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Lounge / ANOTHER issue found with my '79 T-bird
Quote from: jcassity;420891
there may just be a small amplifier circuit in there that is now needing some time to warm up before it works.
i have  solid state GE radio that does something similar.

Jcassity,

I have no idea what's going on with it... Since I cannot afford to replace the radio I have just learned to live with it.  If I could afford to do so, I'd be driving something else, but since I've been unemployed for quite some time, that's not gonna happen anytime real soon.

Thanks for your insight!
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Lounge / New job :)
Congrats Dougy on the new gig...

I'm glad someone is able to find employment out there!  I've been looking since 2003 without much luck.  A month ago, I had my first interview in like 3 years and that led nowhere.
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Lounge / ANOTHER issue found with my '79 T-bird
Quote from: softtouch;420140
Does this mean the radio never comes on in ACC ? How about the windshield wipers, power windows, trunk release, any of that stuff work in ACC ?
Trying to determine if you have a power problem related to a bad ignition switch.

Softtouch...

Yes that is correct.  As I stated before, the ONLY WAY that the radio will work is if the car has been running for a few minutes and then its OK.  To answer your question, the wipers work fine in ACC... the car doesn't have power windows or a trunk release.
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Lounge / ANOTHER issue found with my '79 T-bird
Hey softtouch....

Vacuum Tubes??  That's funny!

Anyways after testing the radio with the ignition in ACC its dead.  And the same problem as before still exists with the radio.
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Lounge / ANOTHER issue found with my '79 T-bird
THANKS AGAIN to 88turbo and softtouch for your help in dx'ing my turn signal problem... it was the turn signal flasher as the fuse for the turn signals was good. 

But now I have another issue going on...  it seems that when I first turn on the radio (and don't laugh when I say that its an AM only radio) after a cold start it doesn't seem to work.  But after I've had the car running for a few minutes, it seems to work just fine.

Any ideas or suggestions on where to look first??
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Lounge / 1979 T-Bird w/no turn signals
I am hoping that someone on here has the answer to this...

Just recently lost all turn signal functionality on my '79 T-Bird.  At first the right signal went out then the left one.  What is or isn't happening:

The interior turn signal indicators aren't lit nor is there any clicking sound indicating a turn.  Also there is no exterior indication for turns.  My initial though was a burned-out bulb somewhere, but I don't think that it would be a bulb since it took out the interior indicators AND the turn indicator sound.  My next guess is that it would be a fuse??  But I'm no ASE mechanic nor do I have the $$$ available to start "chasing" parts.

ANY ideas from the forum gurus??