[tylerd_red]

High this may be a silly question but I just came into a 71 mustang a car thats about 14 years older than I am but getting to the point where is the high beam switch? I'm sure I'm overthinking this one but just can't find it and think it may just be missing from the car.

[Jay H 237]

It should be mounted on the floor near the driver's left foot. It would be on the part of the floor that starts to slope up towards the firewall and near the kick panel. The switch should be coming through a hole in the carpet and may look like a silver dome if there's no rubber cap on it.

If you pull the carpet back near the steering column you should see the wires, they will drop down behind the carpet from the dash.

[tylerd_red]

Thanks, I'd a never thought to look for it there. Much appreciated.

[meangreen92]

Originally Posted by tylerd_red

Thanks, I'd a never thought to look for it there. Much appreciated.

Haha, you're showing your age...
I think big Ford trucks still have the floor switch. 'Bout 10 years ago, I was in a U-haul truck, which had a large Ford cab(maybe a 700 series), and it had the floor switch. And it was a newer truck at the time. I pointed it out to my co-worker, who was probably 18 or 19, and he'd never seen one like it. I told him that they all used to be that way...

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by meangreen92

Haha, you're showing your age...
I think big Ford trucks still have the floor switch. 'Bout 10 years ago, I was in a U-haul truck, which had a large Ford cab(maybe a 700 series), and it had the floor switch. And it was a newer truck at the time. I pointed it out to my co-worker, who was probably 18 or 19, and he'd never seen one like it. I told him that they all used to be that way...

That became some entertainment back in 1998 when I bought my 68 Mustang and took it down to the DMV for inspection and permanent registration. At the time they wouldn't allow you to take it through yourself, an employee there took it in the building while the owner would wait in a separate room.

I got called out because they wanted to know why I had my parking brake hooked to the windshield washers! On 68s the washers are a small pedal alongside the drivers kick panel you have to step on, and it does resemble a parking brake pedal. The 19 or 20 year old kid had never seen the parking brake handel that you have to pull out from under the dash! He also mentioned I was being failed for nonworking highbeams and horn. He started tugging on the turn signal lever trying to get the brights on to show me. I had to show him where the switch was. I'm glad he didn't break the signal lever off!

I had to ask what the problem was with the horn and he pressed down on the steering wheel hub and nothing happened. He had never seen a horn ring and only thought it was decoration.

Needless to say I had to wait after he went through the car for him to get someone else over for an opinion before he signed off on it. He still thought the highbeam switch was jury rigged and not how the car came from factory.

[tylerd_red]

Haha...if only my car came with a manual. Atleast I theres people here to help which is the best