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THE TC IGNITION SWITCH BLUES
jason Offline
Junior Member
#1
IM WONDERING IF ANYONE CAN TELL ME THE FORD PART NUMBER OF THE IGNITION SWITCH THAT HAD ALL THE ISSUES ?
AND IF IT WAS UPDATED TO A PART # THAT WAS REDESIGNED??
MINE IS CURRENTLY FINE BUT I DONT REALLY WANT TO WORRY ABOUT IT NOT BEING FINE .
1988 tc loaded complete restore built 2.3 t5 8.8 and a pretty paint job
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Jeff K Offline
Administrator
#2
I don't know the part number, but every early 80's Ford and probably earlier up thru the mid 90's used the same switch. Every parts store on the planet has them in stock. I don't think they were ever redesigned.
Jeff Korn

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shorangerbird Offline
Member
#3
E6FZ-11572-A IS OLD PART #. F29Z-11572-D IS THE RECALL REPLACEMENT...
'87 Turbo Coupe...538 actual miles...
'86 Turbo Coupe 5sp Ca. car 74k.....
Thinning Down the Herd......
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TurboCoupe50 Offline
Posting Freak
#4
shorangerbird Wrote:E6FZ-11572-A IS OLD PART #. [color:#CC0000]F29Z-11572-D IS THE RECALL REPLACEMENT[/color]...
This switch is supposed have wider spacing between the contacts to prevent flash over and used in recall replacement(the only one I'd consider for my vehicles)... Pt # is printed on switch...

What happens is with wear the spaces between the contacts fills grease and metallic particles, eventually resistance between contacts is low enough current is drawn resulting in unattended fires...

AFAIK being it was a fire issue, the recall is still in effect... I suppose those expire at some point but no idea when...

My curiosity got me... Note sentence as end of first page, basically says recall never expires...

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs/jax...071-NN.PDF
1988 Turbo Coupe331 AOD

1972 Comet GT

1969 Fairlane Cobra 428CJ 4-Speed
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shorangerbird Offline
Member
#5
-safety recall. never ends until the switch is replaced and shows as filled(done) with Ford on a particular vehicle.....
'87 Turbo Coupe...538 actual miles...
'86 Turbo Coupe 5sp Ca. car 74k.....
Thinning Down the Herd......
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TurboBoost88 Offline
Member
#6
you can enter the vin on ford .com and check to see if it has the recall on it.
88 TurboCoupe,Midnight Metallic Blue on Blue cloth, 140 m.p.h. speedo, 96,000 miles, 5spd. Gills valve, many new parts waiting to be installed..88 TC, Silver, 5spd, My first car, wish I still had that one! Built for customers: 67 Ford Fairlane,69 Mach I,70 Mach I Clone,95 Ranger 2.3/5.0 EFI Conversion,99 Cobra Procharger SC-1 Install/Tune,Factory Five Racing Mark III Cobra #4114,1955 Black on Black Thunderbird for local Ford Dealer owner's wife.
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jason Offline
Junior Member
#7
THANKS EVERYONE
TURBOBOOST88 THE WEBSITE SAYS NO OPEN RECALLS I STILL PLAN ON CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THANKS VERRY MUCH FOR THE PART NUMBER INFO
1988 tc loaded complete restore built 2.3 t5 8.8 and a pretty paint job
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Pete D Offline
Administrator
#8
Generally, any Ford dealer should be able to check if the recall was done using your VIN.
Pete Dunham


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