Thanks, for the clarification on the use of the Violet wire. Still, how you describe it contradicts how the wiring diagram displays it. It clearly shows it running from the resistor by pass on the starter to the ignition switch. What you are saying is that a completely different wire connects to the side terminal on a non-solenoid foot starter and runs from there to the coil side of the ballast resistor. This means that this side terminal is not the resistor by pass terminal shown on the wiring diagram and in fact is something completely different.
Also, this side terminal, which is on the "contact housing" adjacent to where the battery and ammeter connect to the starter, does not just allow power to leave the system when a foot actuates the starter. Instead this side terminal allows power to flow through the system when the foot starter is not operated and this foot switch is in the open position. I've decided this by taking the contact housing off and examining how the side terminal works. It has a contact plate that shorts the switch at all times. Knowing this what is the use and final destination of the side terminal, since it is not a resistor by pass.
