After a marathon session of turning wrenches to get my KRC steering pump installed, I embarked on a 1700 mile roundtrip cruise to the Pacific Northwest in my 1967 Restomod recently. It ran flawlessly, the 5.0 EFI averaged 20 mpg at freeway speeds. So far so good. I've been washing the car by hand, but yesterday I decided to take it the local carwash (they hand dry) to remove the numerous bug carcasses from the trip. Shortly afterward, I noticed the turn signals had completely stopped working.
This car is using a Ford splined, Flaming River Tilt Collapsable Column. The GM style connector was discarded during the install, and the wiring was matched to the stock Ford 10 pin connector, and everything has worked fine until now. Using Vic's (thanks Vic) troubleshooting guide
http://www.thuntek.net/cougars_unlimited/seqts.htm
I've traced the problem to either the turn signal switch, or the spliced wiring to the switch. With the harness disconnected, I have no continuity between the listed pins for either the left
Blue (pin 10), Green-White (pin 2)
Blue (pin 10), Green-Orange (pin 6)
or the right turn signal lever positions.
Blue (pin 10), Orange-Blue (pin 4)
Blue (pin 10), White-Blue (pin 3)
Reconnecting the 10 pin harness connectors, I used jumper wires to bypass the switch, and activate the right turn signal. Interestingly, when I attempted to bypass the switch for the left turn signal, the right signal activated. This may be more evidence the switch is screwed up, since the connector was seated.
With this background, has anyone using the Flaming River Columns ever had trouble with the turn signal switch in the column? I can't think of anything the guys at the car wash could have done to it, unless they used the turn signal lever to active the tilt. The signals cancel without trouble, so I have to discount that.
Steve C.
This car is using a Ford splined, Flaming River Tilt Collapsable Column. The GM style connector was discarded during the install, and the wiring was matched to the stock Ford 10 pin connector, and everything has worked fine until now. Using Vic's (thanks Vic) troubleshooting guide
http://www.thuntek.net/cougars_unlimited/seqts.htm
I've traced the problem to either the turn signal switch, or the spliced wiring to the switch. With the harness disconnected, I have no continuity between the listed pins for either the left
Blue (pin 10), Green-White (pin 2)
Blue (pin 10), Green-Orange (pin 6)
or the right turn signal lever positions.
Blue (pin 10), Orange-Blue (pin 4)
Blue (pin 10), White-Blue (pin 3)
Reconnecting the 10 pin harness connectors, I used jumper wires to bypass the switch, and activate the right turn signal. Interestingly, when I attempted to bypass the switch for the left turn signal, the right signal activated. This may be more evidence the switch is screwed up, since the connector was seated.
With this background, has anyone using the Flaming River Columns ever had trouble with the turn signal switch in the column? I can't think of anything the guys at the car wash could have done to it, unless they used the turn signal lever to active the tilt. The signals cancel without trouble, so I have to discount that.
Steve C.