I pulled the horn relay and jumped to the battery and nothing. I opened the relay and the coil windings were burnt and the wire was burned off of the grounding post. A new one will be here in the morning.
The jumper was connected to the blue/purple wire on the far right in the pic of the turn indicator connector block and ran to the brown wire in the pic of wires running through the fire wall. On the engine side of the fire wall it is on in the upper group and it goes down and to the rear, I'm assuming tail lights.
Here is a few pics of the truck in question. My Dad bought it new in Sacramento CA about a month after I was born. Its nothing fancy as it was all white with one mirror, one visor, no rear bumper and all controls were as cheep as you could get. The only option was the V8 283. Dad said he couldn't see spending the extra $75 for the 327. My Gramps had it for quite awhile after my Dad sold it to him in 1969 to by a 67 ford station wagon after my second brother was born cuz we needed more. It came back to my Dad in 1988 when Gramps didnt need it any more and Dad had it re-painted, new wood bed installed and seat recovered. No rust ever and has original rubber floor mat and pedal covers. I rebuilt the carb and that is all. The cap, rotor, points, wires and all are from the late 70's. Spent most all its life in Ione CA. There is a spare set of points and condenser in the glove box with the receipt from 1977 along with a gas receipt for 29.6 cents a gallon.
Good times.
1946 PW Grain truck, 1966 C10 long stepside, 1972 C20 Custom Camper Big Block, 1975 C10 Silverado OE big block.
