Sources for Chrysler type wire terminals
Here's something of "hopefully" useful evidence I provide.
On the Left in this photo is one of the OEM Ignition Switch Barrel Terminals removed from the housing. I used my crappy micrometer and from the bottom of the retaining clip to the tip of the barrel (which is the area for contact) is .309.
On the one I removed from a NEW Standard Motor Products US88 Replacement ignition switch the same measurement is .220. That's roughly %30 percent less contact area for the terminals. Not good, but I guess Standard Motor Products considers it good enough. I tried tracking down their supplier for these terminals and came up with nothing after spending too many hours trying. I realized it was futile to track down an inadequate part.
Just for reference. On my 74 Ramcharger, I rebuilt the entire connection using Metri-Pack terminals and everything is good. The downside to that is that the Metri-Pack housing is too big to slide thru the opening in the Steering column collar, so in order to remove it all the terminals have to be removed from the housing before pulling the switch out of the steering column.
The entire reason why I'm going down this rabbit hole is because on my wife's Duster 360, I've got an intermittent no-start and tracked it down to poor connectivity inside the ignition switch connectors.
Here's something of "hopefully" useful evidence I provide.
On the Left in this photo is one of the OEM Ignition Switch Barrel Terminals removed from the housing. I used my crappy micrometer and from the bottom of the retaining clip to the tip of the barrel (which is the area for contact) is .309.
On the one I removed from a NEW Standard Motor Products US88 Replacement ignition switch the same measurement is .220. That's roughly %30 percent less contact area for the terminals. Not good, but I guess Standard Motor Products considers it good enough. I tried tracking down their supplier for these terminals and came up with nothing after spending too many hours trying. I realized it was futile to track down an inadequate part.
Just for reference. On my 74 Ramcharger, I rebuilt the entire connection using Metri-Pack terminals and everything is good. The downside to that is that the Metri-Pack housing is too big to slide thru the opening in the Steering column collar, so in order to remove it all the terminals have to be removed from the housing before pulling the switch out of the steering column.
The entire reason why I'm going down this rabbit hole is because on my wife's Duster 360, I've got an intermittent no-start and tracked it down to poor connectivity inside the ignition switch connectors.
