Hello wagon fans! I've been looking for anything wagon oriented online, and I finally found your forum. I've got a couple of '69's, one Country Sedan, which I just pulled out of Long Island, (I believe there's a post on here about those 2 cars that were for sale recently), and a '69 Country Squire survivor with 37k documented miles. There's one issue that has me stumped. I can't for the life of me figure out why the interior (dash) mounted rear tailgate power window switch won't work. I've exhausted the extent of my know how. I've tried a new switch and an oem switch out of another car. The window works great with the key, and I know there's some life going on at the interior switch b/c if I unplug it, not even the key will operate the rear window. Any thoughts out there? I'm starting to feel like it's something very simple that I'm overlooking. Thanks again, and if any of you have any questions that I might be able to answer for you by looking at my survivor, let me know, I'd be glad to help.
aboard 69badwagon. I'm no help with your switch but I'm sure some of the others will be along to give a few suggestions.
Welcome. Sounds like you have two very nice wagons. Good luck with the rear window switch. I believe you are correct. It's gotta be something simple, like maybe dirty terminals. There are several members here who know a bit about those wagons.
Actually, after giving up trying for a few months, I took another look at the wiring diagram for the backlite switch again today, and figured out the problem. Originally I had missed a 3 terminal 'safety switch' that's mounted right in front of my face on the firewall! The keyed switch at the tailgate runs straight through a hot terminal allowing the keyed switch to operate all the time, however the interior switch at the dash is run through the relay which is only hot with the ignition on. It turns out my relay is no good, however the blue wagon I just pulled out of Long Island had a good relay. Now it all works. My dark green Squire survivor is staying completely stock, with the exception of a mild front coil spring 'trim'. The rear coils were sagging pretty good, so I just wanted to level the car out and give it a bit of a meaner stance at the same time. The '69 Country Sedan is going back up for sale. I just have to finish some mechanical work the previous owner had started, get it running, driving, and stopping again, then on to the next person. It's a blue on blue 390 car with factory am/fm stereo. It will make a decent driver with just the right patina or a good project as it is a complete car with all the trim intact. I look forward to learning as much as I can through this forum. Us 'out of the box' car lovers need a place to commiserate when we're not able to simply open a catalog and order a bunch of shiny new parts from China........which is pretty much every time, lol. Personally, I do it because I love the parts hunt and the background research. Thanks again.......
