Hallo aus Frankreich !

    Hello everybody, :winke:


    My name is Guillaume, 30 years old and I live in France (near Paris).
    There is no francophone forum about Ford Taunus dating before 1970, that's why I register on your forum! :)
    I recently bought a Ford Taunus 20 mts coupé hardtop 1965.
    This is my car :




    I have small problems with this car :


    - she has a little trouble starting,
    - I have problems with electrical cables (turn signals and headlights is low and works randomly)
    - the horn on the steering wheel does not work and the previous owner has replaced by a button on the dashboard ( picture N°2 )
    - the radio and the clock does not work
    - the car have a bump
    - silentbloc and water pump to change
    - scrape the bottom of the car and protect against corrosion


    I think have forgotten a lot of things! :S


    I hope you do not mind if I speak English... I don't speak German, sorry.
    And sorry for the mistakes, I speak little English!


    Cheers!

    Hi Guillaume, :winke:


    welcome to our parallel universe :bla: . Nice car you own. 8)


    The electrical problems maybe result from bad ground connections - is 6V, isn't it?

    Bonjour Guilleaume, bienvenue au asile! ^^

    T'as une très belle voiture, mes félicitations! :thumbsup:

    Tous ces problèmes sont totalement normales avec ce modèle, il n'y a rien de grâve.
    Si t'as besoin de l'aide, aussi avec des pièces, tu le trouveras bien ici.

    Bon courage! ;)

    Thanks a lot for your answers. :)
    It's very kind of you!


    Zitat von Alien

    No entiendo ninguna palabra... la descripción ocurre español a mí
    mucha diversión aquí

    >> http://translate.google.es/
    :P



    Zitat von Joe

    The electrical problems maybe result from bad ground connections - is 6V, isn't it?

    Yes, it's 6V.
    First day : Lighting very low, I have scrape all ground in the car > almost all the headlights and turn signal light are returned normal.
    Few days after : one headlight worked low and 2 turn signal lights stopped to working.
    Strange... :wacko:
    There are lot of electrical terminals and terminal block connections for connecting electric cables, i have to redo soon.

    The best way to handle these problems, in the long run, is to retrofit your car with a 12V system. That 6V shit didn't work well even when these cars were still new ^^ , and I guarantee you'll soon be fed up with fiddling around with dim lights, poor starter performance, and similar stuff.

    The required parts shouldn't be too difficult to obtain, and after a day of work, you'll be rid of a bunch of troubles.

    Salut, Guillaume! Très belle, ta copine ;)



    Zitat

    - she has a little trouble starting,


    ca veut dire quoi exactement?



    Zitat

    - the car have a bump


    C'est pas grave, normalement... ca depend du dimension et du lieu du creux / bosse.

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    Hello everybody !! :winke:

    Zitat

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    best way to handle these problems, in the long run, is to retrofit your
    car with a 12V system. That 6V shit didn't work well even when these
    cars were still new ^^ , and I guarantee you'll soon be fed up with fiddling around with dim lights, poor starter performance, and similar stuff.


    The required parts shouldn't be too difficult to obtain, and after a day of work, you'll be rid of a bunch of troubles.

    I think the car will stay in 6v, i want to stay in origin.


    Redo everything in 12v must be expensive?




    Tomorrow, I see a friend to give me electric cables ... I'm in a hurry. :seinfeld:

    Zitat von Alken


    Then my girlfriend works in a garage in the service body (Karosserie).
    I will ask if any of his colleagues can look. :rolleyes:



    Perfect choice of a girlfriend :thumbsup:

    Great car!
    Bless the climate in france (away from the sea) to protect so many great cars that would have been eaten by rust for ages here ;)

    Zitat von Alken

    Je reste appuyé sur l'accélérateur, tout en tournant la clé de contact.


    Salut!


    Au froid, il ne faut pas appuyer l'accelerateur tout le temps! Tu dois le bouger doucement 2 fois, et démarrer ne l'appuyant plus.


    D'ordinaire, il faudra régler l'allumage, le carburateur, et les valves. Une fois ç'est tout fait, elle démarrera parfaitement :spitze:


    Zitat von Alken

    Redo everything in 12v must be expensive?


    Not really.
    Basically, you need an alternator, a starter motor, a battery, and a number of light bulbs. If you wish, replace also the wiper motor and heater fan, but that is not really necessary. A friend of mine left the original 6V starter motor in when he converted to 12V. He used to have great starter RPM, and it lasted for years :thumbup:

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