ignition switch, whats wrong
Well, get your test light and a wiring diagram out and go to work
Usable wiring diagrams:
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1969/69DartA.jpg
http://www.mymopar.com/downloads/1969/69DartB.jpg
Look at diagram "A" and find your IGN switch
RED is hot power coming from the ammeter circuit
BLACK is a big wire feeding out to the fuse ACC buss
DARK BLUE (IGN1) is HOT ONLY in RUN ( NOT start) and feeds through the bulkhead to the IGN system and regulator
YELLOW is "start" HOT only in START goes directly through the bulkhead to one of the push on terminals on the start relay. The relay must be grounded through the neutral safety switch to operate if automatic, otherwise "where" the other terminal would have been is grounded to the relay case on stick cars
BROWN is "bypass" (IGN2) is HOT only in START and goes directly through the bulkhead to (ORIGINALLY) the coil+ side of the ballast
THE DARK BLUE AND THE BROWN must be hooked together if you have no ballast such as for MSD
So get your test lamp, hook it to wherever the IGN gets power and or check at the regulator IGN terminal. You should have "close to battery" with key in "run."
IF not check at the bulkhead. If you have it there, go back to the IGN switch. The switch terminals should be marked
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND that the dark blue "run" IS NOT HOT during "start" so starting voltage can ONLY come from the brown "bypass" circuit.