Fixing The Sequential Taillights In My 1966 Ford Thunderbird

We just picked up a 1966 Ford Thunderbird as a project car. The sequential taillights were not working correctly, so I took the taillight motor apart and cleaned up all of the internal parts.
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[@SPTunnelMotor]

Cool and interesting. Had to hold my breath when you were really bending that first contact veeery far up. :D

[@HomeOwnerRepair]

lol.. Yeah me too...lol It's prertty crazy how they did some of this stuff back them. They didn't have the electrinic technology that they to today, so some engineer smokin a cigar in a wood panel office came up with this contraption back in the day..lol. Thanks for watching.

[@ragilbert2004]

This is awesome! Thank you for doing this video. I have been doing research to prepare for upgrading to LED dash lights and tail lights. Did you use LED bulbs? I saw a post saying the rear sequential relay would not work and they sell $300 sequential relays. Does this mechanical contact mean the mechanical relay is not controlled by a relay that will be affected by the electrical draw of the led bulb?
Thanks again.

[@HomeOwnerRepair]

I used all regular bulbs no LEDs. I'm not sure what other relays may or may not be on this circuit. Cleaning up the sequential taillight motor mechanism worked for me.

[@maxr2469]

Is it the same motor for the two sides ?

[@HomeOwnerRepair]

Yes, That mechanical box in the truck controls the sequential taillights for both sides. Hope this video helps you out. It wasn't that hard to get them working again.

[@Kalvinjj]

@@HomeOwnerRepair Simple mechanical solution, and it really makes it cool.
A question out of curiosity: does it flash them sequentially with the hazard lights as well?