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Electrical Got to love fixing other peoples half-ass work

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Bought a new Ignition switch for my 1989 because I was not sure if it was ever replaced. Take evrything apart and find this! Not even tape!. SOrry for the blurry pic but the fac wire is white with orange strip coming off ign switch, not sure what it does. Dont know why it was cut, everything else looks mint, the switch had a ford stamp on it with the orig sec torx screws so who the hell knows why this was done. Anyone know what this wire is for?
 

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Looks to be White wire with Pink stripe which is the Neutral safety switch wire.
 
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You will see a lot of this in older fox bodies. A lot of people who shouldn't be doing electrical repairs go ahead do it anyway.
 
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Fixing other people's mess can be rewarding.

Except when it's an electrical mess...
 
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