Dome light pin switch placement? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

clean cut creations · 12-02-2008, 04:30 PM

I am adding options to a customer's very basic '68 GMC truck and I have questions about the placement of the door jamb pin switches and about how all of these plug together at the fusebox. I am using the AAW underdash courtesy light harness, cargo light harness, and dome light harness.
Does anybody have pics of their install similar to this or a factory setup? Pics at the fusebox would be great also.

Cyclone · 12-02-2008, 05:16 PM

"placement of the door jamb pin switches"

subscribed, I need to know this as well.

Botietruck · 12-02-2008, 06:47 PM

Not a real good pic, but hope it helps.

71 super · 12-02-2008, 06:54 PM

The wires should have plugs that serve as jumpers and should plug directly into each other. There is a pigtail that comes out of the fuse block and the dome light plugs into this, followed by the courtesy light into the jumper wire ad the cargo light then plugs into the jumper on the courtesy lights, so the cargo light luminates when its switch is on and the dome light is activated or the door is open. The plugs are straight forward if this is a stock type harness. Hope this helps, Harold

Longhorn Man · 12-02-2008, 07:12 PM

the only trouble is, there is no raised pad in the 67/68 truck door jamb for the switch.

clean cut creations · 12-02-2008, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

the only trouble is, there is no raised pad in the 67/68 truck door jamb for the switch.

True...I was thinking of putting the switches in the flat part of the rear of the bodyside doorjamb near the cab corner. There is a space about 3/4" wide and 2 3/4" tall there just above the rocker seam. I was just looking to see what others have done to solve this.

**passthebuck** · 12-03-2008, 12:07 AM

I've been thinking about the lack of raised pad on my 67's for the switch. I was thinking about brazing a nut onto the pillar somewhere between the hinges & threading the switch in there.

12-02-2008, 04:30 PM	#1
clean cut creations Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: st louis MO Posts: 60	Dome light pin switch placement? I am adding options to a customer's very basic '68 GMC truck and I have questions about the placement of the door jamb pin switches and about how all of these plug together at the fusebox. I am using the AAW underdash courtesy light harness, cargo light harness, and dome light harness. Does anybody have pics of their install similar to this or a factory setup? Pics at the fusebox would be great also. __________________ Don't tell me what you're gonna do...SHOW me what you've DONE!!! Click here for the TRUTH... Last edited by clean cut creations; 12-02-2008 at 04:32 PM.

12-02-2008, 05:16 PM	#2
Cyclone Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sonoma, CA Posts: 318	Re: Dome light pin switch placement? "placement of the door jamb pin switches" subscribed, I need to know this as well.

12-02-2008, 06:47 PM	#3
Botietruck '71 chevy s.bed/s.side Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chesapeake, VA Posts: 1,571	Re: Dome light pin switch placement? Not a real good pic, but hope it helps. __________________ STILL PLAYS WITH CARS...AND TRUCKS!! Parents! Be good to your kids...they get to choose your nursing home! 250 I-6 with a 3 speed Saginaw and Borg Warner Overdrive...She's got overdrive!

12-02-2008, 06:54 PM	#4
71 super Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canton North carolina Posts: 3,079	Re: Dome light pin switch placement? The wires should have plugs that serve as jumpers and should plug directly into each other. There is a pigtail that comes out of the fuse block and the dome light plugs into this, followed by the courtesy light into the jumper wire ad the cargo light then plugs into the jumper on the courtesy lights, so the cargo light luminates when its switch is on and the dome light is activated or the door is open. The plugs are straight forward if this is a stock type harness. Hope this helps, Harold __________________ 67 blue step side- bb 68 gold and white swb cst anniversary 68 custom swb hot rod Ls swap 69 swb cst 6 cylinder/ overdrive 69 black/black cst bb swb 70 orange and white cst Canada built truck swb bb 71 black and white super swb bb 71 red and white super swb 72 green and white super swb 4x4 62 nova wagon 400 series Ls swapped 68 Camaro 327/4 speed- 1 owner, original paint 66 Volkswagen bettle 69 auto stick Volkswagen Beetle

12-02-2008, 07:12 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Dome light pin switch placement? the only trouble is, there is no raised pad in the 67/68 truck door jamb for the switch.

12-03-2008, 12:07 AM	#7
passthebuck Sisyphus was my mentor! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario CANADA Posts: 984	Re: Dome light pin switch placement? I've been thinking about the lack of raised pad on my 67's for the switch. I was thinking about brazing a nut onto the pillar somewhere between the hinges & threading the switch in there. __________________ passthebuck #5642 -TWO 1967 GMC 910's. One with L6/3-on-the tree and the other with 355 w/435hp & a 700r4. -a 2013 Honda Civic as my "sensible" car



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