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700rpm · 07-14-2016, 12:39 AM

Thanks for the update. Good find.

BN · 07-14-2016, 07:13 PM

I order a new nu-Rex "looks like pop out but isn't" ignition switch about 3 months ago. I tested it for continuity when it arrived, and there was no continuity between the two terminals when in the "on" position. The supplier sent me another one. It did have continuity, so I installed it. The other day my "A" wouldn't start. No voltage at the cable that screws into the distributor. Pulled the dash out again and checked the continuity of the switch. No continuity in the "on" position. What's going on here? Has no-Rex cut their quality to the bone?

Mitch//pa · 07-14-2016, 07:41 PM

Any time I use a nurex switch I needed to insulate the back of the switch from grounding on the tank. Why yours did not have continuity out of box is interesting as I never had trouble with them ..

Hook · 07-15-2016, 09:48 AM

I had a similar problem. Took it apart and found it full of grease. The grease got between the contacts. Cleaned out the grease and works fine now. A second one I returned to the vendor showed some loss of continuity so I just sent it back and fixed the one I had.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 07-15-2016, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

Any time I use a nurex switch I needed to insulate the back of the switch from grounding on the tank. Why yours did not have continuity out of box is interesting as I never had trouble with them ..

I "wunder" if anyone has ever "dented" the gas tank, so a LONGER switch will fit, safely?
Dad

BN · 07-15-2016, 01:24 PM

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Thank you Hook !!! I just now took mine apart and it was full of grease also. Cleaned out the grease and re-assembled. I now get continuity between the two terminals when switch is "on". I know there is such a thing as "conductive grease". Obviously, this is not it. Maybe the assemblers ran out of conductive grease and just used regular grease. I did notice that the switch was assembled in Mex. After observing the inside of the switch, it does look well designed and well constructed.

BN · 07-15-2016, 01:41 PM

Here's some Pics of the disassembled Nu-Rex ignition switch.

07-14-2016, 12:39 AM	#21
700rpm Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 6,039	Re: Ignition switch Thanks for the update. Good find. __________________ Ray Horton, Portland, OR As you go through life, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole.

07-14-2016, 07:13 PM	#22
BN Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Keller, Tx Posts: 114	Re: Ignition switch I order a new nu-Rex "looks like pop out but isn't" ignition switch about 3 months ago. I tested it for continuity when it arrived, and there was no continuity between the two terminals when in the "on" position. The supplier sent me another one. It did have continuity, so I installed it. The other day my "A" wouldn't start. No voltage at the cable that screws into the distributor. Pulled the dash out again and checked the continuity of the switch. No continuity in the "on" position. What's going on here? Has no-Rex cut their quality to the bone? __________________ Bill Newland

07-14-2016, 07:41 PM	#23
Mitch//pa BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Bucks County, PA Posts: 11,454	Re: Ignition switch Any time I use a nurex switch I needed to insulate the back of the switch from grounding on the tank. Why yours did not have continuity out of box is interesting as I never had trouble with them ..

07-15-2016, 09:48 AM	#24
Hook Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Twin Cities Suburbs Posts: 105	Re: Ignition switch I had a similar problem. Took it apart and found it full of grease. The grease got between the contacts. Cleaned out the grease and works fine now. A second one I returned to the vendor showed some loss of continuity so I just sent it back and fixed the one I had. __________________ 1930 Pickup in Prior Lake, MN

07-15-2016, 01:24 PM	#26
BN Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Keller, Tx Posts: 114	Re: Ignition switch Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Thank you Hook !!! I just now took mine apart and it was full of grease also. Cleaned out the grease and re-assembled. I now get continuity between the two terminals when switch is "on". I know there is such a thing as "conductive grease". Obviously, this is not it. Maybe the assemblers ran out of conductive grease and just used regular grease. I did notice that the switch was assembled in Mex. After observing the inside of the switch, it does look well designed and well constructed. __________________ Bill Newland