No bailing wire needed
 

I've started getting pieces and parts ready for migration to my new cab in the (hopefully) near future. Of the many projects going on with the truck, one of the big hurdles I need to resolve is where to put the headlight switch, wiper switch, and miscellanous other stuff since the new cab's dash is completly smooth.

Today I moved the headlight and wiper switch out of the bezel so I could start messing with the new gauge bezel templates (the new bezel won't have holes for anything but the idiot gauges). Here's what the dash looks like now...

What you don't see in the pic is my high/low beam "switch," which consists of an alligator clip test lead that's clipped to the blue power wire and the other end can be moved between the green and tan wires for high and low as needed :) That's Mister Hack to you! :cool:

Kenneth

I didn't go all out smooth like you with my dash, but for headlight switches, you can always mount a small toggle switch under the dash out of sight. I have two rocker switches for my lights down and left of the dash. I still gotta figure out something for wipers, if you have any ideas, let me know.

If you don't mind losing the washer/wipe feature of the switch, you can just go with a standard SPDT switch, which will give you off, low, and high settings for the wiper motor. My washer fluid bottle is long gone, and if I need to clean the windshield I just whip into a gas station, so this is how I'm going to resolve that switch issue... but I still need to decide WHERE to put that switch :rolleyes:

Kenneth

Just get one of those add on switch panels and set it under the dash out of sight. Use low profile rocker switches and you won't knock'em witih your knees. I'll try and grab a pic of my set up when its light out tomorrow. I've gotta add a little resistance in the ground for the lights in the switches though, they get kinda bright. OH, I also picked up a lights-on buzzer from JCWhitney that I'm gonna install. Looks really simple and it'll save me from jumping my battery. ;)

Just a thought
 

I have thought about using a dimmer switch in the upper part of the floor board. You could leave the factory switch alone and just put the dimmer inline from the ground and when you want it to come on just stomp on it. The switch not the gas.... you could use it for anything, even a starter button if you wanted. I'm sure there is some electrical questions to look at, but it's a idea.


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How about a flip down panel under the dash.Flip down to operate the switch and up out of sight when not in use.

I saw that on a street rod at a show last summer they had all the controls on a flip down panel, even the air ride switches. they had a switch on the arm rest that made the panel go up & down. good luck and keep us posted.

i have seen people take another dimmer switch or something similar to it and mount it in the floor close to the dimmer so you have one for your lights and one for your brights.

Here's a pic of my set up, small and out of sight. Nice and low profile. The green switch is for park and dash lights. The red switch is for the headlights. The red switch gets power only when the green switch is on to eliminate lights on worries. hi-lo beams are still controlled with the floor switch.