Dodge 1965 AT4 tow truck

DodgyChem
Gudday M8

RE: https://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/attachment/4012

not sure ifn U kno wot the switch iz about..... but here goes
if the switch iz the same as Inter

U turn/twist the contol knob n either activates the interior dimmer light or background dash light on dimmer
one notch out = side or parker lights
2nd notch out also adds headlights via dipper switch on floor

Butt
There again
WaddaEyeKno

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cya
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Thanks Buddy!!

I'm cool with the light switch as a user.....I was just taken aback by the bimetallic strip/ignition points looking gizmos on either side.
Maybe they are there rather than fuses??!! :ohmy:

Definitely some room for improvement on the wiring safety side :sick:

I see my future .......... under the dash :silly:

So your future isn't under the dash, if you do any rewiring make everything pluggable, use duetsch plugs on everything so if something goes wrong you can remove the dash by unplugging all the wiring and the only hard bit will be unhooking the speedo cable, and of course make sure all new wiring follows the colour codes in the manual so it is easier to fault find and leave plenty of length so you aren't peering through a little gap because you can't pull the dash out far enough.

DodgeyChem wrote: Thanks Buddy!!

I'm cool with the light switch as a user.....I was just taken aback by the bimetallic strip/ignition points looking gizmos on either side.
Maybe they are there rather than fuses??!! :ohmy:

Definitely some room for improvement on the wiring safety side :sick:

I see my future .......... under the dash :silly:

Yep, they is circuit breakers. The one on my Dad's Stude Lark used to trip every time you went over 55 mph with high beam on........(the voltage reg was set too high)

Jarrod.

Thanks!

I just finished doing the wiring from scratch on my hot rod (52 Ford F1), but had to change course to get this Dodge up and running to be my new company delivery truck!@! :woohoo:

It's such a different job between doing an all out hot rod job, replacing brand new bits with others that have more chrome, compared to the functional rebuild I'm doing now for the Dodge everyday workhorse.......which I guess was always the real attraction of these Aussie-built beasts of burden, built just 10 kms down the road from where I'm sitting now.

Hi All,

the recommissioning is going well, and I've even been driving the old girl around the last few days!!!

Good Times!!!

.....BTW......

I got in touch with the original owner, and he chatted to me for a half hour on the blower, then sent me this.......

I could probably find out where that Studebaker is now.....(was never many about)

Jarrod.

The rear end locked up on me on the way to the brake shop.
Diagnosed wisely as a stuck gearbox...... :sick:

I left it with them to do the brakes anyway.....

I went to the wrecking yard planning to wrestle a NP435 out of one of the trucks there, single handed, no jacks allowed...... :silly: .... :sick:

At the wrecking yard they had a very clean XF ute.....for cheap.....I own it now......and it's a ripper....

This left me with time to wait for a good solution for the poor old Dodge.

In true lemonade from sour apples fashion, a Dodge AT4 318 with NP540 gearbox popped up on gumtree today, and only 100kays away from home.

I just got back, heavy bloody 318 and box in the back of the ute, and a couple of Mopar savvy mates are gonna help me do a one day engine swap in the coming week or two.

Yeeeee Haaaarrrrrr !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo: :evil: :whistle: :woohoo:

Well done. The poor old ute must have been dragging it's backside on the ground all the way home :lol: