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Does anyone here know how the light switch is removed on the 1929 dash? I have heard the choke, distributor advance & gas knobs have to be broke to get them off as they are epoxied in to the cable at the factory. I don't want to screw it up trying to remove the switch.

Thanks Dave

Hello Dave, the switch knob is removed from the back side of the switch body. Carefully disassemble the switch from the back side. Be careful and only take it apart in an area you can control the parts if they pop out of the partially disassembled switch. They are spring loaded. If you have an older spare switch then practice on it first. If you do not want to risk it yourself I think there is a fellow just down the road from you near Medford who rebuilds them. You will need to buy the instrument panel face rebuild kit from the Filling Station. Art

I will send you a PM

The switch is screwed onto a plate supported by the control cables. There is no need to remove the knobs from the cables.

To further what he said the whole instrument cluster is held into the dash with 4 wing nuts. Spray those with a little penetrating oil in order to loosen them. Getting the instrument cluster down where you can see what is going on will make your life a lot easier. Then you can remove the individual components off of the cluster panel as needed. The light switch, the speedometer, the oil/amp gauge all are screwed to that panel, along with all the misc cables. Art

Thanks Art for adding to my meager description and correcting. I was thinking 1930 and up that were held by the cable not the earlier held by the studs and wing nuts.

I found it rather difficult to contort myself to get behind the dash, so the first thing I did was to hold my phone/camera behind the dash and take lots of pictures. You might find that you can reach the wing nuts from the front by reaching under the dash and using the photos to guide yourself.

lol i did the same thing when i had to remove the speedo to have JYD rebuild it for me few years ago.

Thanks Beachbum, I did already buy the panel face from Filling Station but wanted some guidance before I started tearing things up :)

Really Apx all you guys help here.

Dave

Sorry for the late reply, I am trying to learn this site and took a while just to find my original post, Searched a lot of papers since I didn't have time to check post for replies daily. LOL Also I am trying to find that PM message the first poster said he was going to send me. :)


Getting ready to take the dash out and may try and get the temperature gauge working. Hopefully I can find a replacement if I can't.

Thanks Again All You guys are great!!

Good luck finding a working temperature gauge. When JD repaired my gauges he had a hard time finding one that could even be repaired. The coils seem to be burned out. I suspect from jumpstarting with 12 volts.