by "V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
Published 04/24/2017 at 08:18
by "V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
Published 04/24/2017 at 08:18
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Pictured is my friend’s car. He bought it off another mutual friend about a year ago. It’s a 1989 and has 42,000 miles on it.
Anyway, he starts having an issue with the dash lights Saturday night. They won’t turn on at all with the headlamps on as they’re supposed to yet will come on when the door is opened. That eliminates any fuses, bulbs, and the dash right off the bat. What’s left? The headlamp switch.
I tell my friend to spin by yesterday as I’m detailing my Cougar for the first time in months and I have that exact switch in a box in my garage (same switch as in the 83-88 Cougar/Thunderbird with the auto lamp feature). Upon pulling out the old one my diagnosis is confirmed. Part of the rheostat broke that holds 2 metal contacts together. To actually repair the unit is quite involved. It’s a REAL pain to disassemble without breaking more components. I swapped in the one I had. Problem solved. No local parts stores had the part. Cheapest one online right now is $70....Not to mention time saved.
My wife questions my parts hoarding and boxes of many things. Yesterday was an answer to it. Even she was impressed. Almost as impressed as when my power window switch went and we had to be somewhere and I just pulled one out of a box, swapped it in and off we went making our destination in time.
Happy Monday. It’s finally starting to feel like springtime here. Tune in next week as I finally install the 4 note Cadillac horns and factory correct coil cover in my Cougar.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
04/24/2017 at 08:29, STARS: 0
win!
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"vondon302" (vondon302)
04/24/2017 at 08:50, STARS: 1
89 Lincoln with that low of miles?!
Much want.
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
04/24/2017 at 09:35, STARS: 0
I will probably do this in the future once I have a garage with the space. I walk around salvage yards and I just itch to get random stuff. On Saturday I was looking for a stock radio for my Jeep. A common radio that seems to go out on all Chrysler vehicles it seems. I would love to get some just to have around, maybe fix, and be able to toss in to something or sale when necessary.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
04/24/2017 at 09:36, STARS: 1
100% stock save for the radio. The stock radio is in a box in case he ever decides to sell the car. The speakers are stock. He wanted something with satellite radio and Bluetooth.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
04/24/2017 at 09:39, STARS: 1
If you learn how to fix them and become proficient at it, there’s money to be made. There’s a guy that specializes in restoring/repairing old FoMoCo radios and tripminders. He commands a good price and his work is worth it from what I’ve seen
"Frenchlicker" (frenchlicker)
04/24/2017 at 12:33, STARS: 0
It all seems like basic electronics and I would love to tear into the one I just took out and see what’s wrong. Heck, the one I replaced the old one with still doesn’t allow all of my speakers to work(they are good, I checked). I’ll probably buy a new soldering set this week and check it all out.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
04/24/2017 at 17:59, STARS: 0
Yep, my Town Car has been sidelined for a month with a busted proportioning valve. I believe I finally found an NOS part that should be here this week, but, damn, I never expected to have such trouble finding such a simple part for such a common car.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
04/24/2017 at 23:37, STARS: 0
Should be the same part for an 87-88 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe 4cyl.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
04/24/2017 at 23:50, STARS: 0
Is it? Could have sworn that was a totally different part #.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
04/25/2017 at 00:10, STARS: 0
I’ll double check, but from what I remember I thought they were.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
04/25/2017 at 08:00, STARS: 0
That would have made things easier. The one I bought was for a Country Squire, but they seem to match, as would be expected.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
04/25/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 0
The Country Squire has rear disk? What year?
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
04/25/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 0
No, rear drums, same as my Lincoln.
"V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me!" (v8demon)
04/25/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 0
OOOOOOOHHHHHH.....I was thinking you had rear disk..... My mistake.
That explains the difference!
3 port? or 2 port valve on yours?
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
04/25/2017 at 15:02, STARS: 0
Two, I believe.