Re: IML: Headlight Switch Removal

It's much easier to pull the harness off the switch BEFORE you remove the switch from the dash. If you can't get it off with one hand, use a small screwdriver to carefully pry between the light switch body and the harness plug.After the plug is off the switch, you can just push it out of the way. Oh, and by the way, disconnect the battery first. It will be easy to get your hand up there to push in that little button to release the knob shaft, just have a few band-aids ready. I used a great tip I got from this list, I taped a dime on my fingertip to push in that little button. And did I mention to disconnect the battery terminal before you reach up there. A small mirror also helps to find where to reach. The harness plug removes from the switch, toward the right, and the little button is on the left side of the switch.

I have the same problem as Bill:
How in the sam hill do I get enough length to the harness so 
I can disconnect it? I don't want to pull hard on the 
harness for fear of messing up something. In the event I can 
get this light switch off, can I go to the nearest auto 
parts store and buy a new one? I tried the bazillion turns 
already.
Lupe
60 Thunderbird Hard Top
64 Imperial Crown Coupe
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From: "WCR" <got_mopar@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: IML: Headlight Switch Removal



I have the same problem in my '64 and will try that.  If it 
fails to get
results how the heck do you get that switch out of there?  I 
have freed mine
from the dash before but the harness was not long enough for 
me to pull it
down to a level that I could disconnect it  :o|

Bill
http://www.allaroundmopars.com





Subject: Re: IML: Headlight Switch Removal

Mark -- before you replace the switch, spend an hour or two 
turning it back
and forth fifty-bazillion times.  The spring and contact for 
the instrument
lights both tend to accumulate corrosion over the years.  If 
you rotate the
knob a BUNCH of times, you can probably clean it well enough 
for the dash
panel lights to work again.

Hope this helps!

Elijah


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