Hi everybody I've been having some problems with my 67 mercury cougar. I live in Alaska and the cold is definitely getting to this car. When I start it in the mornings I immediately turn my heater on but for some reason it stops working along with my fuel gage, radio and temperature gage. So I turn it off and start it back multiple times until it stays on. While driving it when I put my blinker on it shuts everything back down, it seems to be drawing too much power I guess. Any ideas what it might be?

 

Welcome to the site..

Sounds like a bad ground.
S/B a ground cable from battery to engine block, and a stap from the block to the chassis. Don't recall what or where the cluster grounded too or a grounding point there. Might try a 'wiggle test' on the instrument panel harness/s and connectors KOER and see if you can create or duplicate a drop out and help pin point the failure.

 

welcome mate on this forum.

 

Thanks man I'm gonna check it later today

 

Fixed it! The hot wire that goes to the ignition switch was loose and it was probably going to catch on fire sometime soon. Thanks for helping out.

 

Did the wiggle test help find the poor connection? Or just a keen eye!?

Glad you found it before something worse happened. My 69 Firebird wasn't optioned for foot well courtesy lights. The sockets were there and factory strapped to the harness even half buried to the cowls factory sealer when it was assembled. The socket hot center button was against the cowl and the wire was shriveled and half smoked. Owned it since 73 and it never blew the fuse. Could of cooked straight away and broke the short or sizzled over time. Ya just never know.....