I installed a wiring harness out of a ’72 (same body style) that was in perfect shape. Ford changed the harness every year back then for reasons unknown. At least they kept the same color wires so that helped. I basically had to rework the wiring under the hood including all plugs.
Once I started looking at the wiring I had, I found more and more sections that were messed up. I found a blade fuse that was taped to some wires than covered in tape and hidden. I found wires cut and spliced to wrong wires (brake light switch was tapped into the column).
What I’m still working out:
-no heater fan (didn’t have time to look into it, was the last on the list)
-gages not working, 2 gage illumination lights not working (I think it’s a bad printed circuit and voltage stabilizer)
-the big problem is no brake lights and emergency flashers not working in the back (turn signals work in the back)
I’m running out of possible causes with the brake lights. I had this problem in the past so I think it has to be something I haven’t changed. The only thing left is the flasher switch.
I’ll update after I look through the wiring diagrams again.