Turn-signal cam replacement, tilt wheel...tips?

[Kit Sullivan]

I have the complete switch/ cam/ harness to replace the broken one in my 71 tilt column. Anyone here have any tips, tricks or suggestions to make it easier before I dive in?

 

[Mister 4x4]

Should be pretty straight-forward, pretty much just like replacing the turn-signal on a fixed column.

I can't compared the two to be honest - I had to tear mine down all the way to nothing, since I had to build one column out of the two bad ones I had.

Good luck!

 

[73vertproject]

The kids in the Auto Shop at the high school where I am vice principal did it with minimal supervision on my fixed column. Could have done it myself but I'm always looking for projects that the kids can do on a vintage Mustang.

Of course, I'll have to re-set the steering wheel, since it's about 45 degrees off center to the left.

Kids.

 

[c9zx]

Getting a pin extractor tool that will actually release the pins from the connector usually proves to be a problem. The $5 solution is to buy a new connector (NPD) and cut the old wires. Make sure you have an accurate diagram of where the wires go in the connector, you only have one shot. Be patient.

Chuck

 

[timachone]

Kit,

is is an easy doing... I have that done in my rebuild thread, too

http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-tim-s-1973-mach-1-rebuild-thread

First, you have to separate the two bowed grey pin-plugs near the fuse panel without broking any latch (as I have done... :dodgy

Second, if you have a new connector plug with your set I would strip the black wire protection tube a bit and cut the old wires near the steering wheel, so that you have the old plug and enough of the old wire length and could see in which pin hole every wire goes.

Third, you have to loosen the 3 screws in your old steering columns switch assembly and get it out of it.

Fourth, you could remove the old black wire protection tube with the cutted wires and the old pin connector.

Fifth, you now could install the new switch assembly in your steering column before attaching the new connector plug. So you must fiddle the wires through the steering column till the fuse panel - don't forget the old black wire protection tube. But before tighten the screws in it I would look out for the routing of every old wire from the switch and compare it to the new switch assembly so you know which one of the new wires goes to which pin hole in your new connector plug. That's because the colors of the wires are a bit different. It's an easy way to find out the routing of the wires - just look carefully on your old switch, look out for the same wire color of the cutted pin connector and then for the right pin hole. Now you have to look for the same wire with perhaps a different color and connect it the same way. One after one...

Sixth, if you finished with that, "close" the new connector plug with the bar so they could not be loose anymore. Now you could put the two plug connectors together and try out

That's what I have done and it functions perfect since then - it is some of the easier and readily more satisfying operations...

Tim