Joe
Just viewed your web site, lot of good info on old trucks. I took special
interest in your vendor complaint page and the problems you encountered. I
had planned to purchase the cross member from a vendor and purchase the
components at the junkyard or the neighborhood NAPA. I assumed I would have
problems with the GM rotor conversion to the Must II hubs. Power rack width
conversion was a problem also. Does anyone have a parts list of purchased
parts to go with a Must II cross member into a 58 truck? It would help a
lot.
I noted on your dome light conversion page that you added a relay to turn
the lite on with door switches. All dome lites work with a switched ground
and a fused hot wire. This way the door switches act as the grounding
switch. The dome lite circuit in the headlite switch also goes to ground.
This way you can add as many grounding switches as you need. Even the on
switch located on the lite is a grounding switch. My 58 has the ground
switch dome lite, maybe the older vehicles had a positive switched lite.
Kurt
58 3100
59 3800
http://bulldogaquaticclub.com/dloads/pu/truck.htm
>From: Joe Garcia <joegarcia1@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Joe Garcia <joegarcia1@comcast.net>
>To: JohnHuntD@aol.com, oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Turn signal wiring questions
>Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 12:13:53 -0800
>
>Here's a link to my website. Just scroll down to the Electrical section
>and
>click on the 7-wire instructions. That should do the trick.
>
>http://50chevy.freeservers.com/
>
>
>Joe
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <JohnHuntD@aol.com>
>To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:29 AM
>Subject: [oletrucks] Turn signal wiring questions
>
>
> > A previous owner of my 1949 Chevy 3600 installed an aftermarket turn
>signal
> > kit, but when I bought the truck it wasn't working. I'm rewiring this
>truck
> > and finding the turn signal wiring was a mess, and several of the
>connections
> > don't make sense to me. My trusty "How to Wire Your Streetrod" booklet
>has
>a
> > page illustrating a sample aftermarket turn signal kit wiring diagram
>"for
> > illustration only", but is vague on a couple of wires and where they go
>and
> > how the flasher unit should be wired up. I'd appreciate advice on where
>the
> > following wires go:
> >
> > Coming out of the turn signal mechanism on the steering column, there
>are
> > seven wires:
> >
> > Yellow and green wires which I believe go to the left and right front
>turn
> > signals lamps.
> >
> > Orange and brown wires which I believe sgo to the left and right rear
>turn
> > signals lamps.
> >
> > A red wire - The "How to wire your Streetrod" booklet says that
>depending
>on
> > the make of the aftermarket turn signal kit this may go to the stoplight
> > switch, although I don't see why. I usually associate red wires in
> > aftermarket electrics with being connected to a fused block or other hot
>wire
> > to power the unit. Where should the red wire from the turn signal
>mechanism
> > on the column go?
> >
> > A black wire - The "How to wire your Streetrod" booklet says that
>depending
> > on the make of the aftermarket turn signal kit this may go to the turn
>signal
> > flasher unit, although it doesn't specify which terminal on the flasher
>unit.
> > My experience is a black wire usually is a ground wire. Where should the
> > black wire from the turn signal mechanism on the column go?
> >
> > A blue wire - The "How to wire your Streetrod" booklet says that
>depending
>on
> > the make of the aftermarket turn signal kit the blue wire may go to the
> > "headlight switch", but doesn't say which terminal on the headlight
>switch.
> > Why does the turn signal mechanism have to be connected to the headling
> > switch if the turn signal mechanism on the column has its own power
>source
> > and separate wiring to the separate turn signal lamps? Where should the
>blue
> > wire from the turn signal mechanism on the column go? If to the
>headlight
> > switch, which terminal on the headlight switch?
> >
> > Finally, I went to the local auto parts store to buy a new flasher unit,
>and
> > all the turn signal flasher units on display had three terminals. None
>of
>the
> > flasher units came with installation instructions, and the one I bought
>"for
> > light trucks" has three terminals marked "P", "L", and "X". My GUESS is
>a
> > hot wire from the fuse block goes to the "P" (Power?) terminal on the
>flasher
> > unit; the "L" (Lamp?) terminal is for a wire that goes to either the red
>or
> > the black wire from the turn signal mechanism on the column. As to the
>"X"
> > terminal on the flasher, does this go to ground, or to the turn signal
> > mechanism somewhere?
> >
> > Regarding the flasher unit, the "How to wire your Streetrod" booklet
>shows
>a
> > two-terminal flasher unit with a black wire going from the turn signal
> > mechanism on the column to the flasher unit and a black wire from the
>other
> > flasher unit terminal going to the fuse block. But it doesn't specify
>the
> > terminal on the flasher unit. Since this booklet only shows a
>two-terminal
> > flasher unit, it may not make any difference which terminal is connected
>to
> > the wire coming from the turn signal unit on the column and which
>flasher
> > terminal goes to the fuse block.
> >
> > Given time I can probably figure it out by trial and error, but I'd very
>much
> > appreciate help from anyone out there as to the proper wiring hookups
>for
>the
> > red, black, and blue wires coming out of the turn signal mechanism on
>the
> > column, and how the flasher unit should be wired.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > John Doak in Baltimore, MD
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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