74 Duster issues
06-23-2012, 10:31 AM
#1
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74 Duster issues
Hopefully 440roadrunner will chime in here, but here we go.
Good friend of mine has a 74 Duster and shes been having issues with the ignition switch / lock cylinder. Loose and popping out of the column and then the car would shut off.
Then she'd have to restart the car and go.
Also had issues with turn signals intermittently not working.
I went over to her house, pulled the wheel off, pulled the column apart and replaced the lock cylinder. Good to go. Nice and tight and works like new.
Put everything back together, no turn signals AT ALL. Hazards work only on DRIVER side.
Swapped the flashers for hazards and turn signals, then nothing worked, but both flashers clicked as they should.
The car is a wiring mess, but I'm (hopefully) thinking its the $70 turn signal switch that I can buy for her and put it in, or possibly the $16 cam cancel for the turn signals.
Just wondering if anyone has had some sort of issue with the later 70s cars.
I just want to get her car back up to speed, it's her daily...
Thanks guys.
Good friend of mine has a 74 Duster and shes been having issues with the ignition switch / lock cylinder. Loose and popping out of the column and then the car would shut off.
Then she'd have to restart the car and go.
Also had issues with turn signals intermittently not working.
I went over to her house, pulled the wheel off, pulled the column apart and replaced the lock cylinder. Good to go. Nice and tight and works like new.
Put everything back together, no turn signals AT ALL. Hazards work only on DRIVER side.
Swapped the flashers for hazards and turn signals, then nothing worked, but both flashers clicked as they should.
The car is a wiring mess, but I'm (hopefully) thinking its the $70 turn signal switch that I can buy for her and put it in, or possibly the $16 cam cancel for the turn signals.
Just wondering if anyone has had some sort of issue with the later 70s cars.
I just want to get her car back up to speed, it's her daily...
Thanks guys.
06-23-2012, 11:31 AM
#2
Here try this
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/...d.php?t=194804
I know of no "inherent" problems with the signal switches, but they do fail, and after all, they are getting old. "Back in the day" I used to find a certain number that failed the 4x flasher switch, and this was "just amoung friends" so I have no idea how many, statistically, might have failed
On some cars getting the connector for the signal switch out is a bitch unless you pull out the individual pins. One way around this is to cut the old one close to the switch, and cut the new one close to the connector
Be certain, though, before you condemn the switch, that you carefully check bulbs, grounds, and sockets
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/...d.php?t=194804
I know of no "inherent" problems with the signal switches, but they do fail, and after all, they are getting old. "Back in the day" I used to find a certain number that failed the 4x flasher switch, and this was "just amoung friends" so I have no idea how many, statistically, might have failed
On some cars getting the connector for the signal switch out is a bitch unless you pull out the individual pins. One way around this is to cut the old one close to the switch, and cut the new one close to the connector
Be certain, though, before you condemn the switch, that you carefully check bulbs, grounds, and sockets
Last edited by 440roadrunner; 06-23-2012 at 11:36 AM.
06-23-2012, 05:08 PM
#3
Mopar Lover
Thread Starter
Thanks for the quick reply.
She seemed to found the issue. Loose connection on the connector on the column.
The car has had a lot of hacking into the harness, and supposedly someone redid a lot of it, nothing of which I could see was fixed...
When I get back from schooling for good I plan on going over all the grounds and sockets, connectors, ect.
I may just try to find a complete harness out of a parts car For her and we can start from scratch.
Thanks again!
She seemed to found the issue. Loose connection on the connector on the column.
The car has had a lot of hacking into the harness, and supposedly someone redid a lot of it, nothing of which I could see was fixed...
When I get back from schooling for good I plan on going over all the grounds and sockets, connectors, ect.
I may just try to find a complete harness out of a parts car For her and we can start from scratch.
Thanks again!
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