67 with 79 tilt auto column American Autowire question

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67 with 79 tilt auto column American Autowire question

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Looking for some help. I have a 67 that has a 79 tilt auto steering column (I recently rebuilt the entire column). I just purchased an American Autowire harness (67 harness) and want to know how to match the wires up with the provided male/female plugs ( I will be building the terminal ends and I need to know what the colored wires on the turn signal switch run to, to then match them up to the wires on the new harness) Also would like to know what the gear selector light wires to, to be active when the head lights are turned on. The previous owner had the old wiring so hacked together and the switch and lights never worked correctly. Thanks for any help.
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Re: 67 with 79 tilt auto column American Autowire question

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"Ohgoose"Looking for some help. I have a 67 that has a 79 tilt auto steering column (I recently rebuilt the entire column). I just purchased an American Autowire harness (67 harness) and want to know how to match the wires up with the provided male/female plugs ( I will be building the terminal ends and I need to know what the colored wires on the turn signal switch run to, to then match them up to the wires on the new harness) Also would like to know what the gear selector light wires to, to be active when the head lights are turned on. The previous owner had the old wiring so hacked together and the switch and lights never worked correctly. Thanks for any help.
Memory serves me correct the Ford OEM wiring for the indicator lamp on the column was blue with a red stripe, (shown here).

http://www.fordification.com/tech/wirin ... -chart.gif

Here's the 67' Ford OEM wiring harness schematic regardless as it might help you:
http://www.fordification.com/tech/wirin ... iagram.jpg

And my 79' tilt was pretty straight forward using the 79' tilt tutorial here:

http://www.fordification.com/tech/tilt.htm

But...it will be hard for anyone here to help graft the wiring on this unless they have the aftermarket Autowire harness you're installing.
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Re: 67 with 79 tilt auto column American Autowire question

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Thanks for the info and links - will take a look and let you know how it turns out.
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Lifetime retired HVAC tech here.
When there was a lot of "control wiring" in my line of work one techniques that always helped was to first wire/complete the obvious, (the ones you know of for sure) then work your way toward the remaining wiring. :wink:
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SOLD-71 F-350 dually flatbed, 302 / .030 over V-8 with a "baby"C-6, B & M truckshifter, Dana70/4.11 ratio, intermittent wipers, tilt steering, full LED lighting on the flat bed, and no stereo yet (this way I can hear the rattles to diagnose)! SOLD!
Many Ford bumps / one 76' EB / and several dents through the years.
A lot of "oddball" Ford parts collected from working on them for 34 years now!
2008 Ford Escape 4 x 4
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