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dibbons

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I have the pleasure of announcing today that the '65 Formula S was lowered from the jack stands outside and was driven into the garage under its own power for the first time since disassembled for restoration March 9, 2018.

The courtesy lights/tail lights are kind of giving me fits. One minute working like a champ and I mean fairly bright too. Then nothing. Each time I go out to diagnose the problem, they begin to work again. Someone playing with me here?

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I have the pleasure of announcing today that the '65 Formula S was lowered from the jack stands outside and was powered into the garage under its own power for the first time since disassembled for restoration March 9, 2018.

The courtesy lights/tail lights are kind of giving me fits. One minute working like a champ and I mean fairly bright too. Then nothing. Each time I go out to diagnose the problem, they begin to work again. Someone playing with me here?

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Good for you. Looks good. A incomplete ground on fresh paint will mess with you every time.
 
Roadkill called... they want their blue tach (or whatever it is on the cowel) bracket back.

Congrats
 
Great moment. You've come along way since you disassembled her.

I'm envious of the amount of work you've done. I'm falling behind you on my 65 Barracuda project.
 
The courtesy lights/tail lights are kind of giving me fits. One minute working like a champ and I mean fairly bright too.

Look pretty good. Find out if the courtesy/ tail lamps are supplied off the same fuse. Fuse clips loose dirty or even a bad fuse. Fuses don't always "blow" clean and can be intermittent. Check the wiring connections on that fuse clip terminal in the rear of the box. Rust, loose, etc.
 
Congratulations! .....but with no video to show such a monumentous occasion. Lame.
 
Keep the avatar. Its good to remember from where you are from. It looks real nice man!
 
Nothing quite like that feeling.
 
" Congratulations! .....but with no video to show such a monumentous occasion. Lame."

Uploaded a one-minute start-up on youtube for you (RRR).

 
I learned a long time ago, that if you don't take extra pains along the way to make the dash frame ground solidly to the car body.....that you will be chasing electrical problems forever! There is usually one screw in an instrument cluster/switch panel that grounds it to the dash frame. Then the dash frame needs to ground to the car body. Where the dash frame mounts on the bolts at the kick panel/door jamb area, I always sand that down to bare shiny metal and then tape it up to keep paint off of it. I do the same thing with the back side of the tabs on the dash frame, where it gets mashed up against the car body when you tighten those bolts. Then tape that up and paint everything like it's supposed to be. When it's time to install the dash frame into the car, peel the tape off both pieces and brush it one more time to get it good and clean. Smear a little dielectric grease on the places you shined up, and then install the dash frame. Touch up the paint around it when it's together if it bothers you, but the dielectric grease will maintain a good ground for the dash frame, and keep it from rusting. I've not had one lighting problem since I started doing that. There also should be a separate ground with good connections from the steering column to the dash frame. Tail light housings may also need paint scratched off under one screw, and a star washer between the screw head and the housing to make a good ground.
 
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