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Re: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation

To: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation
From: "Woods E. Houghton" <woodecindy@caverns.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 23:58:15 -0600
Thanks.  I had an old mechanic tell me to use a icebox switch
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From: Charles Culver <sculver@iwl.net>
To: oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, July 16, 2000 4:51 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Dome light/door button installation


>Thanks to the brainstorm of brother oletrucker and list member Terry
>Stellman, I have just completed the installation of dome light buttons on
my
>door frames.  They work great, and look and fit like factory equipment.
>
>Only problem that I ran into was finding the buttons that stay on when
>released, and off when depressed.  They were available at my local Sears
>Hardware, and are #S 51.  As for mounting, I drilled an appropriate hole
>just below the top hinge on each side, where I could reach through the side
>cowl vent area to maneuver from the back.  The wiring is simple.  One wire
>to the bulb terminal at the dome light, and another to a hot wire.
>
>Just thought I'd pass this along, in case anyone wants to do a similar
>upgrade.
>
>Smokey Culver
>'50 3600 5-window (mine)
>'58 Apache (hers)
>League City, Texas
>
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>

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