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Hello, my mom just gave me back the Mustang muscle car I built in high school auto shop (first
girl to do that)... she hasn't been driving it, so we took it to a shop for a go over, and it runs great.
Both the horn and the wipers don't work. Wipers worked once yesterday, turned them on, they
worked, turned them off. but can't get them to come back on. Any general advice on a fix? (Please
include how to release the switch from the dash to check the connections.)
I've been reading your posts to other stang owners, and it's helping to refresh my memory, but I
would appreciate more!
thanks!
Kristen, what school? I spent 50 years as a vocational instructor in one form or another including high schools. In the early 60's I had several female students in auto shop and ion the 80's had the pleasure of knowing and working with a lady from Atlanta Georgia who ran a garage and had a TV program. Well to the Stang. To get the switch out of the dash unscrew the knob. Once that is done the bezel can be unscrewed and the switch should drop out. However I would check the dash ground as both the horn and the wipers depend on a good ground to work. Good luck.
Brad
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| Comment | Thank you! I thought so, but as I said, I'm refreshing here. I went to Bishop High (in the Eastern Sierra side of California's Owens Valley). Tiny town just south of Mammoth Mountain. My shop teacher was Greg Newcomb. I took all the classes, including the "college credit" transmission night class, and in my senior year of HS I became his TA... teaching the new boys how to put in cam bearings and the like. I loved it! I've heard a few girls took shop in my wake... so that's my big contribution to the women's movement in Bishop CA! I built the car in 1984-85, drove her to LA to go to college, then my stupid boyfriend at the time took her out and raced her w/o my permission... blew a tire and the motor started knocking. I parked it, then my mom had it overhauled and my car went back home to Bishop for 20 years! I've only had her back for 4 days now.... and wow, it is strange to see her, hear her, smell her after so long. I'm in grad school (mid- life career change) studying neuroscience and I'm watching how my emotional brain is responding to having her in my care. Weird! But she sure adds a nice touch to my mid-life crisis! Thanks so much for the refresh, and for being on the forum! Great help! kristen annastasia www.dingaroopress.com | ||
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Brad Sears
Expertise
All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.
Experience
Automotive tech instructor.
Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's.
Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's
TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated.
Auto instructor for the following companies:
Fram
Autolyte
Holly
Carter
AMF
Ford Motor
University Of Conn
Blue Hills Technical School
Sugar River Technical Center
Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.
Publications
Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.
Education/Credentials
More than I care to remember.
Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.
Awards and Honors
Moto Award winner. And much more.
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