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Speaking of the jumper wire to the headlight
switch. My 69 was built in Jan 69 and had head restraints and ALSO has the
"SERVICE BULLETIN" recommended jumper from the bsttery to the headlight
switch. The reason was given that because there were so many lights in the
rear that the "normal" battery feed was not sufficient. My original AND
the Factory ordered replacement harnesses had the jumper wire and they even
followed the misprint in the FSM for the wires to the headlight
switch.
Aeyn & Ed
1975 LeBaron Four-Door Hardtop
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Decoding production
date for 69 Headlight Door Relay
The first step that the service manual reccomends is to
check all connections & check for good ground. Next it says to test the
operation of the motor by using jumper wires to connect the motor
directly to the battery. If the motor doesn't operate, that would be the
problem. I chose the earlier of the 2 relays & it was the correct
one.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 10:27
AM
Subject: IML: Decoding production date
for 69 Headlight Door Relay
That's a good clue, but it might not help him. Head
restraints were required as of Jan 1, 1969 production.
If you car
never had them, it was built no later than Dec 31, 1968. If it has them,
they were optional all model-year and could have been on a car built any
time. If it doesn't have them, you car could still have been built after
12/9/68 but before 1/1/69.
The build date can be found on your fender
tag, but two styles were apparently used in 1969.
If your car's
serial number (the last 8 digits of the VIN, starting with 9C) is listed at
the TOP RIGHT of your fender tag, look for the 6-digit "order number" at the
bottom right of the tag. The 3-digit code immediately to the left of this
order number is your "scheduled production date." Skip down one paragraph
for info on decoding it.
If your car's serial number is at the bottom
(note how the last 6 digits are listed after a space on this tag), the
6-digit "order number" is directly above those last 6 VIN digits. And the
3-digit production date is immediately to the left of the order
number.
The 3-digit schedule production date decodes as
follows:
- First digit = month. 8=Aug68, 9=Sep68, A=Oct68, B=Nov68,
C=Dec68, 1=Jan69, 2=Feb68, etc.
- Second and third digits are the day
of that month. So C09 would be the changeover date for your relay, and I
don't know what to do if it's built on that exact day!
Let us know
what you find, or write back for more help.
Chris in LA
67 Crown
78
NYB Salon
jsadowski (jsadowski@xxxxxxx) wrote:
Someone that knows how to read the build date should be able to tell
you when your car was built One thing I under stand is that the early cars
didn't have front headrests available, so if your car has them, it would be
a later build car.
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