I'm trying to figure out how to get the headlight switch out of my Dash (68 Dart) and cant seem to figure it out.

My problem is that when u turn on the headlight the dash lights are dull.
and the dashlights only come on for 1/2 of the full turn.


Please help

Jay

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Stock 68 dart 225.

The knob and shaft are snap-locked into the headlamp switch, and you can't remove the switch from the dash without removing the knob and shaft.

Disconnect the battery's negative terminal -- you'll be working behind the dash, and when you remove the knob/shaft it will turn on the lights.

The body of the switch has a small round spring-loaded pushbutton on it. It's usually on the bottom, sometimes on the side, occasionally on the top. It's about 3/16" diameter and shaped like a hemisphere. That button has to be pushed and held FIRMLY while with your other hand you tug on the headlamp knob until it comes out of the switch. Somtimes it's a struggle -- keep pulling the knob, wiggling it and the pushbutton until it releases. Once you find the button, it helps a lot if you securely tape a penny to the finger or thumb you'll be using to press it.

Once you've got the knob/shaft out, the switch is held to the dash by a collar nut. There's a special spanner for it, but if you are careful you can use a small screwdriver in the slots, carefully tapped counterclockwise with a hammer until it loosens, then turned by hand. Caution is warranted, otherwise you can slip with the screwdriver and mar the dash.

A new headlamp switch will probably solve all the symptoms you mention.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Dan I owe u a coffe or somthing u keep fixin my problems. Maybe one day we can meet in T.O and chat.


I'm gonna go try that in the morning.

I take it that I have to take the fuse box that is under tha dash off so i can get at the back of the switch.

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Stock 68 dart 225.

Don't know if this is applicable to all switches, but on my 64 I was wondering why the knob was so hard to pull out and played with it once I did manage to get it out.................


Pull the switch out.
Let's say it moves out 3/4" (don't remember exactly)
Push the button in, pull the knob out.

If it goes out about double of what it did before you pushed the button in,
you don't have to hold the button in anymore.

The end of the switch is hanging up on the plastic guide that controls the rheostat for the dash gauges. You have to pull the knob a lot harder than you think you would to get it unstuck, but you don't have to keep pushing the button in as the end of the knob is already past the button.............

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes