Manglesphoto, Your electrical story reminded me of my1999 Ford 450 last year. The same thing brake lights running through the turn signal switch. I thought it was something new, evidently it's been going on for a long time. Oh by the way, love the fix on the steering column bracket, a man after my own heart!
Manglesphoto wrote:
I finally got the brakes working the other day, no images since I had grease up to my elbows, next, electrical one of Cody's guys started on it he actually did pretty good fixing a herd of small problems, like rusty fuse block contacts, rat chewed wires ( not as many as we expected) , replaced the headlight switch, then came the turn signals and brake lights, surprise the B/L switch was still working, connector corroded, The he worked on it for what seemed like forever, he just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that the brake lights also went through the turn signal switch.
With that I went home, this morning Cody told me the turn signal switch was the problem, pulling the steering wheel turned into a fight, I have never had to tighten a steering wheel puller so tight in over 60 years of turn wrenches, got the wheel off and found the switch was falling apart, dismounted the steering column from the dash so Cody Allen could disconnect the wiring, Next the steering column, this truck is a Cab Over Engine and the column has to be able to swivel when the cab is tilted. The attached images should explain this.
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