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#98112 11/14/2006 10:01 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | The old stock headlight switch on my AD shorted out when I turned it on first time after rewiring, so I ordered one of those new so-called replacements.
I got the repop wired up and working all right, but the threaded fitting that holds it to the dash is PLASTIC, and the threads got stripped just screwing it in.
Now it falls right out without too much help.
The nut looks just like a brass fitting for copper tubing, except that it's chromed plastic. When I tried to get a metal piece to replace it, the local NAPA couldn't find a match.
Jim Carter sells cleaned and checked-out original equipment but is out of stock, so I'll look around the local boneyards for a used switch.
The replacement might serve as a back-up with the right fitting. Has anyone ever found a fitting that would work?
Never start vast projects with half vast ideas.
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#98113 11/20/2006 5:09 AM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,437 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,437 | I got mine out of an older GM car at a wrecking yard... just find one that has a knob that you like....
Another quality post.
Real Trucks Rattle
HELP! The Paranoids are after me!
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#98114 11/20/2006 6:57 AM | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | Lesson # 1,950. Dont buy crap from Jim Carter.
Even though its "guaranteed" its not worth the hassle. Thats why theres swap meets during the summer months. | | |
#98115 11/20/2006 4:39 PM | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,437 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,437 | Autozone has a 2 position switch... that can be used in a pinch... it looks like a headlight switch, only smaller....
Another quality post.
Real Trucks Rattle
HELP! The Paranoids are after me!
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