Key Switch and the Mystery Wire

[chickenman91]

So, I bought a 67 CA77 last week. Bit of a project bike. Only missing a couple of parts. Came with a box of extra parts and parts that had been taken off of the bike itself. The previous owner had purchased a new set of coils, rectifier, and main wiring harness. He gave me the old harness which was literally a pile of individual wires. The wiring in the headlight bucket was pretty "Bozo'ed" up. I'm trying to "un-Bozo" the mess. I printed up the wiring diagram for C72's and C77's that I found on this forum.

The big mystery is this: Some of the wiring for the key switch doesn't match the diagram. The key is the same for the switch and the steering lock. There is a mystery white wire that is part of the wiring, and no brown wire. It is a five position switch.

So, do I have the right switch/wrong diagram or wrong switch/right diagram? And is there a suitable aftermarket replacement or alteration? I just want to get it wired up enough to get the engine to fire up.

Kevin

[joeweir1]

When I did not have a key to start the junk heap I got I just jumped the switch on the back of it to get spark.Should see markings for strt and you should be able to find the hot.Good diagram would help.I would have to dig out a sw. and diagram to be sure what I did.Joe