One of the wires will go to Earth, usually to one of the studs on the side of the engine,making sure it goes to Earth and not the casing. The other will go to the coil,
take the cover off and look for the other end.reattach.
they were probably cut because the switch didn't work?
or as i have found in the past,it was done just to isolate the switch.
doesn't really matter which way you put them.
cg
September 2011