'62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure? ;)

[Paul B.]

Hi,
I posted on this a few days back, https://www.forums.ncrs.org/showthre...59119&uid=2456and then emailed Dave Heitzman.
I haven't heard back, perhaps he's out of town... I'm trying to get my car back together for Michigan, and
I need to know for sure if the ignition key should be removable in the START position? With the hundreds of thousands of years of combined knowledge on this board, someone must have the definitive answer, right!
Only a few weeks left to get through my list, what me panic!

Thanks for any help,

Paul

[Wayne M.]

Re: '62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure?

...I need to know for sure if the ignition key should be removable in the START position? With the hundreds of thousands of years of combined knowledge on this board, someone must have the definitive answer, right!
Only a few weeks left to get through my list, what me panic!

Thanks for any help,

Paul

Paul -- I should never even tip-toe into C1 waters, but I deduce from the "1965 Product Features" of Chevrolet Service News, that, starting in '65, the ignition switch on all passenger vehicles has been redesigned ... change is due to the elimination of the separate "LOCK" position. All switches have the ACCESSORY, OFF, ON and START positions, with the switch locking and key removal possible only at the OFF postion.

So I assume that you can remove the key when engine is running.

Hey Paul; did you know that your family name (in French) means "sparkplug" in automotive usage, (or candle). While we're on the ignition topic .

[Jack H.]

Re: '62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure?

I'm not sure why this (key removability in Start postion) is important to you? It's NOT something that's checked in Operations or Performance Verification tests...

What IS checked is that the key can be removed in either the Off or On positions and the ignition lock can be freely actuated via turning the lock bezel without the key inserted to Off, On, and Start positions....

The reason this issue or key removability is mentioned is because later era ignition switches differed in construction. For '63-64, the key may only be removed in Lock or On positions and for '65-67 the key may only be removed in the Lock position (per NCRS Performance Verification Manuals)....

[Dennis C.]

Re: '62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure?

Paul - Forget the Start position. Not checked, ever, in any NCRS judging. Key should come out in the On or Lock position, but not the Off position. Many older '62's "wear out" this feature, so the key will come out in the Off position, but should not...

[Paul B.]

Re: '62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure?

I'm not sure why this (key removability in Start postion) is important to you? It's NOT something that's checked in Operations or Performance Verification tests...

What IS checked is that the key can be removed in either the Off or On positions and the ignition lock can be freely actuated via turning the lock bezel without the key inserted to Off, On, and Start positions....

The reason this issue or key removability is mentioned is because later era ignition switches differed in construction. For '63-64, the key may only be removed in Lock or On positions and for '65-67 the key may only be removed in the Lock position (per NCRS Performance Verification Manuals)....

Thanks for the replies guys.
I was going by what my '62 JG says;

"On 1961 & 1962 Corvettes the ignition switch has 4 positions. Lock, Off, On, Start. Check for operation and also check to see that the key can only be removed in the lock or on position. The key should not be able to be removed when in the off position. If the key was removed in the on position, in order to move to the lock position, the key must be reinserted."

The only reason I was concerned, is because in my previous post it was suggested by some that during judging someone may one day try to remove the key from the start position? At the present time I can remove the key in the start position (repro switch), and I didn't know if this was correct? The switch is apart and I can make it work either way, just not sure how it is supposed to be...

Thanks,

Paul

PS. Yup Wayne, that's me sparky!

[John H.]

Re: '62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure?

The only reason I was concerned, is because in my previous post it was suggested by some that during judging someone may one day try to remove the key from the start position?

Paul -

I can't imagine anyone trying to remove the key in the "start" position; certainly not part of the Ops or P.V. judging process.

[Paul B.]

Re: '62 ignition switch; one of you gurus must know for sure?

Thanks guys, I will replace the switch as is...

Paul