Jim, it sounds as though you are concerned that the side terminal of the new switch is always hot and is not turning off. Easy to test without pulling anything by using a test light.
With the ignition switch off, touch the test light probe to the side terminal without stomping on the starter. It should not light up. If it does, you have a bad switch or you are getting current from the ballast resistor. To test which one, disconnect the wire from the positive terminal on the coil to the ballast resistor and retest the side terminal. If the test light no longer turns on, the problem is the starter switch. If it turns on, drop down two paragraphs to ballast resistor check.
Still with the coil to ballast wire disconnected, touch the probe to the side terminal when someone stomps on the starter. It should light up. As soon as the stomp starter is disengaged, the light should turn off. If this doesn't happen, the starter switch is bad.
If all is good with the above, next thing I would try is a similar test at the ballast resistor. Put the probe on the terminal that connects to the ignition switch. With the switch off, the light should not turn on. With the switch on, the light should turn on. If the light turns on when the switch is turned off, either the switch is bad or the wiring is incorrect because an unswitched wire is attached to the input terminal on the ballast resistor.
Matt
