Did steering column swap, now I have electrical problems

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

Robbie, yeah, it almost reads like the throw is off on the metal rod in the "switch"

cheers

I will surely check into that as soon as it's cool enough in the garage for me to work. I should have started this project when I was 47 instead of 67 fer sher.

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

you need to go back and set up the throw for the rod that controls the switch, it is a bit precise to set up. search it out i am sure it is in here "how to adjust ignition switch"

Thanx Angie, I will check that. Loonasea

 

[Angie]

hang in there!!! you can do it. it's not hard to set up, just fiddly to set

 

[Angie]

This may explain better than i can. hope it helps

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1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks - Ignition Switch Adjustment??? - Is there such a thing as an ignition switch adjustment? I recently had some some starter issues and had my mechanic friend rebuild the starter. He noticed (as well as I have know already but just thought I...

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[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

Thanx Angie, I will check that. Loonasea

Man, I'm chomping at the bit to check these different things out but it's just too hot and humid. Supposed to rain tomorrow I'll just have to wait 'til then.

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

This may explain better than i can. hope it helps

Ignition Switch Adjustment??? - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums

1980 - 1986 Bullnose F100, F150 & Larger F-Series Trucks - Ignition Switch Adjustment??? - Is there such a thing as an ignition switch adjustment? I recently had some some starter issues and had my mechanic friend rebuild the starter. He noticed (as well as I have know already but just thought I...

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Correct me if I'm wrong (which is 95% of the time) but to adjust the rod don't I just loosen the bolts a bit and move the switch back and forth 'til I hit the "sweet spot"?

 

[Angie]

you are close. there is a proper way to do it with a locking pin that allows all the adjustment to be taken out of the guess work. search a bit and see what you find. I have had to do this a couple times, i just can't find the place where i read the how to do it. there are easy to follow diagrams out there. if this doesn't clear up the problem, it will at least take this set up out of the equation. i wish i had more time to search out the procedure for you. i have to get on with my day. maybe some one else can pick this up and explain more.

cheers

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

you are close. there is a proper way to do it with a locking pin that allows all the adjustment to be taken out of the guess work. search a bit and see what you find. I have had to do this a couple times, i just can't find the place where i read the how to do it. there are easy to follow diagrams out there. if this doesn't clear up the problem, it will at least take this set up out of the equation. i wish i had more time to search out the procedure for you. i have to get on with my day. maybe some one else can pick this up and explain more.

cheers

Thanx again Angie, I will check into that. I'm beginning to believe that it would just be a lot easier to put my original column back in and forget about having a tilt wheel.

 

[Curious Hound]

Thanx again Angie, I will check into that. I'm beginning to believe that it would just be a lot easier to put my original column back in and forget about having a tilt wheel.

It shouldn't come to that. Relax. Read and research. Play with it. Take your time and you'll figure it out. Patience is your friend.

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

It shouldn't come to that. Relax. Read and research. Play with it. Take your time and you'll figure it out. Patience is your friend.

That would be nice, if I could. No one knows how much those strokes changed me and my brain. I've never really been a patient person, I've always just "got 'er done", now, I just don't have any patience any more, I have a lot of trouble learning and retaining new information and my short term memory has been all but destroyed. Reading is especially hard, by the time I get to the end of a sentence I can't remember what I just read. I have to read it over and over 'til I get to the point that I just get really pissed off at myself and I have to stop. I've had a lot of trouble remembering where or how things go back or go together. I can't keep up with parts and tools, I spend a lot of time each day just trying to find something that I was using 5 min. ago. It gets so frustrating that after I cuss myself out for being so stupid I just quit and go in the house. Sometimes I'll go back out after an hour or two, sometimes I may not go back for two or three days. If you smoke, STOP, it ruined my life.

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

That would be nice, if I could. No one knows how much those strokes changed me and my brain. I've never really been a patient person, I've always just "got 'er done", now, I just don't have any patience any more, I have a lot of trouble learning and retaining new information and my short term memory has been all but destroyed. Reading is especially hard, by the time I get to the end of a sentence I can't remember what I just read. I have to read it over and over 'til I get to the point that I just get really pissed off at myself and I have to stop. I've had a lot of trouble remembering where or how things go back or go together. I can't keep up with parts and tools, I spend a lot of time each day just trying to find something that I was using 5 min. ago. It gets so frustrating that after I cuss myself out for being so stupid I just quit and go in the house. Sometimes I'll go back out after an hour or two, sometimes I may not go back for two or three days. If you smoke, STOP, it ruined my life.

And, time is not on my side, I'm being forced to move from the house I've been renting for almost 11 years and the end of October and I'll no longer have a garage to work in, so I've got to get'im on the road, gonna need it for moving.

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

And, time is not on my side, I'm being forced to move from the house I've been renting for almost 11 years and the end of October and I'll no longer have a garage to work in, so I've got to get'im on the road, gonna need it for moving.

I'm not giving up yet, I detest starting something I can't finish.

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

I'm not giving up yet, I detest starting something I can't finish.

I've got power to the starter now, I adjusted the ignition switch thanx to RonD and Angie. I still have no power to the fuel pump however. Gonna start testing wires and relays tomorrow. I have found several places talking about how to test a 5 pin starter relay and a 5 pin EEC relay but I can't find any information on mine, mine has 4 pins, not 5. I've also seen several diagrams and videos on how to check pins 87,86,30, etc. but my pins are numbered 1-4. Where can I find info on how to check a 4 pin relay and what the individual pins are for?

 

[bobbywalter]

Start with the inertia switch

 

[ABSOLOOT LOONASEA]

Start with the inertia switch

I checked it already to see if the button had popped up, now I check it a little further, Thanx!!!!