LaneRover
06-08-2015, 08:52 AM
So, I took my '65 109 SW down to Wakefield Mass to pick up a playset that was no longer needed by my brother and sister-in-law. Seeing as I now have a 2 year old that playset will see a lot of use!
On the way back up north to Maine with my father-in-law in the passenger seat I came realize that it didn't seem that the headlights were working. So we pulled over at the NH rest area to take a look. Nope no headlights . . . Wiggling wires, checking contacts and fuses did not help one bit. So I looked in the underseat toolbox and found a wee little wire that would be of no help when it comes to headlights.
Then I remembered that I had piled a few things in the rear toolbox when the truck was shipped up from Jacksonville. There I found an old roll of good heavy gauge wire HUZZAH! This would do the trick!
Off came the grill (again) I attached the wire to the screw that battery cable clamp and then folded over the wire at the other end to make an improvised bullet connector. Bingo! I now had headlights!! Since my 'cup holder' is a roll of tape I bent the wire up next to the connector and taped it off so that it wouldn't fall out while driving up the turnpike.
Now I just need to do 2 things . . . remember that the headlight switch wires and the switch itself should be checked when going through the system and seeing if the headlight switch OR the lightswitch itself is the culprit.
On the way back up north to Maine with my father-in-law in the passenger seat I came realize that it didn't seem that the headlights were working. So we pulled over at the NH rest area to take a look. Nope no headlights . . . Wiggling wires, checking contacts and fuses did not help one bit. So I looked in the underseat toolbox and found a wee little wire that would be of no help when it comes to headlights.
Then I remembered that I had piled a few things in the rear toolbox when the truck was shipped up from Jacksonville. There I found an old roll of good heavy gauge wire HUZZAH! This would do the trick!
Off came the grill (again) I attached the wire to the screw that battery cable clamp and then folded over the wire at the other end to make an improvised bullet connector. Bingo! I now had headlights!! Since my 'cup holder' is a roll of tape I bent the wire up next to the connector and taped it off so that it wouldn't fall out while driving up the turnpike.
Now I just need to do 2 things . . . remember that the headlight switch wires and the switch itself should be checked when going through the system and seeing if the headlight switch OR the lightswitch itself is the culprit.