I'm stumped
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Racer
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From: Jamestown Ohio
I'm stumped
After removing and replacing the steering column there is a constant connection somewhere, the door ajar light and the parking brake light will come on with out the key on, even with the column removed!
I now have the colum out, again, and the key and rod work fine, but as I said the mentioned light will still come on, I do have a kill switch and it does work.
I'm wondering what could be causing this, the only thing that was disconnected was/is the column
All this came to my attention when I started the motor and it wouldn't shut off with the key or the kill switch.
I now have the colum out, again, and the key and rod work fine, but as I said the mentioned light will still come on, I do have a kill switch and it does work.
I'm wondering what could be causing this, the only thing that was disconnected was/is the column
All this came to my attention when I started the motor and it wouldn't shut off with the key or the kill switch.
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Racer
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From: Jamestown Ohio
Hmmm, I'm not sure what I did to fix it but I did. The column was removed and all connections checked, the speedo/tach part of dash was unscrewed to look behind it, I put it all back together and it worked. hmmm I scared the electrical gremlin away !!
for now...
for now...
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A loose ground wire/unconnected ground wire/pinched wire in a tilt column will cause all kinds of weird electrical problems.
Maybe you accidentally corrected one of those problems
Maybe you accidentally corrected one of those problems
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Odd... I think you have two different problems.
The brake lamp is hot waiting for ground same as the door ajar. The tan wire for the brake lamp runs from the lamp to the firewall connection, then to the proportioning valve, at the bulk head connector it Y's off and heads to the alarm switch and to the seat belt warning relay. It has a pink power wire that is hot with the key on that and when ground is made either by the hand lever or the proportioning valve the lamp comes on.
The door ajar lamp is powered up by the pink wire and just like the brake lamp switch is hot waiting for ground. This ground is found in the form of the white wire and is the same white wire at the ajar switches.
Unless I missed something, there is no common between the two circuits.
Willcox
The brake lamp is hot waiting for ground same as the door ajar. The tan wire for the brake lamp runs from the lamp to the firewall connection, then to the proportioning valve, at the bulk head connector it Y's off and heads to the alarm switch and to the seat belt warning relay. It has a pink power wire that is hot with the key on that and when ground is made either by the hand lever or the proportioning valve the lamp comes on.
The door ajar lamp is powered up by the pink wire and just like the brake lamp switch is hot waiting for ground. This ground is found in the form of the white wire and is the same white wire at the ajar switches.
Unless I missed something, there is no common between the two circuits.
Willcox
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Racer
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Yet they still came on without the key on, something was corrected when I went over it again to find the problem. It all works now, well, except for the power window gremlin that arose....
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