Re: 1954 Pacific / headlight out / headlight circuit breaker switch / dimmer switch
Posted by HH56 On 2020/7/5 21:54:05
The wire not being stock, no idea what it might be used for. Stock would be a single gray wire connected to the switch headlight terminal. That wire goes to the dimmer switch and from there two wires -- tan and light green -- go to the headlight junction block on the L fender where they each join with the two wires going on to the headlights for hi and lo beam. A second light green wire will also go from the dimmer switch back to the dash for the bright indicator light.
If the lights work in one position of the dimmer switch but not the other suspect a shorted or broken wire between the dimmer and headlights or dash bright light indicator. If it acts up in both then suspect the same between the headlight sw and dimmer switch or a bad dimmer sw.
To remove the headlight switch remove the knob using an allen wrench in the setscrew and when knob is off unscrew the bezel using the two slots near the shaft. Sometimes the bezel will be loose enough to unscrew by hand. Some have used a screwdriver on the slot on one side or channel lock pliers with the jaws wrapped with tape but there is danger of slipping and scratching the dash with either of those.
There was a special tool for the job that I believe resembled a screwdriver with a hollow middle that slipped over the shaft and had two flat prongs on the end that went in the slots. Packard Newbie made a version of another factory tool used on some earlier bezels for his 39 light switch. If you made a similar tool with the correct spacing for the slots in the 54 bezel it would make the job much easier and avoid scratching the dash.
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If the lights work in one position of the dimmer switch but not the other suspect a shorted or broken wire between the dimmer and headlights or dash bright light indicator. If it acts up in both then suspect the same between the headlight sw and dimmer switch or a bad dimmer sw.
To remove the headlight switch remove the knob using an allen wrench in the setscrew and when knob is off unscrew the bezel using the two slots near the shaft. Sometimes the bezel will be loose enough to unscrew by hand. Some have used a screwdriver on the slot on one side or channel lock pliers with the jaws wrapped with tape but there is danger of slipping and scratching the dash with either of those.
There was a special tool for the job that I believe resembled a screwdriver with a hollow middle that slipped over the shaft and had two flat prongs on the end that went in the slots. Packard Newbie made a version of another factory tool used on some earlier bezels for his 39 light switch. If you made a similar tool with the correct spacing for the slots in the 54 bezel it would make the job much easier and avoid scratching the dash.
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