Topic: Mounting location for passenger side courtesy light?

[palacekeeper]

I am no expert but the light in the picture looks to be a 69 unit and it highlights the difficulty in solely working from manuals . The RH side is similar to the drivers side but it is slightly different in that the mounting tab varies in a minor way. On the drivers side the tab is slightly bent (angled) but on the passenger side it is completely flat, like in Jeffs picture. Once you have the part, it becomes easy to pick the mounting hole under the dash as it is within reach of the wiring loom.
Brad

Good eye. I found a passenger side one on Ebay and it has a very slight bend, but much less than the driver's side. The one on Ebay is not new so it could have been a little bent over the years and may have originally been flat. There is definitely a difference in the angle, though. I certainly have learned a lot about this simple light :-).

[Bossbill]

Here's mine from my 70 car (see sig).
Plastic tab!

[palacekeeper]

Sadly the metal tab on the NOS part I had broke off. But it was technically the part number for the driver's side anyway, so I ordered a used OEM one from WCCC.

That MPC is a real treasure trove, btw. Finding all kinds of handy part numbers in there :-)

[jwc66k]

That MPC is a real treasure trove, btw. Finding all kinds of handy part numbers in there :-)

The copies of Ford Car Parts (aka MPC) 75 ed, posted on each major Mustang year group are courtesy of a Thunderbird Forum, squarebirds.org
Jim

[palacekeeper]

Funny enough - the part I received from WCCC is actually the driver's side light like the NOS one I had, even though I ordered the passenger side one with that part number. It does work, though, and no broken tabs. I'm guessing places sell these lights interchangeably for both sides, as opposed to the specific part number for one side or the other.

[krelboyne]

Funny enough - the part I received from WCCC is actually the driver's side light like the NOS one I had, even though I ordered the passenger side one with that part number. It does work, though, and no broken tabs. I'm guessing places sell these lights interchangeably for both sides, as opposed to the specific part number for one side or the other.

Just sorted out the right from the left on our website.
Worked with Daniel Carpenter, who has reproduced a single courtesy light assembly with LED lamp, which can be used for either side on a 1970 Mustang or Cougar.

[cobrajet_carl]

Assembly manual doesn't make any mention of with or w/o AC.