A few weeks ago when I restarted my long dormant 1951 3600 project I made a decision to start with the electrics. The 66 year old wires were bare in some areas and many components worked only sort of, some not at all. In addition current plans call for my keeping the truck and taking it with me when I "retire" to a more rural area. Needing good reliable electrics coupled with future plans to add an air conditioning unit & a radio meant 12v was going to be needed.
I found Deve's wonderful website and have been pouring over his section on rewiring the truck. At first I was going to follow his lead and make the stop & parking lights do double duty as turn signals and so bought a very nice 7 wire switch to do that. After some reflection on the nature or rural two lane roads at night where something called DARKNESS happens I decided to go bigger with the turn signals and add accessory units that would be much more visible. So now I need a 4 wire switch and just ordered one of those.
Well, too late I just got to wondering if the 7 wire job might work after all. Could I use it if I just didn't hook up the wires intended to go to the brake light switch?
As you might be able to tell from the question, I'm electrically challenged. Just the same, i think it might be fun to make this new harness & 12v conversion work.
