Recent content by Bearzerker

Sorry, but this is a high mileage thread :cool:. Just kidding, nice rig!

Success! Someone chopped up my dash for who knows why and left me with a mess. I like to keep things original cuz i like old trucks, so the hotrod switch had to go. So for anyone else facing this, you may have 6 Painless (PL) wires coming to your PL/GM or aftermarket switch. I took PL orange...

Answering my own question - according to FSM, Meter Pilot must serve the dash lights (Fig 12-52)

Does anyone know what the "Meter Pilot Light" wire serves? I am making good progress on the rest of the connections (i think :cool:

thankyou. no problems with the switch, I am trying to figure out how to mate the switch to the painless wiring. Your dimmer info is super handy!

I see now that Dimmer is actually the headlight dim switch, not rheostat

I do. But it doesn't tell me why there are 2 wires coming from the "Meter" plug hole or what they are for. And the Painless wires only say TO headlight switch, not where they are from. Right now, I have headlights and dash lights. Still trying to figure out parking lights. The "Dimmer" wire...

Thanks for that. It's too easy to get ahead of myself sometimes. Switch tests good! I am just going to start connecting things and see what works

hi All- I would like to connect a stock headlight switch to my painless harness. Is this doable with simple wire connection? I have all my wires labeled except a few brown painless wires, but don't want to fry my gritty old switch by connecting something I shouldn't. The wires don't match up...

I think this is the ticket. Gracias

What a strange run of crummy ones I've had then. Makes me wonder if they are genuine oem or only packaged as such. Yes, 3 of em wrecked in 3 or 4 years. My '76 didn't come with one either. I'll definitely loc-tite my next one.

busted! :rolleyes::cool:

Thankyou! Nutserts have been my friend on the 40. I'll check that out! A larger knob would maybe be nice too. As for difficulty of shifting to 4L, it seems easier than my 76 was and about average for the few other rigs I've played with.

That inspires me to try one more oem knob. I try to stay original on everything. I'll use some loc-tite if i go this route.

I see it now. The turtle shift knob. Interesting. thanks again