| Bubba's Place | ||
| 2005-08-07 | ||
 1. The motor is a 5.0 V8 from a 1992 Mustang that was rebuilt at 20,000 miles. It now has 90,000 since the rebuild. Unfortunatly the real victim of all this sitting had been the interior, which has grown mouldy and stinky. That and the fact that the chassis and parts of the drive train have the cars odometer reading of 190,000 miles. The engine was put in at 100,000. Another good part was the fact that I was averaging about 21-22 MPG driving to and from Boston. Now for the aforementioned experiment. I successfully converted the Lincoln from a steering column ignition switch to a dashboard ignition switch. What I did was take a dash switch out of a late 70's Ford truck that also had the key with it. That could be important unless you have the knowlege of drilling out the lock so you can turn it to the accessory position to remove it from the switch. If you were to unplug the wiring harness from a Late 70's dash switch and an 80's column switch and look at it, you would see a bunch of copper tabs that are identified by markings in the plastic surrounding them. Every single tab in either switch is an exact match to the other. All you need to do is a little wire splicing to tie the dash switch into the wiring in the steering column. Be sure to use the same guage wire. The primary wiring is 12 AWG stranded, and the starter wire is 2 pieces of 18 AWG tied into the same terminal. All the wire is factory color coded, so you have to keep track of what wires you tie together. If all the wiring is correct, then the former column switch car will start and run off the dash switch without any problems at all. The next trick is making a bracket and mounting the switch on the dashboard. And now for my next to be named later crazy experiment. When I think one up, that is. Go Sox!!!!!!!!!
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