I just spent an hour at Gran Sport with a multi-meter and my head in a box of ignition switches. Paul from Scooter Restorations was there to so he was very useful to bounce availability ideas off too. The up shot is that I must have set up on an original DC 5 position switch and assumed that Casa would have done a good copy of this.
Unfortunately, this is not the case and I could not find a consistant switch design (Indian or Italian) that suited the ignition contact requirements. However the saviour came in the unlikely form of the Lambro 5 wire 5 position switch which is perfect for the job. I will re-write that section in the manual and up load it in the next hour or so.
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Oops, sorry.Rich_T wrote:I just spent an hour at Gran Sport with a multi-meter and my head in a box of ignition switches.
As a last resort an Indian AC type could do the job with the ignition run off the pilot light circuit in positions 2 & 3, but then obviously the 1st position of the key switch would be redundant.
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Where are the Lambro switches available from Rich?Rich_T wrote:I just spent an hour at Gran Sport with a multi-meter and my head in a box of ignition switches. Paul from Scooter Restorations was there to so he was very useful to bounce availability ideas off too. The up shot is that I must have set up on an original DC 5 position switch and assumed that Casa would have done a good copy of this.
Unfortunately, this is not the case and I could not find a consistant switch design (Indian or Italian) that suited the ignition contact requirements. However the saviour came in the unlikely form of the Lambro 5 wire 5 position switch which is perfect for the job. I will re-write that section in the manual and up load it in the next hour or so.
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there must be a Japanese type suitable ,shame i cant find my hi-level catalogue 
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At sixty quid a pop, they must be gold plated!!Rich_T wrote:Gran Sport have 3 Lambro switches
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there's the Honda type with 4 wires and a threaded collar and a similar looking one for Harley's but that would mean lights hard wired i guess but as this is a generator system that should not be a problem
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They only became expensive after some people realised that you can make N.O.S. TV, SX, GP, switches out of them using old internals and selling them on ebay for £120+. Most of the NOS ones I've seen on there are these.Muttley McLadd wrote:At sixty quid a pop, they must be gold plated!!
If your not bothered about original looks the the scootrs type has an accessory position that could be used.
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But how long would it last? I've experienced a couple of sh it ignition switches and it's a pain in the arse.firekdp wrote: If you're not bothered about original looks the the scootrs type has an accessory position that could be used.
A good Japanese one that has a plastic connector on the back that could be plugged straight into another plastic connector on the loom would be perfect. And, the key isn't likely to fall out either.
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If you can post up a link to these switches I'll get a couple and have a look to see how they can be converted.RICSPEED wrote:there's the Honda type with 4 wires and a threaded collar and a similar looking one for Harley's but that would mean lights hard wired i guess but as this is a generator system that should not be a problem