The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area The Electrical Bay where does stop lamp wire go on headlight switch?

If you're talking about your '53 the factory wire (Orange) goes from the light switch (always hot) through a fuse on the firewall, then to the stoplight switch, then out back.

Since you don't have a "Stop" terminal on your new switch you can wire a hot wire (like from the horn relay) to the fuse. That'll get ya going.