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Tim Ayers · 01-19-2018, 12:46 PM

OK All:

Hoping all you '32 experts jump here. At the end of the steering box, there is the switch housing. I see there is a part of a switch plate in there. I'm assuming there is a wiring harness with a corresponding contact with the wire leads that goes inside of this.

Is that correct? Would anyone happen to have a picture of what it looks like?

Thanks,

Tim

David J · 01-19-2018, 01:22 PM

33 but it should be similar . The switch housing comes apart but this NOS one is sticky and I don't want to force it .

Bob C · 01-19-2018, 01:27 PM

Here is a picture.

Bob

JSeery · 01-19-2018, 02:15 PM

Here are some Model A light switch photos, they are all similar in construction.

Tim Ayers · 01-19-2018, 03:45 PM

Ah, I see said the blind man. Thank you, all.

Any thought on how is the best vendor to get this harness?

DavidG · 01-19-2018, 05:11 PM

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Bubsyouruncle · 01-21-2018, 11:24 PM

Cheap but functional would be from Macs. Got mine from them before they were sold to Eckert.

Back story, however.

Got one from Dick Spadero (sic) (RIP) many years ago. The headlight wires ended at the bottom of the radiator. Did not extend far enough to reach the headlights.

Had a "conversation" on this website on that situation without a good answer.

The first time I tried to replace the wiring harness for a '32 Ford I bought it from a Ford dealer in Chicago in 1954. And the harness did not extend into the headlights.

Davidg - HELP

DavidG · 01-22-2018, 12:03 AM

It sounds like a case of a misidentified lamp wiring harness, most likely for a '33-'34 where there are separate leads from the head lamps to the main lamp wiring harness.

The reproduction harness above in the photo posted by Bob C appears to have the right length of wires to pass through the sides of the radiator shell and terminate at the ends of the conduits that connect to the head lamps; the ends do not actually extend into the lamp housings.

(I would quibble over the diameter of the horn wire conduit the maker of that harness used as no way would it pass through the small rubber grommet at the bottom of the radiator shell.)

Bored&Stroked · 01-22-2018, 08:32 PM

Also, if I'm correct, there are two different harnesses - one for a dual-lamp headlight and the other for the single-lamp headlight. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this - I seem to remember having the wrong one at one point.

Tim Ayers · 01-22-2018, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bored&Stroked

Also, if I'm correct, there are two different harnesses - one for a dual-lamp headlight and the other for the single-lamp headlight. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this - I seem to remember having the wrong one at one point.

Dale

After looking at the site David posted, there seems to a few different ones. I guess I need to call and ask for this is going to be a hot rod that I need to work Guide sealed beam headlights.

Tim

DavidG · 01-22-2018, 10:59 PM

There were four different stock '32 LHD lamp wiring harnesses: two for fours with a hand controlled starter switch (one bulb and two bulb head lamps) and two for V8s and late fours with a foot controlled starter switch (one and two bulb head lamps).

01-19-2018, 12:46 PM	#1
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,177	'32 Light switch question OK All: Hoping all you '32 experts jump here. At the end of the steering box, there is the switch housing. I see there is a part of a switch plate in there. I'm assuming there is a wiring harness with a corresponding contact with the wire leads that goes inside of this. Is that correct? Would anyone happen to have a picture of what it looks like? Thanks, Tim

01-19-2018, 03:45 PM	#5
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,177	Re: '32 Light switch question Ah, I see said the blind man. Thank you, all. Any thought on how is the best vendor to get this harness?

01-19-2018, 05:11 PM	#6
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,094	Re: '32 Light switch question Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Rhode Island Wiring in Narragansett.

01-21-2018, 11:24 PM	#7
Bubsyouruncle Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Gurnee, Illinois Posts: 270	Re: '32 Light switch question Cheap but functional would be from Macs. Got mine from them before they were sold to Eckert. Back story, however. Got one from Dick Spadero (sic) (RIP) many years ago. The headlight wires ended at the bottom of the radiator. Did not extend far enough to reach the headlights. Had a "conversation" on this website on that situation without a good answer. The first time I tried to replace the wiring harness for a '32 Ford I bought it from a Ford dealer in Chicago in 1954. And the harness did not extend into the headlights. Davidg - HELP

01-22-2018, 12:03 AM	#8
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,094	Re: '32 Light switch question It sounds like a case of a misidentified lamp wiring harness, most likely for a '33-'34 where there are separate leads from the head lamps to the main lamp wiring harness. The reproduction harness above in the photo posted by Bob C appears to have the right length of wires to pass through the sides of the radiator shell and terminate at the ends of the conduits that connect to the head lamps; the ends do not actually extend into the lamp housings. (I would quibble over the diameter of the horn wire conduit the maker of that harness used as no way would it pass through the small rubber grommet at the bottom of the radiator shell.)

01-22-2018, 08:32 PM	#9
Bored&Stroked Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 5,062	Re: '32 Light switch question Also, if I'm correct, there are two different harnesses - one for a dual-lamp headlight and the other for the single-lamp headlight. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this - I seem to remember having the wrong one at one point.

01-22-2018, 10:59 PM	#11
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,094	Re: '32 Light switch question There were four different stock '32 LHD lamp wiring harnesses: two for fours with a hand controlled starter switch (one bulb and two bulb head lamps) and two for V8s and late fours with a foot controlled starter switch (one and two bulb head lamps).