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Technical Headlight switch wiring help

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by illest52, Jan 12, 2020.

  1. illest52
    Joined: Sep 7, 2012
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    Hey everyone been trying to search and couldnt find anyone with the same headlight switch. My question is on the headlight switch I have 2 prongs I don't know what goes to them, one says AUX and one is unmarked.
    My headlight wiring harness has 6 wires rhat need to be attached to the switch
    1. Headlight power
    2. Tail/park
    3. Front park lights
    4. Dimmer switch power
    5. Low beam
    6. High beam

    What wire goes where lol?
     

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  2. partssaloon
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    The one you have circled at the front is for the dash lights
    Head = goes to the dimmer switch and the low and high beam go on the other two terminals of the dimmer switch.
     
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  3. Boneyard51
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    5 and 6 go from your dimmer switch , the head light goes to your dimmer switch for the headlights. The dimmer terminal on the switch are for dash lights, the rest go to where they say they go. This is one way,








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  4. Mr48chev
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    It helps a hell of a lot if you post the year, make and exact model in your question rather than assuming that everyone knows what you are working on.
     
  5. illest52
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    It's a 52 Chevy deluxe 4 door sedan... just finished putting in the air ride and sbc 350 with a th350. The wiring kit I'm using is a universal 21 circuit harness.
     
  6. illest52
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    Thanks a lot
     
  7. Mr48chev
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    `Save these to your computer and then you can expand them or print them. I didn't take time to use my scanner but the resolution is 18 meg so they will blow up poster size if you want.
    First is your 52 headlight switch second is the complete 52 wiring diagram from my wiring diagram book. IMG_8918 (2).JPG IMG_8920.JPG
     
  8. Where does the one marked aux. go?
     
  9. The front tab one goes to your dash lights like parts said, if you want a dimmer or to aux if you don't want one. Looks like aux is just power when your switch pulled out, use a ohm meter to check if the circuit has continuity when the park lights are on or only when the headlights are on (1st click or 2nd click out).
     
  10. The 'aux' could be the dome lights.... See if that reads to the 'bat' terminal if you turn the knob all the way one way or the other and then opens when turned the other way.
     
  11. Pretty common replacement headlight switch.

    If you flipped the switch over; you would see the battery terminal and the aux terminal are the two posts of a circuit breaker.

    The aux terminal is hot all the time.

    If you are using an aftermarket harness; probably not much use for it.

    Wiring from scratch we usually use that as feed for the brake lights.

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