ignition switch

[David]

Where can I access the wiring and how would I wire it in? Can you be as detailed as possible, I'm pretty much a beginner at wrenching my won car...
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> From: George Selby <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net>
> Date: 2003/07/24 Thu PM 03:01:51 EDT
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: ignition switch
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> If it's just the start portion of the switch that's causing problems (i.e.
> running fine in 'ON') then you can install a push button switch for the
> starter portion in the cardboard portion of the footwell liner just above
> your knees, I placed mine in the vertical portion right next to the
> switch.  I used a fancy chrome one from the local parts store in my former
> 86 CGT , and just spliced it into the wires coming from the switch.  When I
> sold the car the next owner thought it was stock.  I did this because
> taking the mechanism to get at the switch looked too difficult to
> disassemble at the time.
>
> My current 89 80 also has a bad ignition switch, and this one looks like
> even more of a PITA to take apart.  The recycling facility I bought the car
> from just got a different switch and bolted it under the dash (they removed
> the very same panel I would have stuck a push switch into, so when I do
> repair this switch (as I intend to do, I tested it and it's entirely bad, I
> plugged it back in and all kinds of light started blinking and the car
> wouldn't start.) I can put the panel back on and everything will look
> normal.  Interesting driving the car, it has two ignition switches, the
> regular one which merely locks the column, and the hidden one under the
> dash that starts the car.
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>
> George Selby
> gselby4x4 at earthlink.net
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>

Dave
2002 Jetta 1.8T (hers)
1993 RX-7 R1 (weekend play toy, soon to be for sale)
1987 CGT Special Build 2.3
in SE Virginia