heater control light ?

[frankslagoon]

Does anyone have a 63 or older w/econo heater controls that has a light behind it?

[jbgroby]

My '60 gmc has a spot for a light as well

[bhc41051]

I'm pretty sure the Deluxe Heater with the 4 levers had the light. The recirculating heater had the 2 levers and no light. Maybe the controls had a provision for the light but didn't have the grey wire to the fuse box. The diagram in the shop manual doesn't show the light wiring for the recirculating heater.

[frankslagoon]

Sorry, C10 1963. I don,t see a place on mine with the 2 levers but I wonder if I can put the 4 lever plate on the back and just use the 2 levers. Hmmm?

[Micmac]

My '63 has the Econo w/ no light.

[forestb]

My 62 has a single nob with a light inside it.

[frankslagoon]

Originally Posted by forestb

My 62 has a single nob with a light inside it.

Remember chevys a gmc dashes are way different is your 62 a chevy with a knob?

[Greg63]

I had a econo 2 lever without a light and I now have a deluxe 4 lever with a light in my '63 Chevy.
Greg.

[frankslagoon]

ok I'm gona grab a deluxe control and see if I can make a econo with a light out of the 2 of em

[forestb]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

Remember chevys a gmc dashes are way different is your 62 a chevy with a knob?

yes here is the best photo I have.

[Greg63]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

ok I'm gona grab a deluxe control and see if I can make a econo with a light out of the 2 of em

That should be do-able.
Greg

[frankslagoon]

Originally Posted by forestb

yes here is the best photo I have.

Well I never seen one like that. nice lookin truck dude. mine has the sliders. how do ya adjust the defrost?

[frankslagoon]

Originally Posted by Greg63

That should be do-able.
Greg

actually Greg it looks like the rivet holes are in different spots. gona be a bit more trouble then we thought.

[Micmac]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

Remember chevys a gmc dashes are way different is your 62 a chevy with a knob?

Hey Frankslagoon anyway you could document the change over with photo's for the less mechanically gifted of us? I wasn't aware of the light option, but it sounds like a cool upgrade.

[Greg63]

Its been a while since I had mine out so I don't recall any rivets or their locations, but I do recall the housing that the light bulb goes into is above the control levers.
From the front they both appear the same except the econo heater control has the outer two slide slots blocked off from behind and the deluxe version uses all four.
You can see mine in this picture;
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Greg

[frankslagoon]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

actually Greg it looks like the rivet holes are in different spots. gona be a bit more trouble then we thought.

The rivet spots make it really hard to mount the 2 lever control in the 4 lever cover. you could do it but might be pretty sleazy.

[frankslagoon]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

actually Greg it looks like the rivet holes are in different spots. gona be a bit more trouble then we thought.

The rivet spots make it really hard to mount the 2 lever control in the 4 lever cover. you could do it but might be pretty sleazy.

[jbgroby]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

ok I'm gona grab a deluxe control and see if I can make a econo with a light out of the 2 of em

The factory had a thin plastic or hard paper material mounted on the backside of the panel to block-out the voids. I would think with the thin plastics we can find today, you can put something like that or black backing tape in the insides of the delux box easily.

[frankslagoon]

So. here,s what I came up with. There's not much room to work with. I screwed this one on but you could probably glue it. then just put one light hole in between the two levers. you have to stay as far forward as ya can or the box will hit the dash. and ya can't make it to wide or it gets in the way of the screw hole tabs. Actually you could just drill acouple small holes and put some miniature lights from radio shack in .

[Greg63]

Nice work.

[Jeff La]

WOW great job

[OldGMJon]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

Actually you could just drill acouple small holes and put some miniature lights from radio shack in .

Better go get them lights quick cause radio shack just filed bankruptcy