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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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Default Head light switch button shaft removal?

How do I change it? I thought you just pulled on the button and the thing came off. I bought a new button with the shaft attached

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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 02:15 PM
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Hopefully someone will be along with a real answer soon. But I had a '73 Ford F250 that I was working on. There was a little tab under the dash that you had to push in to unlock the shaft.
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 02:26 PM
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Actually your 1st instinct was right:
-use a small flat-blade to depress the tang in the **** to remove the new kmob from the shaft and discard the new shaft
-use the same procedure to remove the stock **** from the saft in the vehicle
-slide the new know over the old shaft
-done
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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Where did you get the new headlight ****?
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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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You can get a new **** and shaft from Corvette Central for around $20.00. Not sure if they sell just the ****, I bought both and put the new shaft in the box of spare parts for just in case.

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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jfb
Where did you get the new headlight ****?
Ecklers.com It's easier to just buy the reproduction **** from them. The part has been discontinued by GM. I'm fussy and didn't want a cheap chrome one that they sell at the parts store.

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