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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / November 2005

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1977 F-250

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staplz - 26 Nov 2005 02:16 GMT
I am having a problem with my 1977 F-250, it has a 400 with a automatic
tranny.  First off, my head lights are acting funny.  when I turn my truck
on, the headlights come on all by themselves, the tail lights do not, just
the headlights.  Yet, if I turn on my head light switch, the headlights
stay on, but then the tail lights come on.  Any ideas?  Also, when I am
driving my oil pressure sits in the middle of the gauge, but when I come
to a stop and idle my oil pressure gauge burries into the low.  Once I
resume driving the pressure goes back up.  Any suggestions?  I have to put
a quart of oil in about once a month, other than that, runs very smooth.
Nate Nagel - 26 Nov 2005 14:52 GMT
> I am having a problem with my 1977 F-250, it has a 400 with a automatic
> tranny.  First off, my head lights are acting funny.  when I turn my truck
> on, the headlights come on all by themselves, the tail lights do not, just
> the headlights.  Yet, if I turn on my head light switch, the headlights
> stay on, but then the tail lights come on.  Any ideas?  

This is a WAG but I would suspect the headlight switch.  Another
possibility would be a chafed wiring harness, anywhere from the
headlight switch to the dimmer switch to the headlights themselves.

An easy test would be to unplug the headlight switch and start the
truck.  If the headlights then stay off, the fault is in the headlight
switch.  If they still come on, it's in the harness somewhere (or
someone has installed an aftermarket DRL module while you weren't
looking <G>)

> Also, when I am
> driving my oil pressure sits in the middle of the gauge, but when I come
> to a stop and idle my oil pressure gauge burries into the low.  Once I
> resume driving the pressure goes back up.  Any suggestions?  I have to put
> a quart of oil in about once a month, other than that, runs very smooth.

Sounds normal to me.  As long as you maintain appx. 10 PSI for each 1000
RPM there's no need to worry.  Most engines have lower oil pressure at
idle than at speed.

good luck,

nate

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Mike Romain - 29 Nov 2005 18:54 GMT
I will second the daytime running lights.  If someone put a module in it
like the Canadian cars come with, it puts the highbeams on half power
and leaves everything else off.

Or someone could have gotten creative after they blew the headlight
switch and wired a relay into the circuit so the headlights are direct.

I wired my headlights separate to bypass a poorly designed headlight
switch that only gave me yellow lights, even when new.  With the relay
in place of the stock switch, I have super white lights now.  I still
need to pull on the headlight switch to get running lights but have a
separate switch for the headlight relay.

Mike
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> I am having a problem with my 1977 F-250, it has a 400 with a automatic
> tranny.  First off, my head lights are acting funny.  when I turn my truck
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> resume driving the pressure goes back up.  Any suggestions?  I have to put
> a quart of oil in about once a month, other than that, runs very smooth.
cfoughty@gmail.com - 29 Nov 2005 23:59 GMT
I have a 1977 F-150 with the 400M. I've worked on the headlights
recently, and know that there is only the headlight switch between the
power block and the headlights. So, yes it does sound like you have a
DRL controller installed or the switch is bad in a good way. :-)

Oil pressure sounds normal. Although, remember this truck is pretty old
and the guages probably have some corrosion. I just replaced my entire
instrument cluster because of that reason. The contacts on the
instrument cluster may affect your reading a little or a lot.

Keep the old iron running!
 
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