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parts alerts are to assist owners in identifying
and becoming aware of any reproduction parts that
have been observed to be incorrectly manufactured
or otherwise function improperly. Any known
remedies to the incorrect part will be explained.
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| Instrument
Cluster Voltage Regulators |
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The
instrument voltage regulators for the 69 to 73
clusters are sold by various vendors. Some of
them are manufactured so that the mounting
bracket is actually reversed thus putting the two
contacts in the wrong positions to be able to
plug in the printed circuit board contacts. These
brackets are spot welded to the housings making
correction extremely difficult. One source has
stated that he successfully opened up the housing
to turn the insides around to match the proper
contacts. This technique however is untested by
the Registry.
One of the vendors of correct units is known to
be Mustangs Unlimited, with the part number GR
512. Other vendors and their units are not known. |
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| Parking/Turn
Signal Lamp Housings |
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Some
reproduction parking lamp and turn signal
housings are wired incorrectly at manufacture.
The miswiring can vary but usually the brown
ground wire and one of the other hot wires, blue
or black, are swapped. This will cause a direct
short to ground when the improperly wired circuit
is energized, thus most likely blowing the fuse
of that circuit.
The correct wiring is brown for ground (as the
separate lead), blue for turn signal, and black
for parking light. |
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are several sources to purchase reproduction dash
pads, A/C or non A/C. A 1969-1970 model is shown
below. Speaking from first hand experience with
installing a reproduction Dash pad for a 1970,
ONLY USE a reproduction dash pad that says
"Licensed by Ford". These are made from
steel frames and fit just like the original pads.
The other aftermarket dashpads are made from a
plastic frame and the fit is horrible, to say the
least. The screws don't line up, the cutout for
the center vent for A/C cars is cut wrong, and
the curvature of the pad does not fit the car
well at all. When I tried to install a dashpad
that was licensed by Ford and made from original
Ford tooling, everything lined up as it should
and it installed perfectly. It is well worth the
price to get the good dashpad. |
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