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IowaTom 
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Joined: Mar/07/2018 Location: Kent Washington Status: Offline Points: 448 |
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 Posted: Jun/25/2019 at 2:12pm |
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With my fuel sender, it was a bad ground! Took the advice of dropping the tank a little, putting a wire under one of the screwsand running it to a good ground. Works great, much to my relief.
I've ordered a box of assorted roll pins for my steering wheel's signal cancel issue. Stay tuned! :-)
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990V8
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Posted: Jun/29/2019 at 4:59pm |
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Do you have a TSM? I found one on eBay.
There are sellers of old TSMs. Worth their weight in gold. The fuse block on my car is under the rh side of the dash. Half a dozen fuses. Ivor
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george w
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Posted: Jun/29/2019 at 5:38pm |
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Try to avoid "shot gunning" repairs by simply throwing parts at a suspected problem, well at least expensive parts anyway. More thorough real troubleshooting can save a lot of money and time on wasted parts purchases as I'm sure you found out. When you find yourself getting discouraged or frustrated stop working and take a break. Maybe for a hour or two or a few days. Whatever it takes for your enthusiasm to return. You really need to get your hands on the factory shop manual (TSM)for 1959 and if you can't find a 59 manual then look for one of an adjacent year. You really need to get a look see at the back side of a working steering wheel and the switch side of the column to see what you may be missing. Even better if you can find someone local with a similar car. Sometimes these manuals can be found at libraries.
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Long time AMC fan. Ambassador 343, AMX 390, Hornet 360, Spirit 304 and Javelin 390. All but javelin bought new.
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990V8
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Here's the owner's manual https://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-RAMBLER-Original-NOS-Owners-Manual-Excellent-Condition-US/382742535330?hash=item591d3b9ca2:g:bZkAAOSwip5cRKdaand here the shop manual. Looks as if there was a full manual in 1958, then just a supplement for 1959. And the manual back then was split into Mechanical, Body, and Technical which I suppose is electrical etc. This is a CD version. Personally, I prefer paper, which you can also find on eBay. If the manuals are anything like the 62 and 63 that I bought, they're very detailed, lot of pics. Including the underside of the wheel. Ivor
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DocLong
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Posted: Jun/30/2019 at 10:38am |
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I put a new fuel sender in my 65 Classic. Left the ground wire off because there wasn't one on the old one. Works fine.
I'd check for continuity in the yellow wire.
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