Can anyone help with this problem? when I got home tonight my wagon kept running
with the key in the off position. Everything else was off such as the radio. I pulled the wire to the coil to kill the engine and disconected the battery cable. would this be a ignition swith problem possibly? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks

Ditto, wire harness is shot. Pretty dangerous situation.

Sir,

Have an '83 wagon myself and though it's originally a clean SCal kar, wiring is "past it" in engine compartment.

Engine quit while running in Feb, beast was k/o ed while I checked/replaced all ignition components (no spark, fuel air ok.) This is white cap Chrysler system.

New cap, rotor, coil later, turned out the low side of ignition was only getting 2-5 volts when key in "run" or "crank". Reading also fluctuated on VOM. This seemed not so good, so I jumped the coil directly to the fusebox--voila, we had ignition.

My "repair" was to disconnect low side feed to coil replacing it with an "electric" blue bypass wire from fusebox, pos. 11 16 A.

My question: Am i sending too much juice to the coil? Car runs great, good mileage. No ballast resistor in this system. Could I do the same thing to Bosch system if this happens on an '81?

Curiously,

Frank in OH

on an '83, strongly suspect the wiring harness. Check the gray connector on the firewall for signs of rot.