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If you switch to LED lamps you may need to upgrade your flasher unit as well. The LED units don't draw nearly as much power as the 1157's, so there may not be enough current draw in the circuit to make a thermal flasher unit work properly. Sylvania sells a Silverstar 1157 bulb that is...

It's been a year now since i tore my 71 dart apart. It's on its way back together now. But, after a year, you kind of forget stuff. On the back of the parking light assembly there is a .250 tab that aparently grounds the parking light bulb. Is that true? If so, is there a separate lead that...

The cheapo way to do it is to find a 1972 V8 car with electronic ignition. Electronic ignition was optional during the 1st half of the 1972 model year, so the electronic ignition wiring harness was separate from the main wiring harness that year. Electronic ignition was a $25 option back...

Did you try a different vendor on the ballast resistors? Cheap parts are cheap parts, and even tier one vendors put out bad batches from time to time.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. When I picked my 1947 Chrysler up from the body shop, I noticed that it discharged, according to the ammeter, when I stepped on the gas, and charged when I left off. The radio worked fabulously. Back in those days, 6 volt cars were positive ground, and both...

The plastic gear has a metal hub that drives the shaft, and there is a set screw in the hub, which of course is frozen in place. Might as well be working on one of the POS radios from 1930 that is loaded with potmetal. Daredevil's bfh suggestion is a good one, I may have to look into that. In...

His website says that he no longer works on radios, just 8 track and cassette units, and, in so many words, to not bother him with plain old radios anymore. Thanks for the lead, though. I suspect the tuning problem is a common one. If I can get the set apart, I think I can shim the collar...

I have an AM/FM radio I want to put in my 71 dart. Problem is, the tuning section isn't working. When you turn the tuning knob, the knob shaft turns, which drives a plastic gear that turns a shaft that runs through the induction tuning section. The plastic gear itself turns, but the shaft it...

No rhyme of reason with the bulb numbering system. The 168 is brighter than the 194 which is brighter than the 158. The paper catalogue, usually posted near the bulb display, has the wattage listed of each element of each bulb number. AAP stocks 10 packs of these bulbs near their commercial...