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High Beam switch

Hey guys.

The cougar finally hit 200k tonight.  As a blessing the cougar decided to break my high beam swtich and of course with the high beams on.  How hard is it to change this switch?  The car is an 86 and the lever will still turn on the turn signals but will not operate the high beams.  It moves front to back but has no tension in it.


Thanks for the help guys.

tc
1986 Mercury Cougar -- Midnight Wine and Taupe  ($1700) in 1999 w/ 103,000 miles.  Now with a motor from an 87 with 54K on it.
1988 Mercury Cougar -- Light Sandlewood Metalic  ($40)  in 2003 with 111,000 miles.  Needs a fender, some welding and a good tune up.  Possibly my next daily if i ever get it to the shop.
1991 GMC Sonoma, My $50 daily driver.

High Beam switch

Reply #1 –
Hello,

It's a simple thing to change the hi/lo turn signal switch assy, just remove the column plastic, maybe 4 or 5 phillips screws, and You will see the switch assy, unplug the connector on that, remove the screws retain this on the steering column, that's all...

Any turn signal/hi lo switch from '85-88 from Tbird/cougar will fit here (My '85 bird have a '88 Cougar switch)...

'83-'84 have a different looking arm (square, not round) and I don't know if the connector is the same, but the 85-88 switches are the most common at the junkyard,  I do'n know if the stangs and LTD's fox body have the same switches (never checked)...

When You have the "new" multifunction switch, reassemble in reverse stated below, that's all!!!...

Have a nice Day,

Dom.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]1985 Thunderbird 3.8 carbed 57k original, summer car.
1980 Econoline inline 6 300ci 300k, winter/working.
1988 Base Bird finally crushed... RIP.

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High Beam switch

Reply #2 –
i thought it was pretty easy.  I've got an 88 That needs a new steering column so i'll yank it out of that.

Thanks

t
1986 Mercury Cougar -- Midnight Wine and Taupe  ($1700) in 1999 w/ 103,000 miles.  Now with a motor from an 87 with 54K on it.
1988 Mercury Cougar -- Light Sandlewood Metalic  ($40)  in 2003 with 111,000 miles.  Needs a fender, some welding and a good tune up.  Possibly my next daily if i ever get it to the shop.
1991 GMC Sonoma, My $50 daily driver.

High Beam switch

Reply #3 –
A few days late, but... once you remove the column covers, check to see if maybe the "activating post" has just pulled out of the assembly. It's the silvery shaft at the center of this pic, it has splines on the inner end, and just pushes into the black part that the signal lever goes into. If it comes out, then there's nothing to push against the flat metal link that pushes the green high-low switch at the top of the pic.
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1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

High Beam switch

Reply #4 –
That is a very common switch most of the 80's fords had that switch. As you can see in the pic that the turn signal lever pulls right out. So it doesn't matter witch year as long as you have the lever that matches your car. And yes the 83-84 has thesame switch.
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