Help 1986 graduate electrical night mare

[chewys spider]

can some one help me I just bought a 86 graduate with only 32000 on it and when i went to look at it the owner had lost the keys so he destrioed the ignition switch and had the car hot wired so i could see the the car was getting spark. Well we got the car home and replaced the switch the car turns over but now we do not get any power to the coil does the green wire coming off the switch go to any thing????? does any body have a wiring diagram for this car I have a 85 graduate but nothing is the same so it is no help to try and follow its wiring Help!!!

[ghnl]

Send a PM to BB member PapaJam (find one of his posts, click on his username and select 'send a PM'. In the PM ask for a wire diagram for your model Alfa. Include your email address & he'll reply with some .pdf files of the best wire diagrams for chasing electrical troubles in your car.

I took a copy of the files to an office supply store and had them print out 11" X 17" color copies and plastic laminate them.

Meanwhile, here a snip from the Alfa shop manual re: ignition switch connections.

[Tifosi]

Green wire:

I'm betting that you got the wrong replacement switch. There is a difference between pre-86 ignition switches and post-86 ignition switches, both in wiring harness and physical length. (the above diagram is for a post-86 switch IIRC, or at least it comes out of the book covering monopod cars, which is from 86~94)

An 86+ can be made to work on an 85- and vice versa, but there's some cobbling involved to accomplish it and the switch housing will be either too short (85 in an 86) or too long (86 in an 85) for the column clamshell cover.

Papajam is aware of what tweaks need to occur and should be able to assist in that department, though simply having the correct replacement ignition switch to begin with would have simplified things. (unless of course the wiring issue is a result of DPO rather than the wrong replacement part)