1965 Ford Galaxie Suspension and front end repair and
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I had to do some metal work on the passenger side due to the battery
Action, I am looking for this u nut but a longer throat. Any ideas where I can get them?
Ebay and you are taking some risk there
AMK and they have a minimum order. Bulk Fasteners — AMK Products, Inc.
I may have some of those, but ...
I am in Michigan until the end of the month. Which means I will forget.
I keep stuff like that in a big box. (A copy paper box) Finding stuff in there has been a lil difficult as of late, because there is too much stuff in the box
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AMK and they have a minimum order. Bulk Fasteners — AMK Products, Inc.
I may have some of those, but ...
I am in Michigan until the end of the month. Which means I will forget.
I keep stuff like that in a big box. (A copy paper box) Finding stuff in there has been a lil difficult as of late, because there is too much stuff in the box
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If my headlights are dim or go out when I put the high beams on, it would be a ground issue. Yes?
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Hello Michael Rosepal,
First let me say you did a really nice job on your car. About the headlamps being dim, well that could be a bad ground or a bad B+ feed to them: It could be loose or corroded connections at the firewall connectors, a bad hi-low switch, dirty circuit breakers inside the headlamp switch and of course the one thing I noticed is that Ford didn't really use heavy gauge wire for the lamps and are what I would call dim at the best of circumstances.
You can run relays with inline circuit breakers for the lamps triggered from the original headlamp wires to alleviate most of the conditions I mentioned. I did this on our '68 XL and '79 Power Wagon, plus I used 100/140 watt lamps to replace the original miserable sealed beam headlamps. That's 200 watts on low beams and 560 watts on high beams! They are ridiculously bright in high or low now and I love them. I am using the original 1G 55 amp alternator and external regulator. The charging system only struggles with the high beams on, the air con on high and sitting at idle. However as long as you are moving the original charging system has no problem holding 14.2 volts at the battery.
Food for thought.
Cheers
Thank you DesertXL, I’ll be doing more to it in November again. I will start checking out the wiring and switches.
When I was reinstalling the front engine harness I missed a ground. The good thing is I cleaned the con at the firewall. Thanks for the help!
What a great day for a car show
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