Hey all, i'm kinda in a pinch here. I pulled into work today and pulled my key out of the ignition and the little guy wouldn't turn off. I put my key back in and twisted it around and it sped something up into double time. It was really humming so i pulled the key out and disconnected my battery terminals. I reconnected them and the engine is still going a mile a minute. Anything I can do to fix this quickly? Any ideas? I would like to be able to go home tonight lol.
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yeah its a 66. So I just knock the wire going from the coil to the distributor off with a broom stick? I'm completely new to these old fords so sorry for asking so many questions.
Hello. It sounds like your ignition switch needs to be replaced. That isn't really something that you will be able to do after work if you aren't all that familiar with how the car is put together. Do you have any basic hand tools with you? First, I would advise you to have the car towed home. That would be an excellent idea. From there, you can sort the problems out a lot better. If you are one of those particularly hard-headed fellows ( you know how you guys can be sometimes ) how you can get the car home is reconnect the battery cables to get the car started and then unplug the two little wires from the front of the starter solenoid. That's the thing that has the other end of the positive battery cable attached to it. If the car continues running and it sounds like it normally does, drive it home and fix it. If the car dies when you unplug those wires, reattach them, start the car and then disconnect the starter cable from the back side of the starter solenoid. That's the cable that has an end like a battery cable and is over on the opposite side of the solenoid from where the positive battery cable attaches. But, plan 'A' is definitely tow the car home.
If i disconnect all the wires going into the coil will it harm anything? Will it produce the wanted result? Also, does it make a difference if the battery is disconnected while I do all of this and the engine is off?
I would not harm anything on the car to unplug the coil wire while it is running. On a newer style car with sensitive PCMs ECMs and such it could harm the computer if the coil wire was not grounded properly. You should not have any computer on board so should be ok. It would just spark a few times and be done. This does sound a little crazy if ya dont know what your doing. If you have a light and a screwdriver you should be able to unplug one of the low voltage wires like I said with no possibility of shock. Ya might be able to pull one of them wires off the solinoid but I'm not sure what wire onthe solinoid.
Maybe your coil is one with 2 small nuts in that case ya would need a small wrench, socket or vise grips always work haha
Your battery just starts the car
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The coil is a small black cylinder, mounted to the side of the engine, with what looks like a spark plug wire sticking out of it. I'd get a leather glove and pull the larger wire off the coil. This will kill the engine if it's still running. I wouldn't do this as a way to use the car, but just a way to shut it down.
Have someone replace the ignition switch and you should be back in business.
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Sutck at work! Need help. Engine wont turn off. 
It sounds like your ignition switch needs to be replaced. That isn't really something that you will be able to do after work if you aren't all that familiar with how the car is put together. Do you have any basic hand tools with you? First, I would advise you to have the car towed home. That would be an excellent idea. From there, you can sort the problems out a lot better. If you are one of those particularly hard-headed fellows ( you know how you guys can be sometimes 
) how you can get the car home is reconnect the battery cables to get the car started and then unplug the two little wires from the front of the starter solenoid. That's the thing that has the other end of the positive battery cable attached to it. If the car continues running and it sounds like it normally does, drive it home and fix it. If the car dies when you unplug those wires, reattach them, start the car and then disconnect the starter cable from the back side of the starter solenoid. That's the cable that has an end like a battery cable and is over on the opposite side of the solenoid from where the positive battery cable attaches. But, plan 'A' is definitely tow the car home. 
