I acquired the car over a year ago after it sat in a sage brush patch for nearly 12 years.....The past year i have got it running, and was able to take it on a few spins down the street, but the question i am having is that i have no power to the park lights...I replaced the switch with a NOS piece because the old one was messed up, headlights would work, but would go out.....obvious a bad switch plus i had no park lights and no dash lights, The new one fixed the headlight dilemma, but i still have no power to the park lights or side markers.....The best i have got out of the park lights was the driver side would buen barely and flash when the 4 ways were activated but other than that, i have had not much luck.....Is there a fusible link or fuse hidden inline somewhere im not seeing, I cant seem to find a spot on the fuse block for the associated park lamps....Can anyone with wiring help me with this ordeal....any help at all would be of great use and appreciation
I have a 1979 Ford Thunderbird, changed headlight switch, no park lights?
o-k.These parking lamps If I recall correctly have a self grounding socket in the parking lamp.More than likely the sockets are corroded and not making proper ground.
I suggest you buy new parking lamp Assemblies or call around to junk yards out west in Arizona or down in California were corrosion isn't as much of an issue and see if they may have a set or can get you some.
A way to check this is to take the parking lamps out and on a clean spot somewhere on the parking lamp housing touch a piece of wire to it and the other end to something metal on the vehicle while the headlamps are on.If they light up then there is your issue.
Sometimes ford and Gm both put fuses for multiple things onto one fuse circuit.I know in one of my older ford trucks I used to have the horn,dome light and parking lamps were all on the same fuse even though all those were not listed.And even if it has a fuse for one of the above by itself doesn't mean it still don't tie into another fuse to work something else.Just get a test light from auto parts store and test all fuses under the dash board.check with vehicle ignition in on position with vehicle not running and lights off.Power to lights still is there as long as key is in on position.
Hope this helps!
