Help -- instrument panel

[cwbrownjr101]

So I decided to change my ignition switch today. For about a month it has been doing nothing in the glow plug position, but everything else seemed to be working and the connections were all good, so I figured the switch was finally bad after 25 years. I got a new 3 position switch and connected it, and now it works in the glow plug position, but was getting nothing in the "on" position. The engine would start, but only if I pressed the ignition button while holding the key in the glow plug position.

Anyway, after trying to make sure the connections were all good and the starter fuse holder was ok, it looks like I'm now not getting any power to the instrument panel at all. It will still start in the glow plug position, but no alarm, and none of the other gauges show anything unless I'm holding the key to the glow plug position? Any ideas? I feel like I'm making things worse every time I try to troubleshoot.

Thanks.

[Ron Hill]

cwb : Do you have all of the wires connected to the #1 pole??  When you turn on the key switch you should get all of the gages turned on. 

The glow plug position (#2 pole) should have only one wire connected to it - the glow plugs.

Recheck your wiring!!  A thought

[cwbrownjr101]

Thanks Ron. Will do. I reconnected the wires as they had been connected to the original switch, but I may have been assuming too much there.