My 59 has two wires to the park/signal lights. Were signal lights an option
then and if so when did signal lights become standard equipment?
I spent a few hours trying to figure out why my parklights didn't work when
the headlights where on. Then I asked my father, who owned a 59 when they
were new, and I was informed that the parklights didn't work when the
headlights where on.
Blaine Dumkee
59 GMC 9314
Fort Smith NT
Canada
-----Original Message-----
From: Claude Ramey <rameyfam@n-link.com>
To: Old Chevy Truck List <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Parking/Headlights
>That might be how I did my '59. I converted to two element bulbs then just
>found a spot on the switch that came on with the first notch and stayed on
>with the headlights all the way on. I also replaced the lenses with clear
>covers and used amber bulbs. It's been working for a couple years now.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gramps <gramps@stlnet.com>
>To: Ron Ramirez <mrphilco@mail.wko.com>; Old Chevy Truck List
><oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Date: Wednesday, February 10, 1999 6:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Parking/Headlights
>
>
>>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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>>>http://www.chevytrucks.org/mrphilco/
>>>
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>>>
>>
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