My 65 has an old after market wire loom. I have just noticed that the brake
light circuit has a short. I have blown two 20 amp fuses for that circuit.
The running and turn indicator circuits appear to be normal. I have bought a
new brake light switch, but have not installed it yet. I can't
Larry, the switch itself should not cause the fuse to go. I rewired my 67 and
as
I recall, the brake light circuit is normally open and pressing the brake
applies power to the circuit. So, start at the switch with a ohm meter and
check
it. Then with one lead of the ohm meter connected to
If you still have the original brake light sockets, I would also check them
as they ground on the body and if any water has gotten into the socket
itself, then the middle of the bulb connection may be the problem. Put some
die electric grease if they are ok and you plan on continuing to use them.
The bulb socket on my '72 was shorted out (inside the plastic...) And would
back feed both sides! I had replaced bulbs, brake light switch...
Until I replaced the socket!
We took the old socket, cut the plastic away and THERE it was...
As I drive the car so infrequently, I'd just replace the
Yea, I'm not sure when, but they went to the plastic sockets with the sep
ground wire. On the earlier models (Like my 66) the sockets had only 1 wire
for the positive and the socket grounded itself on the body. Makes for fun
short tracing.
Dan
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:57 PM,
Hi guys, Recently bought a 66 327 rpo L30 motor and power glide. Does
anyone know what the cfm of the carb was? Thanks Alex
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