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02-27-2020, 01:07 AM | #1 |
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Headlight switch, bottom of steering box
Has ANYone here, dismantled then reassembled, 'successfully,' the contact points that is in the back headlight switch housing?
I have pictures to show exactly what I am talking about. I want to chrome the 'bail' and both housing pieces for the headlight switch. Thanks |
02-27-2020, 02:01 AM | #2 |
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Re: Headlight switch, bottom of steering box
I have not tried. I wanted to, but gave up the idea and bought a repop. The parts are pressed together. I don't think you want to mess with it. Bending the pressed parts outward to release and release the spring will probably not go back together the same. You can alway try, but good luck.
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02-27-2020, 02:29 AM | #3 |
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Re: Headlight switch, bottom of steering box
It must be able to be done successfully. I have purchased refurbished originals that have been replated. The one that is on my truck I got from Bert’s in Denver.
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02-27-2020, 11:08 AM | #4 |
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Re: Headlight switch, bottom of steering box
Any electrically conductive material can be plated but it's not cheap now days. If there are any moving parts attached, they are usually removed so parts can be plated separately. Wax is sometimes used where parts can't be separated. Plating doesn't go into nooks & crannies well so the inside will not be a place that will look real good. Polishing can take it's toll during the process but that's the only way to get a real nice surface finish.
I could ask why but I know folks always want something different. Ford didn't plate them that way. It would have been too costly. |
02-27-2020, 02:28 PM | #5 |
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Re: Headlight switch, bottom of steering box
I have had MANY re-cad plated after glass beading them and have never taken any of them apart !!..
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02-28-2020, 07:54 AM | #6 | |
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Am I reading your comment right? That you have purchased refurbished originals that have been chrome plated? That you have one on your vehicle, now, (a chrome plated one) that you bought from 'Bert's in Denver'? Thanks |
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02-28-2020, 08:02 AM | #7 | |
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Thanks for asking |
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02-28-2020, 12:14 PM | #8 | |
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When I said “plated” I didn’t say anything about chrome. Only that it was plated. My intention was that it could be taken apart in order to be plated.
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04-01-2020, 02:52 PM | #9 |
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Re: Headlight switch, bottom of steering box
what exactly is holding the rotating plate with the 3 contact bumps to the unit?
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