Re: 1948 Super Eight Resurrection
Posted by Joseph Earl On 2013/3/14 17:10:32
Haven't posted for months- now it's time to get back to work on the 48!
I took her for a drive to a small car show yesterday. Before I left, I attempted to repair an intermittent left turn signal issue that was being caused by the rearmost wiring harness in the trunk. I know I should have purchased a replacement- I had found one offered by Nagasarrett that was around twenty-five bucks for just the taillight section in the trunk. I didn't, and now I can't find their number.
Anyway, I went about replacing the one wire to the left signal bulb, and it worked for about a minute, and then I lost all the turn signal lights, front and back, dash indicators, plus the brake lights. I especially don't like driving in south Florida traffic at night with no brake lights or rear bumper.
I figure it must be a fuse, so I pulled out the wiring diagram. My copy only shows one dash indicator light. It shows a 9 amp fuse coming from the flasher. There is also an accessory circuit breaker above the clock. A wire (13-R) from the brake light switch goes to it. Hmmmmm. I wonder how you would reset a circuit breaker on this old gal?
I'm almost ready to pull the front seat out so I can work on it.
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I took her for a drive to a small car show yesterday. Before I left, I attempted to repair an intermittent left turn signal issue that was being caused by the rearmost wiring harness in the trunk. I know I should have purchased a replacement- I had found one offered by Nagasarrett that was around twenty-five bucks for just the taillight section in the trunk. I didn't, and now I can't find their number.
Anyway, I went about replacing the one wire to the left signal bulb, and it worked for about a minute, and then I lost all the turn signal lights, front and back, dash indicators, plus the brake lights. I especially don't like driving in south Florida traffic at night with no brake lights or rear bumper.
I figure it must be a fuse, so I pulled out the wiring diagram. My copy only shows one dash indicator light. It shows a 9 amp fuse coming from the flasher. There is also an accessory circuit breaker above the clock. A wire (13-R) from the brake light switch goes to it. Hmmmmm. I wonder how you would reset a circuit breaker on this old gal?
I'm almost ready to pull the front seat out so I can work on it.
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