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I know dash ***** have been discussed here before. Can anybody tell me how the ***** are supposed to be on my truck, from L-R? My truck is a '66 F100, shortbed, automatic. The previous owner switched my truck from manual trans. to automatic, and it's kinda jacked up. Sorry to bother. Need help in this resto.. Thx
The "other" side of the dash board: ignition switch, lights, wipers, lighter. The button above the ignition operates the electric windshield washer. According to Carpenter's catalogue the same switch was used by Ford for the starter after they got the switch off the floor and before they went to a key operated starter. Example shown is a "code 83" truck built for the Navy and it has a standard cab.
The "other" side of the dash board: ignition switch, lights, wipers, lighter. The button above the ignition operates the electric windshield washer. According to Carpenter's catalogue the same switch was used by Ford for the starter after they got the switch off the floor and before they went to a key operated starter. Example shown is a "code 83" truck built for the Navy and it has a standard cab.
ShadySide,
What is the purpose of small-ish button/light/?? to the right of the washer button or above and slightly to the right of the headlight switch - located in the white portion of the cluster?
And the gold button mounted at the base of the dash beneath the lighter - maybe a second horn or auxillary lights?
As post #2 lists, right of steering column: indicator light for 4 way flasher, on-of switch for 4 way flasher, manual choke control, and heater/fan control. The 4 way flasher circuitry is not integrated in the turn signal switch and does not light the indicator lights in the instrument cluster. With a custom cab there may be variations in the layout plus two additional ***** to operate the vents in the kick panels. Standard cab users have to reach down and do that with ***** on the vents themselves. The **** between the 4 way indicator and the choke is the o9n-ff for the 4 way flasher.
Reference to post 9: The silver "button" to the left of the instrument cluster is a plug put in there to fill a hole the PO made for now removed fog lights. The copper colored devise under the dashboard near the handbrake is there to operate the horn. These are not stock items. Check other threads on the site or ask Number Dummy if additional ***** would be added if the truck has air conditioning. I do not know if V8 trucks of the era had automatic chokes which would eliminate 1 ****.
Scan the old posts yields a selection of dash pics:
12.04.2016 johnjamisn # 4: excellent pic of custom cab dash: sweep speedometer is different but the ***** are the same as mine.
06.02.17 Darrellt custom dash again.
05.10.17 serve0501 61 standard cab, no lighter no 4 way, holes blanked off
02.27.17 65F100 custom cab also no 4 way.
Some custom cabs had a bracket mounted under the dashboard for heater/ac controls.
Some custom cabs had a bracket mounted under the dashboard for heater/ac controls. This heater available for Standard/Custom Cabs & Rangers. A/C has nothing to do with the heater.
1965/66 F100/1100 Standard & Custom Cabs, 1965/66 F100/250 Ranger. There were two types of optional fresh air heaters, Economy & Deluxe.
The Deluxe fresh air heater has two ***** mounted to a bracket that bolted to the bottom of the dash. These ***** attached to the fresh air and heater temperature control cables.
The A/C has nothing to do with the heater, as it's a recirculating unit.
The 'hang-on' bezel bolts to the bottom of the dash. It contains the expansion valve, blower motor, round registers and the two A/C switches.
This bezel is the same as 1963/65 Falcon/Fairlane and 1965/66 Mustang.
A note about emergency flashers, and a warning that I might be wrong, as this is through observation.
As far as I know, all 1966 Fords had emergency flashers. The trucks may be the only ones with the switch on the dash, as all cars (except T'bird) had the switch in the glovebox.
I have owned both 1965 and 1966 editions of a few Ford models, car and truck, and this has been true on all. This may be due to a 1966 NHTSA ruling.
The warning light shown above was not installed on all non-custom cab models (it is not installed on my truck, a base F-100), as the flashers would (and do) indicate on the two turn indicators in the speedo cluster.
The custom cab had but one turn indicator in the cluster, so the warning light had to be installed, as the flasher switch would not indicate on the dash otherwise.
The above install may have been a dealer-install, and there may have been but one kit for this, which would include the indicator for those trucks with CC equipment.
ND will likely chime in and prove me wrong, but as I stated, it is just through observation, and a love of mid-sixties Fords.
Need help figuring out with this empty possible toggle switch was on this 1965 f100 Step side. Thank you all. I rebuilt this truck after being abandoned for 20+ years, and it has been driving about 70 miles daily for a few weeks now, all original 240 motor w 3 on the three. Solid and reliable American engineering!
had a bracket mounted under the dashboard for heater/ac 
