Brought the hearse out for a ride

[Reaper]

Seriously!

Unless you get a new harness and start over, you'll be hunting down wiring gremlins until you turn to dust

Indeed. I still have issues with the curb lights coming on whenever they feel (which I think is a grounding problem), and the turn signals blinking too fast (which I think is caused by the curb lights not working.) At least I had the lower fender panels taken off and new metal welded on. It looks real good now and I will post pics in a minute here.

[Psychoholic]

Seriously!

Unless you get a new harness and start over, you'll be hunting down wiring gremlins until you turn to dust

[travlinman]

It's never over.

[Reaper]

Yeah I found out that whomever had the car before me had connected all the wires going to the tail lights with a bunch of wire tappers instead of wire connectors so one of them was grounding out. What a mess it is. I still need to change them all to wire connectors. Now if I could find out why the side curb lights won't come on, my wiring problems would be over.

[daviidwilson]

LOL indeed I get a ton of those and a lot of hootin and hollerin. Even had a guy at a grocery store in the lot tell me that he doesn't know why, but that he thought that was the coolest car. Thing about having a hearse is that alot of people don't have them and more and more are thinking they are awesome.

I am having problems with the electrical for the front drivers side turn signal though. When I put a replacement bulb in, it stays lite and doesn't flash when the indicator is on. When I took the bulb out and touched both prongs together, the back turn signal worked but the front passenger side blinked with it. When I turn on the headlights, the drivers side back turn signal just stays on without blinking. Thinking I might have to see if I can run some direct wiring from the fusebox to the turn signal. I need that thing working to have it totally road legal. Any ideas? I know wiring problems can be a total bitch.

Oh and today I am going to herculiner the top where the vinyl used to be. Its all been sanded and ready to coat. I think this stuff will protect better than the vinyl will.

I'm havin' nine kindsa' hell with the brake lights on the Lincoln too. I think I've got it narrowed down to the brake switch, just gotta' contort myself up under the dash.
I was worried that the minor body damage on the drivers rear quarter that orginally broke out the lense had damaged the tail light/turn signal wiring. I just cleaned all my contacts, the pig tails inside the light sockets, and adjusted one of the socket contacts, and boom, the tail lights worked again.....for awhile. Got pissed, and pumped on the brakes and had brake lights every time......
Last week I just shot the switch with WD40 and once again, we had brake lights......
I got lucky, I sure didn't want to track down any more wiring than I had too.
Good Luck on that turn signal/marker light!
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[Hearse_SS]

AHh im still anxiously awaiting gettin Vicky back out on the road. SHe had to endure a engine cradel swap, new struts on the front prolly an altenatior now and new back tires.

[Reaper]

Could be wrong but i was under the impression that the generator is an old school alternator

No, you are correct. I was mistaken and meant to say a/c compressor. Sorry about that lol

[Dasvigo]

Could be wrong but i was under the impression that the generator is an old school alternator

[Reaper]

Parts

I found someone on e-bay that is parting out a 72. I already won the pair of turn signals with the sockets attached to them. She is also going to sell me the rear backup lights, a blower motor that is still working, a pair of landau bars, and probably a rearview mirror that I needed. I can get a lot of this for one bundled price.
I also managed to get one of the belts back on the air compressor, fan, and water pump systems so I can transport it to the mechanic without worry of overheating. It was the a/c compressor that went out on it, not the generator. The wheel on it is definitely seized up so he will rebuild it and check out a knock that I had when I left the mechanic to pick the car up. The girl on ebay says she is having the same issue where you hear it and it gets faster as the car picks up speed. Its coming from below and you can slightly feel it, so I suspect either something on the driveshaft or one of the steering components.

[Reaper]

Looks good. did You spray it or roll it?

I rolled it on. Took 2 coats and most of my saturday as you have to wait 2 hours inbetween coats. And I found that the generator in the engine seized up as I can see where the belts melted away. Mechanic says he can rebuild it so I will take his word for it. What the hell does a car need a generator for if it has an alternator? Is it an A/C generator?

[travlinman]

Roof

Looks good. did You spray it or roll it?

[Reaper]

Damn, always something to ruin the day. Started taking off with the hearse to a buddy's house and a loud squeal occurred and then a little smoke billowed out of the engine compartment. Luckily I was just leaving the house so I turned back and opened it up back at the house to find out that 2 belts totally snapped and were eaten. A 3rd was getting to that point as well. I am hoping not, but I fear something froze up like the water pump. When it cools down I will have to see if I can move any of the wheels. Be time to take it to the mechanic again :/

And I also had just put two coats of Herculiner on the roof of it. It looks good and not drippy like you might get when you get it sprayed on at some joint.

[Tulsa Guy]

I'm havin' nine kindsa' hell with the brake lights on the Lincoln too. I think I've got it narrowed down to the brake switch, just gotta' contort myself up under the dash.
I was worried that the minor body damage on the drivers rear quarter that orginally broke out the lense had damaged the tail light/turn signal wiring. I just cleaned all my contacts, the pig tails inside the light sockets, and adjusted one of the socket contacts, and boom, the tail lights worked again.....for awhile. Got pissed, and pumped on the brakes and had brake lights every time......
Last week I just shot the switch with WD40 and once again, we had brake lights......
I got lucky, I sure didn't want to track down any more wiring than I had too.
Good Luck on that turn signal/marker light!

[Reaper]

We took our Lincoln out today too after installing our salvage yard turn signals and lower body trim. Good day to be out in OK. I made it a point to bless all the starers.......

LOL indeed I get a ton of those and a lot of hootin and hollerin. Even had a guy at a grocery store in the lot tell me that he doesn't know why, but that he thought that was the coolest car. Thing about having a hearse is that alot of people don't have them and more and more are thinking they are awesome.

I am having problems with the electrical for the front drivers side turn signal though. When I put a replacement bulb in, it stays lite and doesn't flash when the indicator is on. When I took the bulb out and touched both prongs together, the back turn signal worked but the front passenger side blinked with it. When I turn on the headlights, the drivers side back turn signal just stays on without blinking. Thinking I might have to see if I can run some direct wiring from the fusebox to the turn signal. I need that thing working to have it totally road legal. Any ideas? I know wiring problems can be a total bitch.

Oh and today I am going to herculiner the top where the vinyl used to be. Its all been sanded and ready to coat. I think this stuff will protect better than the vinyl will.

[Tulsa Guy]

We took our Lincoln out today too after installing our salvage yard turn signals and lower body trim. Good day to be out in OK. I made it a point to bless all the starers.......