Headlamp switch removal - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Tonymolloy · 04-19-2016, 03:54 PM

I'm just stripping out the dashboard ready for painting and I can't seem to get the headlamp switch out of the dash panel,it's on a 71 Cheyenne ,any info please?

Hellbent · 04-19-2016, 04:06 PM

Locate the spring button on side of switch. Push this and it will release the shaft. Then unscrew retaining nut.

**Blue/72** · 04-19-2016, 04:09 PM

There is a little button on the top of the switch so reach your hand up there and push down the button and pull the head light knob out. Sometimes it needs to be in the parking light position to come out and also remove the bezel trim if you are taking out the entire switch, but it can stay in if you are just pulling the switch. To pull the entire unit take off the bezel, disconnect the wiring from it then it can be removed

Tonymolloy · 04-19-2016, 04:15 PM

Cheers for that

04-19-2016, 03:54 PM	#1
Tonymolloy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Coventry uk Posts: 19	Headlamp switch removal I'm just stripping out the dashboard ready for painting and I can't seem to get the headlamp switch out of the dash panel,it's on a 71 Cheyenne ,any info please?

04-19-2016, 04:06 PM	#2
Hellbent Don't blame the messenger Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Summerville, SC Posts: 318	Re: Headlamp switch removal Locate the spring button on side of switch. Push this and it will release the shaft. Then unscrew retaining nut. __________________ On the Level Just a guy with a hammer and a grinder. OH!, and an HOA- enough said...: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=372525 "Some drink from the fountain of knowledge while others just gargle."

04-19-2016, 04:09 PM	#3
Blue/72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Sandy, Oregon Posts: 2,376	Re: Headlamp switch removal There is a little button on the top of the switch so reach your hand up there and push down the button and pull the head light knob out. Sometimes it needs to be in the parking light position to come out and also remove the bezel trim if you are taking out the entire switch, but it can stay in if you are just pulling the switch. To pull the entire unit take off the bezel, disconnect the wiring from it then it can be removed __________________ My dad always says that HEI distributers are pointless... •1972 Custom/10 Deluxe. My first truck and I've had it since I was 7. Tilt, tach, AM/FM, 350, deep dish rally's, original paint and an increasing amount of NOS jewelry. It's always taking my money.. •1967 c10 with tach, dropped 3/5 on deep dish rally's •1972 Cheyenne Super. Sold

04-19-2016, 04:15 PM	#4
Tonymolloy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Coventry uk Posts: 19	Re: Headlamp switch removal Cheers for that

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