It's not that hard to do and it can be done with the orginal switch. Stop
and think, when you pull the parking lights on the lights in the front light
and the tail lights light too. When you pull the switch the rest of the way
the headlights come on and the tail lights are still on. So just wire the
front parking lights to the tail light with a jumper or move the wire.
Worked for me....
----- Original Message -----
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Rob J.
>> Sent: Wednesday, 10 February, 1999 3:21 PM
>> To: jeastman@appliedtheory.com
>> Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Water Jacket Welding; Parking/Headlights
>>
>> It is the way all the ADs I have seen are meant to operate.
>> Personally, my
>> preference would be for the parking lights to stay on when the
>> headlights are
>> on, but would have no clue how to do that (especially now that
>> mine have been
>> converted to a dual filament so they can double as turn signals).
>
>Rob,
>
>Converting to a more modern light switch would do the trick, regardless of
>having converted to dual filament bulbs. I've had the switch out of my '58
>and looked it over, as I once had thoughts of doing the same thing (fixing
>it so that the parking lights would stay on when the headlights were on).
>You can't do that with the original type switch. The way it's designed,
when
>you pull the knob out halfway, the contacts make contact with the parking
>light circuit. When the knob is fully pulled out, the contacts can no
longer
>make contact with the parking light circuit; they are switched to the
>headlight circuit only. Shouldn't be too difficult to convert, you would
>just need a newer headlight switch, the proper wiring connector - and then
>have fun splicing all those wires to the newer connector. 8^)
>
>I don't know about retaining the original knob, though. Might be best to
>experiment with a pullout switch from a junkyard out of a vehicle from,
say,
>the seventies to see if the shaft/knob from your old switch would fit
before
>proceeding with the conversion.
>
>If you try it, LMK how it turns out.
>--
>Ron Ramirez - mrphilco@mail.wko.com - Madisonville, KY
>Webmeister of www.chevytrucks.org
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