divemaster5734
Registered User
Tearing out the dash on a 1989 F350 Lariat Centurion conversion today.
It's a short body crew cab base with one tank.
Found this tank switch with the selector electrical tapped to the 1 selection.
It was buried deep behind the dash, right next to the clutch interlock connector with the bypass jumper in it.
That switch has been hanging by it's wires since March, 1989, when it left the Canada Ford factory.
I honestly can't imagine how pissed I would have been had a bump moved the switch, or, if the switch just decided to fail, shutting off the dual tank solenoid mounted on the frame rail and causing a break down on the road.
It really puts the heinous Centurion wiring in perspective.
To anyone who has ever jury rigged something.. and haven't we all.. Ford just laughs.
btw, that connector in the picture is not the interlock one, that's still buried, for now.
It's a short body crew cab base with one tank.
Found this tank switch with the selector electrical tapped to the 1 selection.
It was buried deep behind the dash, right next to the clutch interlock connector with the bypass jumper in it.
That switch has been hanging by it's wires since March, 1989, when it left the Canada Ford factory.
I honestly can't imagine how pissed I would have been had a bump moved the switch, or, if the switch just decided to fail, shutting off the dual tank solenoid mounted on the frame rail and causing a break down on the road.
It really puts the heinous Centurion wiring in perspective.
To anyone who has ever jury rigged something.. and haven't we all.. Ford just laughs.
btw, that connector in the picture is not the interlock one, that's still buried, for now.