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#95317 04/06/2006 1:00 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | Hey there, 'bolters!
I was out playing with the electrical whosits on the truck last night (instead of taking apart the carburetor and figuring out was was wrong with it).
I've got the horn rewired and I turned my attention to the Turn Signal Arm. It was manufactured by a company called Parker Products out of Minneapolis. It's a Model 2500.
On the switch, there're four contacts that go out to the engine compartment. I assume that this is so that we have one going to each rear blinker, and one going to each front blinker.
The only thing is, once they get to the engine compartment, two are spliced into BOTH the front and rear left blinkers, and two are spliced into BOTH the front and rear right blinkers.
Knowing the PO (My Grandpa) as well as I do, This doesn't surprise me.
Is there any particular reason that I would need to put it back this way? Should I put it back this way?
I'd appreciate any insight you may have on this.
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#95318 04/06/2006 2:54 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | only if it was working the way grandad had it  Bill | | |
#95319 04/06/2006 3:01 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | Originally posted by red58: only if it was working the way grandad had it
Bill Actually, it was. But the wires had been in there for about eight hundred years, so the cloth insulation was coming off (or had been eaten off, not sure which) and they were grounding out on me. I'm thinking a nice terminal block mounted to the firewall will do nicely as a splice point... Thanks for the input. | | |
#95320 04/06/2006 10:31 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | That system was the way most old timers did it. I,ll bet grampa has 2 extra lights in the rear for the turn signals separate from the stop lights. He probably has 2 big lights on top the front fenders too.
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#95321 04/08/2006 3:36 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | Originally posted by Wrenchbender Ret.:
That system was the way most old timers did it. I,ll bet grampa has 2 extra lights in the rear for the turn signals separate from the stop lights. He probably has 2 big lights on top the front fenders too. That's the one. The lights on the fenders are going away though. Once I put the box back on, I'm gonna put turn signals under the tailgate on the bottom of the bed (like Alan Did) and put the normal taillights for running/stopping lights. I might put a double poled socket into the turn signals and make them running lights, too. Haven't yet decided. I figured it would be easier (and less of a Pain in the rear) to leave it as it is now, with a few minor termination changes. | | |
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