37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[bluestang67]

Well having trouble getting a real car finished , so I decided to get some one to do this . HA HA it's still will take a few months .

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[Don Shillady]

Some Progress,

After several days of checking my wiring I still could not understand why my turn signals will work but not the headlights and tailights. The turn signals prove the headlights and tailights were grounded so I phoned up my friend who did some amazing circuit repairs for me when we both were working for University research. It only took him about ten minutes to find the headlight fuse was missing and then he plugged in the radio which I had wired but was not sure to apply power to. Now I have:

1. A working windshield wiper which parks automatically to hide in the oak bow.

2. Working turn signals complete with little green indicator lights on the dash.

3. A working brake light.

4. A working heater fan (two speeds).

5. A working cigar lighter suitable to recharge a cell phone or locator.

6. A working radio/CD player with "quadraphonic sound" (two speakers in the rumble/trunk and two in the cowl).

7. Working headlights with hi/low beams and tailights when the headlights are on.

Still to work out are the absence of instrument lights, the lack of a red high beam indicator, and a lack of horn response. The horn may have an incorrect relay so I will be checking that but I will be listening to the radio when I am checking the wiring from now on! After that I will have to hope my digital speedometer was not fried when I soldered the connector while attached to the digital unit. If it is fried I will have to purchase a replacement.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[randyr]

Well having trouble getting a real car finished , so I decided to get some one to do this . HA HA it's still will take a few months .

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Whoah, Bobby! That's a way bigger committment than building the car!!
It's a good thing you have big guns or might have had to chop it more...in half!
Of course, now you'll have to keep those guns pumped up to keep the fenders from sagging when you're 80!!

[34_40]

Some Progress,

After several days of checking my wiring I still could not understand why my turn signals will work but not the headlights and tailights. The turn signals prove the headlights and tailights were grounded so I phoned up my friend who did some amazing circuit repairs for me when we both were working for University research. It only took him about ten minutes to find the headlight fuse was missing and then he plugged in the radio which I had wired but was not sure to apply power to. Now I have:

1. A working windshield wiper which parks automatically to hide in the oak bow.

2. Working turn signals complete with little green indicator lights on the dash.

3. A working brake light.

4. A working heater fan (two speeds).

5. A working cigar lighter suitable to recharge a cell phone or locator.

6. A working radio/CD player with "quadraphonic sound" (two speakers in the rumble/trunk and two in the cowl).

7. Working headlights with hi/low beams and tailights when the headlights are on.

Still to work out are the absence of instrument lights, the lack of a red high beam indicator, and a lack of horn response. The horn may have an incorrect relay so I will be checking that but I will be listening to the radio when I am checking the wiring from now on! After that I will have to hope my digital speedometer was not fried when I soldered the connector while attached to the digital unit. If it is fried I will have to purchase a replacement.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

That's great news Don! I'll bet you feel good about the progress now! I hope you don't need a new speedo! That reminds me, I gotta program mine!

Whoah, Bobby! That's a way bigger committment than building the car!!
It's a good thing you have big guns or might have had to chop it more...in half!
Of course, now you'll have to keep those guns pumped up to keep the fenders from sagging when you're 80!!

Your a better man than I Bobby! As a diabetic on insulin I have to stick needles in me for a reason. You paid someone for that pain! ROFL.. It does look very nice though How many hours to sit for that part shown in the picture?

No one can say you aren't dedicated! HAH! Now get back to working on her! No more sitting around starin' at your arm!