I think Ray has it right with his pictures of the '36 connector. My '37 did not have the connectors and I could not find them anywhere. A knowledgeable person told me that these connectors are notorious for failed connections due to moisture and corrosion leading to failed contacts. He recommended that I hardwire the headlights, while leaving extra length coiled in the headlight bucket in case the bucket had to be removed at a later date. That way you would have plenty of length to reconnect later.
The 3 wires are for the 1) high beam filament, 2)low beam filament in the headlight bulb and 3)parking light bulb. Ground is through the reflector and headlight bucket. Sealed beam headlights did not become universal until 1940.
Kent
So the answer is that he has not converted to Sealed beams?
How would you hard wire an incandescent bulb socket? The Yar pictured "bayonet plug" carries spring loaded contacts, doesn't it? To me it looks like it is as hardwired as you could get. I don't understand the "hardwire" part yet and poster may not either.
As far as how to wire, I did mention what each wire is for as you did. Maybe he wants to know which wire is which, that's what I wondered if he wanted.
Chasz, if that is what you need, determine which two wires are for the dual filament bulb. The dimmer switch has three terminals. One is a feed from the headlight switch. Hook one of the bulb wires to one of the other two terminals on dimmer switch and the other bulb wire to the other dimmer terminal. Does not matter which separate bulb wire goes to which separate dimmer terminal.
I would recommend figuring out a way to add a dedicated ground wire to the socket/bucket and terminate it to a nearby good clean metal spot. One for each bucket. The method evidently used was an "intimate contact" method. No good. It's no good on many grounds on our old trucks. Just to repeat: Mr. Chasz: Does your situation look like the Yar pix? What is your definition of "headlight connectors" in your statement below?
"These are not the headlamp connectors"............
P.S. I am not familiar with the bucket. I am assuming that the bayonet "contact plug", shown in Yar's pic, fits down inside the long nose socket sticking out on the inside of the bucket? If so, the only "connector" is the bayonet contact plug.....and whatever the park bulb has.
