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Old 09-09-2011, 03:21 PM
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Default Message to my knob brothers across the water....

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Originally Posted by FatBoy View Post
I think he's still trying to get over the experience.
He is, but the drugs have kicked in, and the therapist is very understanding.

.... and here over in the UK, another bunch of guys are busy organising themselves

Original Dash Knobs - Part 2!

My big mistake was to get tied up with switches.....stick to knobs, worry about switches later.

... and the lesson i learnt was:

- using SPF swicth gear is not what you want (knobs are fine)
- if you want the dash illumination switch, Holdens (UK) stock it, but v expensive;
- for wipers, you can get Lucas NOS or see e-bay. The key point is that the knobs are designed for a hex shaft ie a lucas product, not a half round shaft (standard electronics industry shaft)
- as for needing Off-On-On - very easy - there are simply loads and loads of lucas switches that have this combination and more. Yu just need to get your multimeter out and work out a logic table of which connection switches to what, and then wire accordingly.
- just make sure you buy a switch with a circular , rather than hex bezel if you want to be authentic
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