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#91727 04/01/2005 5:36 AM
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Okay, so I just got my '59 last Saturday and I'm having a ball learning the ins and outs of the truck. However my interior dome light is not working. Does one of the knobs on the dash control the light or is it only supposed to come on when a door is opened? My light does NOT come on when I open a door. I checked the bulb and it looks fine, but I can't find any switches/buttons in the door frame (as found on newer cars). Where should I be looking?

Joe


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#91728 04/01/2005 6:58 AM
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this is a truck you got man! no automatic interior light when the doors open! grin the only thing that controls the interior light is turning the light sw knob 1 click - the rest of the knob rotation is for dimming the dash lights - they rarely work when ya first get'em, usually something gave out over the years and nobody bothered to fix it

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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#91729 04/01/2005 7:17 AM
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Wow Bill, twist the light switch to turn on the dome light! That's luxury! We have to reach up over and behind our head to turn the light on.
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Gord
1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
#91730 04/01/2005 12:23 PM
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I fixed up my dome light to operate with the doors ... wasn't difficult either.

First, I put THESE door switches in.

And then, because the dome light needs to be activated by a ground, I did THIS


~~ Alan Horvath
1954 Chevy Pickup
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Passing Lane

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