ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 1, 2021 I pucked up a solid 70 coupe project last week. Been working on headlight, driving light, turn signal issues for few days. Today found upper left wire going into firewall harness plug out of the plug. Thats a problem. Unplugged from fuse box and found pin missing and female connector in fuse box side seems missing too. Short of new harness and fuse box, how do i fix this? I hate electrical. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stevewr54 12 Report post Posted January 1, 2021 Wire around the connector would be the simplest. Looks to me you have a pin that has gotten plenty hot and melted. You will have to wire around this as well. The one in the second picture below and to the left of the screw. Those terminals are junk once they have been hot. That's probably your headlight issue. Halogen bulbs pull more current than the stock ones. Hope this helps, Steve 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 1, 2021 Good idea Steve. That's the way I'm leaning now as a temporary fix til later. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 I would do it right and get new connectors, you could try Midlife: http://midlifeharness.com/ 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Great service. Do they fix fuse box missing female connector as well? Thank you Mach1 driver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Midlife 814 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Yes they do. That pin is for the low beam of the headlights. There must have been a short somewhere, either in the headlight harness or the underdash harness. Probably best to send both harnesses in to repair the damage. I may have to replace both portions of the green connector if sufficient damage. My website is http://midlifeharness.com 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Thank you Midlife. I'm not in hurry to take entire harness out of car, but when I get there I will reach your way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Welcome to the forum Ron. How bout posting some pics of your 70 coupe, and tell us or at least me what part of the world y'all call home? I'm a curious lad. 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 I live in Ogden, UT area. I'm a mustang guy...this coupe make 4 I currently own. The coupe is to have a 70 driver, my pride and joy is a pristine 70 BOSS 302. Here are my 70s. Thank you for the welcome. 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Man, that 70 Boss is pretty 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike65 475 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Welcome to the forum Ron. Very nice looking Boss 302. I like the 70 Coupe, my first car was a 70 Coupe. 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Thank you. The Boss is my dream, but I'm excited to get this coupe back on the road after a lot of years. 1 Caseyrhe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 11 hours ago, ronandmelady said: I live in Ogden, UT area. I'm a mustang guy...this coupe make 4 I currently own. The coupe is to have a 70 driver, my pride and joy is a pristine 70 BOSS 302. Here are my 70s. Thank you for the welcome. Your Boss is gorgeous. Four Mustangs, sounds like you've got some hoarding issues :) I wanna know what's under the blue car cover in the first pic! 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 08 GT500 that I've KR cloned. 12k miles, FP TVS swapped, FR twin 65 TB, 3:73 gears. My rocket ship. 4 RPM, JayEstes, Caseyrhe and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mustangstofear 608 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Beautiful Boss 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 2, 2021 Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danno 128 Report post Posted January 3, 2021 You must like projects. You already have the best cars available to mankind, yet you step back to the simple 70 coupe. It is so great to see another one of us who appreciates the old metal. 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 3, 2021 Thank you Danno. I am pretty lucky. I just couldn't pass this coupe up. Very solid, original paint (so nothing hidden there), and pretty rare coupe with factory 351w, FMX, and 9 inch rear end. Also engine full rebuild with <500 miles on it. It was the right car for the right price to be my old school driver/project. Electrical is kicking my butt...for now. We'll figure it out. Ron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted January 3, 2021 59 minutes ago, ronandmelady said: Electrical is kicking my butt...for now. We'll figure it out. Ron Fly Mach 1 driver out for a week, he'll get it fixed right in no time. But Midlife is driving distance, so... :) 1 1 ronandmelady and Mach1 Driver reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 3, 2021 I'm not too proud to do something like that. Think have good lead on factory (good) wire harness. Just will keep plugging forward. If spring comes and still struggling, will relook at attack. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 9, 2021 Update on electrical progress: I pulled the firewall plug and got my bearings correct of the pins this time. I pushed/pulled the burnt pin further out of plug and cleaned up. Found that wire pulled out of plug was for park/marker lights and got it back where belongs. Electric lubed all pins and put back together. I now have high/low beam lights. Hurray! Still no turn signals and only right front drive/marker lights. That will be next. Have harness coming soon to try that route. Progress! 4 RPM, Caseyrhe, Mach1 Driver and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caseyrhe 650 Report post Posted January 9, 2021 Persistence and patience pays off!! 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPM 1,190 Report post Posted January 9, 2021 Great news. Now do a smokey burnout in that B2 for us. And don't forget to post a pic for us :) 2 ronandmelady and Caseyrhe reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 Nice looking stable you've got. Welcome to my forum and congrats on getting it figured out. 1 ronandmelady reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronandmelady 14 Report post Posted January 14, 2021 Thank you very much Grabber70Mach. At least headlights working. The nightmare has begun on park/marker/turn signals, but we will figure that out too. 1 Grabber70Mach reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
