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My 'new' 62 had some problems I needed to fix and
I've been busy playing metalshaping and the 62 has been consuming my shop.
The problems are:
AC doesnt work
Power seat doesnt work
Some windows don't work
Fortunately the seat was all the way back so it
fits me but today I fiddled with the knob and it started working, kinda.
Suspect dirty contacts.
The windows were a bigger problem. None of
the doors had the vapor barrier and the new door panels were already
musty. The right rear window would go down from the drivers side and up
from the window switch. In pulling switch, I discovered one contact was
burned away. I rebuilt the switch by scavaging a contact from one of the
bad 61 switches and 'peened' it in place.
The window still did not work right which is why
the contact had burned off I suspect. Finally discovered someone had
brazed a tooth on the regulator so I pulled a regulator out of the 61 parts
car. After about 6 hours of futzing with it, it still would not work
unless I ran a jumper to the motor wires. FINALLY discovered that the
voltage at the window was only 7.71 but at the master 13.4. Tracing
things, I discovered 15.5V on the wire further up the line and determined that
there must be a break in it and it just can't carry the load. I spliced a
new wire in and soldered it in parallel to the old and everything
works.
Tomorrow I'll put the panel back on and work on the
seat and AC.
KerryP
Patch panels fabricated Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx dte.net/57imperial Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 62, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a bunch of lesser marques |
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