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Napa

I ran an 8 volt on my 1949 Chevy pickup with no problems.

I assume it was. The wire cloth coverings match the same color code as the original wiring according to my shop and owners manual. Red/yellow tracers for the headlights and a black wire for the taillights. I can't find a circuit breaker, though. I hooked up the ignition resister when I first got...

LOL! I thought you meant the dimmer control on the dashboard lights!! So the foot switch can cause problems?

Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. I don't see anything obvious yet. My dimmer switch is not even hooked into the wiring and I don't see any bare wires yet. Could the light switch itself, be bad?

The current wiring harness was installed in 2012. It seems that both the headlight and taillight wires are overheating when the switch is pulled out. I've traced all the parts of each wire I can see. Where is the circuit breaker?

Now the taillight wire is getting hot. It was smoking the connector by the firewall in the engine compartment When I disconnect it, the headlight wire cools off. With just the parking lights on, the taillights are very bright. With the headlights on, they are pretty dim.

The other night I was coming home (1940 Deluxe, 6 volt, positive ground) and the headlights started flickering off and on. The first thing I thought of was a partially broken wire somewhere. I didn't find a broken wire anywhere, but when I pulled out the switch on the dash and turned it on, the...

Thanks for all the great advice guys!! Especially Alan for the step by step instructions. (I moved here from Daly City 21 years ago.) I think it's time to get started.

I guess I should take the fan and radiator out. It seems like that would make it easier, or is it worth the trouble?

Well, I guess it's time to replace my water pump. Should I do them both at the same time? What would be the best and easiest way to do this? Remove the radiator, fan, fenders, etc? It's a 1940 Deluxe. Thanks.

I didn't notice a model number on it, but I will look again. Thanks Ggmac.

I took mine off, then apart, then delicately hammered it out. Isn't perfect, but I can live with it. I would rather leave it off, but then I have to figure out what to do with the ugly hole in the A pillar. I guess I will plug, weld and paint it this winter if I decide not to put another light on.

It looks like my hood caught my driver's side spot light and put a little dent in the chrome housing. I'm going to take it off if I can't find a new one for a decent price. Anybody know where I could get a new light? I don't need the whole thing, just the housing if possible. The only one I can...

Dennis Carpenter sells them.