Has anybody got a wiring diagram / colours for V8 (military) ignition switch?

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110Weasel

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So the good news is that, 4 months after she was stolen, the Police have found and returned my military 110 and amazingly she's still basically in one piece albeit on false plates and looking like she's been parked in a swamp. Obviously the ignition barrel / switch is long gone (my packet of Wine Gums was still in the dash though, bonus!) so I've just taken delivery of a replacement ignition switch and need to move the old girl out of the way.

Question is - which wire goes where?! It's the really simple (and obviously very secure...) ignition switch without steering lock etc, I've attached a pic of the 4 wires I have dangling and the back of the switch.

Can anybody tell me which wire goes where?! My Haynes manual is rather quiet on the topic and only covers the more elaborate model that seems to have different colours and more wires...

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Ok, on the basis I couldn't find this I set to work with the multimeter and worked it out - I thought I'd add it here for future reference in case anybody needs it

The switch I bought didn't have the numbers used in the attached image but I found them on the remains of the old switch. As far as I can tell (and the vehicle starts and runs correctly so I think it's right!) the numbered terminals correspond to the following:

1 - is the permanent live. This was thick and brown and hiding.
2 - is the first ignition switched output. This was live when the ignition was switched on, but not when the key was turned the other way to aux.
3 - is the starter relay feed. This was the thick white wire.
4 - was the auxiliary ignition switched output. Only this terminal was live when you turn the key the wrong way, however it is also live in the 'ignition on' position

Being a military vehicle it didn't have any auxiliary circuits so I didn't need to work out which was which - having identified the permanent live and the starter output the others just needed to be ignition switched, which made things slightly easier.

Hope that helps.
 

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