Try as I might I cannot get the turn signal cancel plastic spring. The 59 has two little plastic tangs which are riveted to the turn signal cam. One was broken, and all I can find is the typical Ford C shaped one that all later Ford products use. I bought the C shaped one and modified it and riveted it to my turn signal cam.
Well as luck would have it...its about 1/16" too small and doesnt contact the tang on the steering wheel.
It looks like '58 and older cars used metal tangs with springs. Will these work for a '59?
As a last question, I bought a cheap Ebay adjustable digital flasher to run my LED lights (works great!) But of course it is silent, so I forget to turn the signals off. Anyone have some type of noise maker idea, that would pretty much negate the cancel cam issue.
thanks!
Look at some of the "back-up" buzzers/beepers. Installed one for a friend who is very hard of hearing, he was happy, his wife not so much.....
There is a replacement... make sure the center slot is the correct orientation.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Ford-Country-Squire-Turn-Signal-Repair-Kit-SMP-58745CY/392398922077?fits=Year%3A1959%7CMake%3AFord&hash=item5b5ccc615d:g:dA4AAOSwoSRdY2bQ:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!70816!US!-1
That is the one I bought. I'll get some pictures of the old ones. There are two identical plastic "springs" which were riveted to a steel plate.
These are the plastic springs which were riveted to the turn signal plate.
I have two '59 turn signal switches. Both of them are made with the single nylon piece. I did have an old Edsel switch that had the riveted style.
Lynn,
Can you take a picture of the '59s you have? I've yet to see another like the one which is in my car. This car was a bit pieced together, but the steering column was the correct color, so I assumed it was indeed for a '59. Unfortunately I didnt take any pictures of it before or after I put the wheel on.
Here are the pics. I bought this one on eBay knowing it needed repair.
Wow, those look nothing like what is in my column. I wonder if mine is from a different car. Although it is the same color as the car, and the colum shift parts (to make it a manual) were a different color due to not being original.
If I remember right the one that is in my car is the same. It was an NOS Ford part in the box with a B9A part number. Maybe there was a running part redesign...
I just looked at my spare 59 steering column and signal light switch, mine doesn't appear to have any plastic in the switch.
Here is a link to one on eBay that is still in the box. The one that I had that came with the Edsel Column I had looked like the "all metal" version if I remember right.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-FORD-Edsel-Mercury-Galaxie-Turn-Signal-Switch-Assembly-1959-1960-1961-1962/274400310817?epid=1750999504&hash=item3fe3887621:g:DfEAAOSwQv1e6mHo