Why won't my Cruiser shut off?

[digger]

First a little info of where I'm at. I put a Downey fuel injection kit in my project Cruiser. I have a painless wiring harness in it as well. So the whole Criser has been re-wired.

Yesterday I started it up for the first time. It fired right up but my alternator pulley was hitting a bracket, no biggie so I shut the engine off a/ made the adjustment. On the second start-up, again it fired right up, but was running a bit rich, I can see white smoke a/ smell gas, the smoke is NOT oil. So I shut it off again, this time the fuel pump continues to run even w/ the key out of the ignition. I disconnected the battery to kill te pump. I check all my sensors a/ fire it up a third time, again it starts right up but on the third start-up, I can't get the motor to shut off. It was still running rich a/ at high RPMs, which I still need to mess w/ the timing a bit. I had to kill the motor by unplugging the wires going to the dizzy.

My biggest fear was that I was never going to get my Cruiser to run after the frame-off, now it's how I'm I going to shut it OFF!!!

Any suggestions would help,

 

[bsmith123]

ignition wired hot

ignition switch wired hot out all the time?

I have heard some alternators need a diode to keep them from backfeeding the ignition and keeping it running
https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/94036-10-si-alternator-engine-keeps-running.html

 

[digger]

I will head for radio shack today. Thanks for your help.

 

[PhilC64]

X2

Try the diode at the alternator with the cathode (stripe) pointing to the alternator. In the newest instructions on the Painless kit, it'll give you the Ripoff Shack part # and where to install it. Another problem I encountered in the Painless instructions was connecting the Coil + wire in the 75 or later ignition switch. The instructions tell you to connect it to the White with Blue stripe wire coming from the switch. I found that this is a direct feed from the alternator and will cause your coil to continually run once started. I moved my Coil + wire to the Brown colored Accessory wire and now I shut off without issue.