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#95800 06/02/2006 8:03 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | The 271 cid six on my 1949 GMC 1/2T PU doesn't use a manual choke or throttle, so I'm considering putting the windshield wiper and heater switches where the choke/throttle knobs went. The heater switch can get hot, though. Does anybody know if that will that cause a problem if it is mounted in the dash?
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#95801 06/02/2006 9:00 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I don't see a problem if there's nothing near it that the heat would harm.
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#95802 06/07/2006 2:46 PM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | It won't fit directly attached to the dash ...
i did this move and had to make a short metal bracket to move the (heater) switch back about 1-1/2 ~ 2'' so the switch would clear the gauge. that's pretty tight there. i used two different sized washers and a short flat, 5/8'' strap & welded the washers in parallel. the front washer is smaller than the back one. the front one uses the stock T or C dash threaded screw. i removed the wire from the C/T stem and cut the stem to length. i placed the switch in the back/rear washer/hole. I bought a 1/4'' coupler nut (about 3/4'' long), drilled two small holes and threaded those for small #8 or 10 size allen set screw. the coupler connects the heater switch stem to the C/T shortened stem. You can position the switch so the C/T is in the verticle position, so it looks correct. We now say the C (was choke) is now climate control.
my other two switches are next (right side) to the headlight switch, one is a safety/start & fog light, a 2 pos. switch (for theft protection) and the other (just below it) is a push to squirt, 3 pos. wiper sw., which could be placed as you want in the T location using the same concept.
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#95803 06/08/2006 8:24 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | Tiny, Carolilne & Jim,
Nice to know the heat isn't necessarily a problem, and I wouldn't have thought about clearing the gauges until I bumped into them. Thanks for all the info.
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