I am trying to find some information on the inside of the steering cap. We recently installed a new Grant steering wheel, and while doing that replaced the broken turn signal cam. It's an easy enough exchange, but we had a small rectangular piece of steel come out of that area somewhere, and do not know where it came from. It shows nothing in our Chilton's on that. We assumed it came from underneath the turn signal cam as it appears to fit between a couple of little ridges on the plastic under the cam. But when we install the cam with this little rectangle of steel where we think it might go, we no longer have signal lights at all. The same thing happens if we just leave the steel piece out. It has to go somewhere, but we're not finding anything that tells us where this goes. Does anyone have a picture or exploded view of the steering column guts? This is a 69.5 with the ignition on the package tray... Thanks ahead for any insight...
dschrodt you may have the same problem as i had. po of my car was sold a unit for a 1970 model. the connecters will plug togeather bot will not work. check with your parts place and tell them that you need unit for a 1969.5, it is the same as a1969 mustang. if you check your wireing against a 1970 wireing diaghram you will see yours is complety differnt. there are several little things that are differnt on the 69.5 but they are great little cars and the lightest ever built.
I have EXACTLY the same piece of steel. Luckily I didn't throw it out. I'm going to tear it down (again) this weekend. If I figure it out I'll let you know. It's raining in South Texas so all I've got it time this weekend.
Turn Signals Working Finally got around to fixing the cam. I did use the HELP Brand cam from Autozone, but found that the wires on the backside that complete the connection needed some tuning. 1. I had to shorten the contact wires the top side about 1/16th of an inch. Shortening the wires helped it fit inside the lip where the cam is seated. Once it fit inside without the contact wires in the way the retaining washer hold it in place fine. 2. I also had to bend both ends (only the last 1/4 inch) of the inner wire towards the outside of the cam - bringing them a little closer to the other contact wire - so it would not continue to make contact with the brass nubs when I pushed the signal the other way. One issue I have now is that the cam hub is so worn that the turn signal drops a little on it's own - sometimes turns on by itself from the vibrations. I can deal with that for now. My other issue is now the brake lights don't work. Light switch on gives me full brake lights that don't go off. Thinking maybe it's the accuator on the brake pedal. Oh the joys of a 40 year old car. Always giving you one more reason to spend the weekend in the garage.
that sounds like a bad ground at the rear lights. the power will loop through both elements and ground out through a different light if the grounds are not good
