I would like to thank the team of engineers who designed the headlight switch to be one of the most in-accessible parts to get off this car! LOL, through some searches here though, I was able to get the switch out and clean it.
I am hoping the green funk that was corroding the electrical rheostat looking dial will now help me have dash lights!!?!?!
The bulbs were all good and accounted for, I am going to look now for backlight bulbs for the gauges and make sure they are good too.
The dash had to come out though, I was poking around under it and found wires going nowehere, clipped wire ends held on with tape,(not butt splices), etc and it was driving me nuts to think that this may have had something to do with the dash lights being out, we will see.
After the dash is back in and the lights all work, she is getting an updated stereo with CD player and some new speakers. The reciever has front l&r out but only that mono speaker in the center of the dash. I can wire that mono I guess? I don't want to cut into any door panels for mounting.
I also found a few rubber connectors that go nowhere but I am assuming that this harness went to a few different models or Fords as well that may have been equipped with different things so I am just taping them up and out of the way.
This week, my front headlight wiring harness and alt harness should be in, my alt light is constantly on with a new alt installed and both of these harness appear to have been spliced and taped by Stevie Wonder so I am starting over there in hopes that it cures the issue of the alt light and constant drain.
More soon- J
ps- I am having a blast!
I am hoping the green funk that was corroding the electrical rheostat looking dial will now help me have dash lights!!?!?!
The bulbs were all good and accounted for, I am going to look now for backlight bulbs for the gauges and make sure they are good too.
The dash had to come out though, I was poking around under it and found wires going nowehere, clipped wire ends held on with tape,(not butt splices), etc and it was driving me nuts to think that this may have had something to do with the dash lights being out, we will see.
After the dash is back in and the lights all work, she is getting an updated stereo with CD player and some new speakers. The reciever has front l&r out but only that mono speaker in the center of the dash. I can wire that mono I guess? I don't want to cut into any door panels for mounting.
I also found a few rubber connectors that go nowhere but I am assuming that this harness went to a few different models or Fords as well that may have been equipped with different things so I am just taping them up and out of the way.
This week, my front headlight wiring harness and alt harness should be in, my alt light is constantly on with a new alt installed and both of these harness appear to have been spliced and taped by Stevie Wonder so I am starting over there in hopes that it cures the issue of the alt light and constant drain.
More soon- J
ps- I am having a blast!