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Thom,
Always best to replace the old wires in the steering handle. If you break the bakelite cap I can make a substitute. It won’t look quite like the original but it will look good. What there is under the cap is a contact plate that is round and fits into the handle. It has a recess in the center to hold a spring that puts outward pressure on the kill button. The kill button on the inside of the cap has a flat disc that mates with all three points on the contact plate when depressed and that is how you get continuity among the three wires. One of the three wires attaches to a screw (grounding screw) on the steering handle mount on the underside and the other two go to the female socket. You’ll notice there is only one wire coming from the mag plate and it attaches to the male plug. It doesn’t matter which prong of the male plug it is attached to. All this is designed so no matter how you plug the two together, connection to the mag is accomplished. When you depress the kill button it grounds out the points.
George, gemmanuel@bellsouth.et