Chevrolet Cab 11 Instrument Lights

[Owen Evans]

Paul/Bob, thanks for your responses.

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

The NOS switches I had purchased with original waxed wrapping were all heavily oxidized with a white powder an the contacts were sometimes working sometimes not. I kept them for posterity and replaced all 3 switches with "made in China" ....$2.99) Princess Auto switches which came with a little ball ends on the switches. To this date they are still working fine. I did have to do some dentistry since orientation of the on / off was reversed but was an easy fix.....and matched the wiring diagram that I was following in the manual.

Good point. I have three NOS 3-way switches (part no. 5801115), and they all have the 'white powder' oxidation. I'll be checking them over the weekend to see if any of them actually work.

I picked up a handful of these switches as modern replacements for the tail and stop switches:

https://www.leviton.com/en/products/735

They are clocked the same way to match the notch in the tail and stop switch name plates, but I suspect that these are also of finest Chinese manufacture. Based on Bob's second post (#4 above), I believe the original instrument name plate for the 3-way switch should look like the attached. As you can see, I don't make a living out of photo editing..

I may just use one of the modern replacement 2-way switches, and have it operate all three instrument lights (I don't really need the blackout function); that way, I can use my existing switch name plate. Unless I can get one of my 3-way switches working....and find the correct switch name plate.....

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

NOTE.... my cab 11 did not come with rubber front fender marker lights but depended on the second light bulb inside the headlights.....since I converted to sealed beams I retro fitted modern yellow bumper mounted markerlights......would love to revert to inside the HD if I can re silver the reflectors.....but would still keep 12v bulbs.....Mac's sells halogen rero fit 12v. bulbs.

My cab 11 was fitted with the british 'Butler' sidelights, but beyond repair. I'm replacing them with the rubber ones; for the cost of one 'butler', I can get two rubber ones! My headlights have the second bulb in them, so I intend to use the rubber lights as front turn signals.

Now, I just need to figure how I'm going to do the rear lights (in the UK, I will need tail, brake and turn signal on each side).

Owen.

Edit: on closer inspection of Bob's photo, the 3-way switch name plate looks like it has 'OFF' written at the bottom; photo now edited. Excuse my myopia....