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I'm having difficulty understanding/finding a below-dash mounted "gauge light switch" for my '42 1/2T. Was this a dimmer switch or a courtesy light or both? Was it a toggle switch or a rheostat? Where exactly did it mount on the dash? Where do you find them/ Any assistance/help would be appreciated.

Theres a few places that make new switches, very unlike the old ones. The switch has 2 settings, power goes into the middle and flip it either way for your dome light or instrument lights, but not both at once.

Jeff

After digging through the garage a little, the originals were more of a sliding toggle switch.

http://www.oldchevytrucks.biz/catalog4/00023.htm

http://www.classicautopartsgroup.co...&action=detail&item=P3946-2485-A

New ones are nothing like the originals. The new ones are toggles. Mine mounted about 2" left of the vent handle underneath the dash, should be a large hole with 2 small holes for the screws on either side of it. Hope that helps.

Jeff

Jeff...thanks for the help, I had seen that item in Carter's catalogue but it didn't look anything like the original. I'd seen an NOS switch go on ebay and it had a black plastic cylindrical switch. Thanks again.