Blog Title: blueninteytwo
The Chris N Nick Blog: 1G interior switches, Part 2
Posted 01-27-2008 at 02:36 PM by blueninteytwo
PART 2: LIGHTS SWITCHES
1. foglight switch. take switch apart.
the only pic i got. sorry. when you pull this guy apart, poke a hole so you can put the LED legs through, and underneath the resistor in my pic is your ground. solder to there. the 12V lead is directly above the resistor, and if you look close you can see that the right side of the resistor does a 180degree bend and is soldered to that metal. how I did it was solder the ground, solder the resistor to the switch, then put a layer of hot glue over the ground solder, stick the resistor in, then cover with another layer of glue.
2. pop-up headlight switch. (1GA only) this guy has a lot of little parts in him. this is how they go together. when you attempt to reassemble this thing, i found it easy to put the button in the housing and tape it there. it seemed to make reassembly easier.
put the spring in the bottom of the white carrier, and stick it on the switch. make sure the J shaped hook makes it into the groove in the bottom of the switch.
flip it over (holding down the white carrier), put the ball in the little hole.
Put the spring on top of that...., then put the black piece on top.
headlight switch wiring...stick the LED through, solder ground to the top lead, arrange resistor like so, solder resistor to bottom lead (12V) and make sure to put some shrink wrap on the bottom lead because you're going to run the wire over the 12V pad, and if they touch, you're gonna blow the LED. hot glue everything here too.
and that's just the LED from the other side.
3. dimmer switch. this has 3 small phillips head screws, remove them first, then pry open.
we're going to be working with the bottom 2 pads where they meet the circuit board. if you use too much heat, you can take the metal prong right off the circuit board, so tape it up first. 12V is the very bottom pad, and ground is the next one up.
I shrink wrapped everything as it's gonna run along the circuit board, and once again, you don't want to ground.
i'll update the rest as soon as i take apart nick's car to do the same.
1. foglight switch. take switch apart.
the only pic i got. sorry. when you pull this guy apart, poke a hole so you can put the LED legs through, and underneath the resistor in my pic is your ground. solder to there. the 12V lead is directly above the resistor, and if you look close you can see that the right side of the resistor does a 180degree bend and is soldered to that metal. how I did it was solder the ground, solder the resistor to the switch, then put a layer of hot glue over the ground solder, stick the resistor in, then cover with another layer of glue.
2. pop-up headlight switch. (1GA only) this guy has a lot of little parts in him. this is how they go together. when you attempt to reassemble this thing, i found it easy to put the button in the housing and tape it there. it seemed to make reassembly easier.
put the spring in the bottom of the white carrier, and stick it on the switch. make sure the J shaped hook makes it into the groove in the bottom of the switch.
flip it over (holding down the white carrier), put the ball in the little hole.
Put the spring on top of that...., then put the black piece on top.
headlight switch wiring...stick the LED through, solder ground to the top lead, arrange resistor like so, solder resistor to bottom lead (12V) and make sure to put some shrink wrap on the bottom lead because you're going to run the wire over the 12V pad, and if they touch, you're gonna blow the LED. hot glue everything here too.
and that's just the LED from the other side.
3. dimmer switch. this has 3 small phillips head screws, remove them first, then pry open.
we're going to be working with the bottom 2 pads where they meet the circuit board. if you use too much heat, you can take the metal prong right off the circuit board, so tape it up first. 12V is the very bottom pad, and ground is the next one up.
I shrink wrapped everything as it's gonna run along the circuit board, and once again, you don't want to ground.
i'll update the rest as soon as i take apart nick's car to do the same.
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I like the idea, looks like you have some skill there, those switches are not all that big! Do you have any interior pics with them on?Posted 08-28-2008 at 03:29 AM by enos1010321
