View Full Version : Eliminating headlight push/pull for a toggle setup
maczter
01-05-2014, 08:43 PM
Has anyone here eliminated their kit headlight switch for a roadster/race car style toggle switch setup? If you have, can you share what wires you wired to each toggle?
I am assuming one for the headlights and one for the parking lights. I do not care about the gauge dimming feature,
Thanks.
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maczter
01-06-2014, 10:37 PM
OK, let me see if I can clarify the help I need. I am what you might call wiring stupid, some of the logic just does not make sense. I have even blew up my diagram onto a posterboard to help me.
I need to know what wires from the headlight switch connector I should wire to what toggle. For my bright lights, I have an Iditit switch on my tilt arm, gray that will need to be added into this mix as well, I do not want the dimmer on a toggle. So just 3 toggles; headlights, parking lights and courtesty lights.
The colors and where they go are as follows:
Red Headlight SW 2 Feed > to the fuse panel
Red Headlight SW 1 Feed > to the ignition switch
Brown Courtesy light > courtesy light
Tan Rt Tail light feed > tan Rt Tail Light feed on rear harness
Tan Rt Parking light feed > Tan Rt Parking light feed on front harness
Lt Blue Headlight SW Dim Sw > Lt Blue Headlight SW Dim Sw on Dash Harness
White dash light > white dash lights on front harness
Gray wire coming from the dimmer switch on my column (Iditit).
Using this, and the attached diagram, can any of you electric gurus tell me which color wires to wire to what toggle and what position on the toggle.
Thanks.
BrentM
01-07-2014, 03:03 AM
I am planing to do this and tested the headlight switch to see how it functioned, here is my preliminary drawing. I don't have the dimmer on the column so a separate switch to direct the power to either the low beam or high beam, separate switch for the parking lights, separate switch for the instrument lights, not shown. Along with wipers, start, fan, etc.....
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/brentmatson/Headlightwiringdiagram.jpg
Use at your own risk....... position on the toggle is dependent on the toggle switch, but these are simple on / off SPST switches. I am using these Carling Contura V switches. Laser etched, backlit available in many styles
http://www.otrattw.com/prodimages/07-SPY.jpg
Brent