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#87388 10/20/2003 5:07 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 36 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 36 | I am rewiring my 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup and want to run the dome light wire from under the dash to the dome light at the upper rear of my truck. Do I run the wire up through the roof support brace? If so, what is the best way to locate a hole (if one exists) that I can do so? I have been using a hanger wire but could not find a hole. Any ideas? Thanks!
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#87389 10/20/2003 10:37 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Meredith55, Welcome to the Stovebolt  Keep playing with the hanger wire down through the left support brace, it does go through there 
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#87390 10/20/2003 7:52 PM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | The best way is to twist and tape the new wire to the old and pull the new one through as you pull the old one out. Of course if the old one has been removed already or if rats have severed the wire, back to the poking wire method. A piano wire works better than a hanger wire. | | |
#87391 10/21/2003 3:52 PM | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 15 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 15 | Thanks guys. I used a wire hangar and eventually worked it through the hole. The hole seems to be on the outside edge of the cab roof support. After working the hangar through the hole, I used electrical tape and taped the wire to the hangar and pulled the hangar out. Worked great. Thanks! | | |
#87392 10/21/2003 11:00 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Is the dome light switch suspose to work separate of the dash head light switch,or do the headlights have to been on in order for it to work?..thanks,,,,,Fred
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#87393 10/21/2003 11:42 PM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Dome light is separate and on its own switch
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Are you having problems with yours Fred?
(possibly the battery drain problem?)
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#87394 10/22/2003 1:55 AM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Luke, thanks,,,I was just curious,, have not been able to get mine to work for a while,, have not checked the bulb yet,, just turned the switch off and on,,noticed the post and was just curious,,,,,Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
#87395 10/22/2003 5:52 AM | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | sounds like somebody needs to call in a qualified electrician........ | | |
#87396 10/22/2003 3:20 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 198 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 198 | Dome lights are wired different as one side of the bulb has power all the time. the door pin switches ground the other side as well as the headlight switch, the dome light bulbs most times also have a dual contact base like an 1157 taillight bulb but with a single filament. | | |
#87397 10/24/2003 9:20 PM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | The dome light in my '50 had a dirty switch, a good cleaning made it work again. It's a nice light too, pretty bright.
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#87398 10/24/2003 10:04 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I may try that, I replaced the bulb although the old one looked ok,,did not help ,,the switch did not seem to work real smooth,,so maybe it needs a cleaning too....thanks...............Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
#87399 10/25/2003 2:44 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 15 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 15 | The trick a fellow radio tech showed me is to use an old speedometer cable for a fish wire. If you twist it as you push it will snake its way through like magic. Push it through and then tape the wire to the end and pull back.
When I find out what I'm doing, I'll let you know if I'm in too deep.
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