[cjcesco]

I have a 66 Conv't, 289 2V. My friend want to upgrade his 65 GT. And is selling me some of his parts. I was wondering how do I and can I connect the 65 rally pac into my 66. The 65 looks nicer. It fits around the steering, but am not sure about the wiring system, since the 2 cars really were different. Thanks anyone done this.

[66Sprint200]

The 65 will fit on the 66, although the filler panel will cover the very bottom of the speedometer where there are no numbers. As for the wiring I THINK they are the same, but I'm not sure as 1965 had idiot lights and 1966 had actual dials. You can find the wiring diagrams online. From what I could find it will work, it's just that you will have to change some colours around. The clocks wire the exact same way in both years, but the tach is different. In 1965, the tach connects to a red with green stripe wire, and a pink wire. Here is a picture of the 1966 schematics.


Here are 2 links. The first shows how the 1966 rally pac works. The second is a demo of a colourized 1965 wiring manual. Page 7 shows the wiring for the 1965 rally pac.
http://midlife66.com/wiring/66acces1.jpg
http://www.fordmanuals.com/estore/demo/Demo10015.pdf

So you can use it, your just going to have to change where the tachometer connects.

[Ivy66GT]

Other than power for the lights and clock, the only wiring for the factory Rally Pac was a connection to the ignition ballast resistor. The power for the pink ballast wire goes through the Rally Pac tach circuit before it gets connected to the pink ballast wire. The presence or absence of the standard gauges should have nothing to do with the Rally Pac.

[cjcesco]

Thanks guys, I wasn't sure if I need run new wires, I found some sights that connected the picture to the door switch