That foot stomp switch that Tim has a link to, is a very common switch.
A lot of the old farm tractors have the same switch. They just operated with a hand pull rod with a lever to "stomp" the switch.
Any parts store should have them.


57 GMC LCF 370
55 John Deere 40-W
59 John Deere 430-W
2000 GMC 4x4
56 John Deere 420-W
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