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    6/04/2023 4:19 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    Brake light switch on a 66 coupe (if that matters)
    Pretty sure its a broken wire connection and not just an adjustment.
    PLEASE tell me somebody has come up with a way to get your hands/head/light/tools all in the space under the dash. I disconnected the clutch pedal and it is flopped down to the floor and 'pretty much' outta the way.
    Anybody come up with a less painful fix ?!
    tanx
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    6/04/2023 5:06 PM  #2

    Alan
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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    i found that if i put mine on the lift, i can lift it up about 4 to 5 feet and stand up to reach in and work on it. Lifts are a wonderful invention.

    67 Coupe, 5.0 EEC IV Fuel injected. T5, 3:70 rear
     

    6/04/2023 6:49 PM  #3

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    Recruit a small kid in the neighborhood and show him how to do it.🤪

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    6/04/2023 8:34 PM  #4

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    With only 4 screws at the top and 2 screws at the bottom I would go ahead an pull the dash gauge cluster Easy Peasy Sal !

    Member since 2003, Mustang Steve has always been my homepage. 67 FastBack..Future engine is currently my coffee table
     

    6/04/2023 8:53 PM  #5

    MS
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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    Quicksilver wrote:

    With only 4 screws at the top and 2 screws at the bottom I would go ahead an pull the dash gauge cluster Easy Peasy Sal !

    What he said…

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    6/04/2023 10:12 PM  #6

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    You can spend way too much time on your back reconnecting the speedo cable  ... the brake switch is lower. I've had enough hours of practice, that I usually get the cable on the first attempt.
     

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    6/05/2023 6:54 AM  #7

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    You should have BB do it for ya.

     

    6/05/2023 7:44 AM  #8

    Jim Bowie
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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    After spending two evenings and leaving alot of DNA samples under the dash trying to replace the broken clutch cable last year, a very dim light came on and said pull the instrument cluster, in ten minutes the cable  was hooked up and running,  

     

    6/05/2023 5:32 PM  #9

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    DANG-IT......why din'ut I think of that! (I did really butt ....not until the second day!)
    I just finished up the install........jus need to tie-wrap & tidy up a little under there now.

    Next question:................Is Fentanyl   a good treatment for prolonged bouts of standing on ones head & shoulders for hours at a time ?!
      I "heard" its the drug that just keeps-on-giving!
    Tanx for the great tips guys.........sorts wish I had done it that way !!!!
    6sally6

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    6/05/2023 5:38 PM  #10

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    I am no expert, but I hear Fentanyl will permanently eliminate any and all pain you may have.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    6/05/2023 5:39 PM  #11

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    I have a longer speedo cable that lets me connect it to the speedo before placing the cluster in the dash.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    6/06/2023 7:56 AM  #12

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    Re: In NEED of a silver bullet !!!.......

    MS wrote:

    I have a longer speedo cable that lets me connect it to the speedo before placing the cluster in the dash.

     
    The reason I got an electric speedometer. It works off of the VSS which signals the cruise control as well.
    YMMV!

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

     

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