i need some help finding the ignition wire in the steering columb, in my manual it has a diagram and color codes it as a orange wire

i do not see such a color coming down my steering columb

i see light green, yellow, maybe pink, light blue. gray maybe

i see two main harnesses, one i think is for the turn signal/wiper stuff and the other must be for the key igniton switch

i jsut need help identifying and what color I should be looking for.

i'm trying to install a security key pad and it wires into the ignition harness

 

The ignition switch is near your feet on the side of the column. The key just turns a rod that extends down to the switch. You'll see the wiring there.

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Ignition harness wires are like a 12 or 14 gauge wire grouped with smaller wires. There should be a couple red wires, pink, yellow, brown, and sometimes orange, and purple depending on vehicle. The ignition wire is the pink wire, yellow is start, brown is accessory and red are 12 volts. If there's an orange wire, that would be a second accessory wire and the purple wire would be a start wire if it didnt have the yellow wire.

 

not sure if it’s ok to write on this old of a thread but I’m in this situation, I’m trying to find the wiring that connects the key to the ignition wiring, only harness I see on my steering column is the black turn signals connector. I don’t see a pink wire. Does anyone have a pic of what this harness or rod(like stated before ) looks like ?

 

There are 3 connectors on the steering column. One is flat and long, with about 12 - 15 wires; that one goes to the turn signal switch. One is small and goes to a small switch on the left side of the column with only 3 wires; that one is the dimmer switch. One is large and sits up on top of the column, and has about a dozen or more BIG FAT wires; there's acoupla reds, a yellow, a brown, and a pink, among others. That's the ignition switch. 2 connectors actually plug into it; one is blue, the other black.

No wiring connects the key to the ign sw. There's a steel rod that the key cylinder moves, which pushes on the ign sw acoupla feet down the column from it.

You don't need a pic to find any of it. It's all just sitting there plain as day, just like all GM cars, including all of these, were made for decades. Just look, you'll see it.

 

im working out of state, I’m just planning for when I do get eyes on the car. I appreciate that. I’ll be installing my dash harness and looking for the rod when I get home.

 

So the rod goes in here, and actuates the ignition switch? This explains so much. Thanks.

 

Yup; the rod has a right-angle bend that goes into it right there, which kinda pushes/pulls the innards up and down. The dimmer switch works somewhat similarly except even more crude.