a bad switch.  It seemed to me that jiggling the key when I cranked made some difference.

I replaced the ignition switch and it worked right away so I thought I was out of the woods.  But I tried again yesterday and it's back to the same symptom.

This time I dug a little deeper and it's strange.  If I turn the key half way without engaging the starter, the oil light is off.  But if I wait about 5 seconds, the oil light comes on.  Then I try to crank and the oil light goes off again.  I tried this about 10 times and it's consistent.  Engage key half-way, wait 4 to 7 seconds, and the oil light comes on.  Engage crank and oil light goes off.  I'm convinced the oil light and getting spark are related somehow.

I'll have this weekend to play with it some more.  Any advice for me heading into the weekend?

As always, thanks. 

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco

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