![]() If you can send pics of what you have I can probably help get things working correctly. All of these connections could be loose causing your intermitent operation. The wire could also be attached to the fuse panel. If so you now know where to start your search. Disconnect the battery first and see if you have an additional wire attached to the rear window cut off switch. To check the wiring remove the switch gang from the center console. I have never ordered the aftermarket replacements. They are available NOS ( New Old Stock) but are getting harder to find. I did take apart a parts car with the same problem but this one appeared to have a bunch of melted wiores.Īs for the relay. Based onall the various fixes I have seen most mechanics/owners did not know the relay existed.Īs your underhood wiring harness was spliced, one would need to trace each wire to make sure the splice was to the same colored wire. One of the easy fixes is to bypass the relay and wire the windows directly at the relay easy to do but hard to get at the relay. Not an elegant fix but the windows would work. They or their mechanic would find a hot wire under the dash and run it to the switches. Many of the 64 birds had the relay bypassed by previous owners. Give the center cowl just behind the air cleaner a peek. I have read on here from other 64 owners they have found their Stoplamp relay next to the washer pump, other have stated they have found theirs next to the voltage regulator, where the horn relay should be. ![]() But since our 64 is early production (8/63) it didn't get factory seat belts or a seat belt light. ![]() My stop lamp relay is located inder the left side of the dash, where the Seat Belt Light Relay would normally be located. Below that closer to the bulkhead connector would be the Neutral Safety Relay for Convertibles.Ī note, the Neutral Safety Relay and Stoplamp (Turn signal) Relay are the same part #. Directly under the boot would be the Window Safety Relay. I meant in the engine compartment, under the right cowl drain boot. Will order a new window motor tomorrow so that problem will be solved.I have the same problem with my 64 hardtop but the turn signal relay is the only one in the position given for the window relay. It did work but was moving very slowly, conncted the wires from the engine to the wiring loom in the door, it was just as slow as with an external battery. took it off the car and connected it to a battery. Fits multiple Ford vehicles, sold individually. Power Door Window & Power Seat Motor Repair. This can also be used as a custom modification for your 1958-1960 Hardtop. Maplight for 1958-1960 Thunderbird Convertible. Depending on model and year, this relay is usually located under the hood or instrument panel. This company provides insulation panels for 1955-1966 Tbirds. All 12V power for the window switches has to go through this safety relay for your windows to work. The drivers side engine was full of old crap.thats way that one did not work. If none of your windows operate, the first thing to check is this relay for power going in and coming out. will double check the wiring tomorrow to test if i have switched the + and - wires going to one side of the button. Checked the switch after taking it appart and cleaning it.my friend did it the first time.and I discovered that he had put the brass plate on the back of the switch on the wrong way making a connection between - and - instead of + and +( meaning 12v only one side of the button making it go up and not down. I think at leas we now get the window engine to go up and down from the drivers side controlls, and up but not down on the passanger side controlls. We had the switch out and cleaned it.and wiring going in to the connector plastic socket fell out of the socket.we must have put it back in the wrong order, because when we followed the schematics. We did change the passanger side power window motor earlier.and it would not work after reinstalling it. Progress.I did find wiring schematics for the power window of 70 thunderbird.More or less the same.except from wiring colors.
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