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Check the fuse?

Sounds like you got Mustang springs.

Does the carb respond to the idle air screws? If the butterflies are open too much you will get vacuum at idle from the ported vac outlet. There is an adjustment on the rear butterflies to slightly open them to let you close the fronts. You have to take the carb off to get to the adjustment. Most Ho...

LOL! We are talking about different lights. I was thinking of the courtesy lights under the dash, not the instrument panel lights that are controlled by the potentiometer or fader in the headlight switch. The under dash lights, the door mounted lights, glove box light, rear opera lights, and radio l...

Please do not jumper this with a paper clip. Go to Harbor Freight and buy a package of alligator clip leads. Better yet get a test light and see if you have power on both sides of the switch when you press the brake pedal. If you jumper something with a paper clip and it pulls a lot of current, like...

Power goes from the battery to the fuse box then to the switch. Since you don't have a radio chances are that the harness is flopping around behind the dash and possibly touching metal which would blow the fuse. Don't put in a bigger fuse. The best way to trouble shoot this is to take an old fuse, b...

Do you have an aftermarket radio?

That was a great buy!

That's a keeper. I would make sure he is comfortable and always hungry. Mice are the devil when they get in your car. Mice pee is like acid on steroids; it'll eat everything it touches.

WOW Andrew! Great story and a great job!