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  1. maccus

    M37 light switch question

    Anyone reading the two posts before this one by cjcottrill and mdainsd should be able to make a very well done wiring harness. I have for many years used just about all of their methods to fabricate many, many harnesses. Good show guys. For me the 4x8 plywood sheet is a very important part of...
  2. maccus

    M37 light switch question

    You can buy the light switch here..............http://www.eriksmilitarysurplus.com/elcocplfor3l.html.......... If you look at the connector a while you can figure out how to remove the pins. Use WD 40 and it will be easy. Take your old connector apart and you will see. So I normally pop them...
  3. maccus

    M37 light switch question

    If your wiring looks as you have described. You can bet that you have bare wires in many places. Time to bite the bullet and replace the whole harness. Very common problem with the early 50s' units. If you address only the light switch wiring now sooner or later you will have problems...
  4. maccus

    M37 light switch question

    Trivia note..........The very first light switches did not have the circuit breaker inside the switch housing. They used a 15 amp klaxon breaker like everything else does. Most of the old vehicles that had an amp gauge instead of a volt meter used that type of switch as a general rule. So if...
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