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Unless you are talking two stroke plugs for a bike! Those are not all "Cheap". Many plugs are cleanable for the most part. Very seldom do they "wear out" in daily driver situations.
I believe once you do the bypass, the main current will take the easiest path to the battery....not sending all the juice through the ammeter. But you can still remove it from the system.
I just traced a short in my interior lights to a wire I pinched during assembly. They were powered up constantly. Found the short at the sail panel trim on my 66 Coronet. Pinched inside with the speed nut!
I will look at mine tomorrow. I'm sure that's how it works. Like I said, my car never had the newer trans and so I think when I installed it, I was lead to use the 3 wire switch for lights.
I am not sure. I would have to look at my car tomorrow (1966 Coronet). I had to wire mine in as I installed a console with a newer trans. You are on the right path. The switch is likely toast. It should have 3 wires on it. There was a 1 wire switch, but I think it was 67 and back or so.
I'm going to guess that somebody fabricated that in there as the switch might have failed. Disconnect and see if it starts. It shouldn't. Then hook it up and disconnect the black from ground. If it starts properly, the black was redundant. If it doesn't start, the switch is toast.
That's my guess.
Are you sure that spade isn't actually ripped off the other side of whatever it attaches to? It sure has a square shape to it and I haven't seen anything "bolt" on that is that small.
Doesn't the wiper switch have a multi plug and a single or two?
If he cut that close, can you just get the new "clips" and then reinstall them in the plug? With enough patience and effort, you can remove the originals. But it is a pain.
Oh, and enjoy Bullwinkle!
On my fuse box, the lights / inst cluster are at the very end of the row. I hooked my gauge lights into the back of the fuse box. It controls the circuit and dims them with the controller. There are male spade connectors there on various fuses for auxiliary power. Not sure what years or if yours...
Is this a car that is in project stage? If so is the windshield out? The reason I ask is if you take the whole frame out and assemble it complete with wiring, cluster and all, it saves a pile of "on your back in terrible contortionist position" time. Then it slides right in complete easy as can be.