I finally got my intermittent ignition problem sorted out and my car was running great. I get it back from a nice test drive and very pleased it's finally running great again.

I button a few things up and try to start it. It cranks over and fires, and as soon as I let go of the starter, the motor dies. If I turn the ignition on and check for voltage at the + terminal at the coil, there is none, however when I hit the starter position on the switch, the motor will fire right up and dies as soon as I let go of the starter position.

Is it possible that the IG or RUN portion of my ignition switch is bad? Because the START, IGN, and RESISTOR are all engaged when the starter position is used, I'm thinking I may have a funky switch as it is dies as soon as it is in the RUN position.

I need to get a helper to check this, but does this seem possible that the one position on the switch might have gone bad?

Also, My 1200 is a '72 (if that matters) and to undo the switch assembly from the column, there are two screws and two other things that resemble screws holding it to the column. Is there a special tool to extract those screws? I assume it was a rude security device to stop theives?

Thanks again!

Mark