Re: '48 Head Light Switch & Circuit Breaker

Posted by HH56 On 2014/3/30 0:38:48

The dash does surround the chrome piece and may come down as far as the speaker area. The chrome piece is mounted to the dash metal along the top or sides & maybe a couple of screws or bolts at the bottom as well. Nothing directly between the chrome and switch sub structure. Forgot to mention there is a support hook for the radio bottom which hooks somewhere around the switches. It may actually be hooked to the switch sub structure. If so, that will also have to loosen or come off to remove the sub structure.

I've never tried changing the breaker on that type dash so not sure how accessible it will be. The radio case sits very close above the switches so it may cause some access problems. Be careful with pressure on the actual bakelite plate if you try changing in place. Some of those old pieces are fairly brittle or have cracks and will not take much.