8.1 Light switches
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8.1 Light switches
There are three light switches which may be found on the dashboard.
Blackout Driving Light switch: Vehicles which included a blackout driving light and did not have a rotary type blackout light switch had a push-pull type switch installed at far left of the dashboard. Switches before mid ‘42 should have an OD painted cast metal knob, those after are plastic. The embossed legend “B.O. DRIVE” should be filled in white paint.
Blackout Light switch: This was the main light control switch, located on the dashboard between the blackout driving light switch (if any) and the choke control. Most GPWs used a push-pull type switch with a locking detent to prevent inadvertent activation of the service lights. Around June 1944* the push-pull light switch was replaced in new production with a rotary type switch. The rotary switch incorporated a plastic escutcheon plate with a legend describing the various switch positions. Vehicles incorporating the rotary switch should delete the blackout drive switch as its function is subsumed by the rotary blackout light switch.
The knob and locking collar on the push-pull blackout light switch should be painted OD. The lockout push-button should be S2 or S7 finished and the switch shaft should be S7 finished. The knob is marked “LIGHTS” in white.
Instrument light switch: This switch operates the small lamps above the instrument cluster and is located to the right of the steering column. This is a pushpull type switch, as described under Blackout Driving Light switch except for the knob, which is marked “PANEL LIGHTS”.
* Per AAW II, Pg. 252
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Note: From what I have seen the dash knockout for the primer pump only came on factory GPW Ford made bodies on the 4th GPW contract. This ran from about mid March 43 till in the fall of 43 mostly Sept. at which time each plant would have switched over to using the ACM type 1 Willys body. Tom Wolboldt
Note: GPW 213313, matching, orig. plates DOD 7-26-44 with CB Body 81674, p-p- switch . Has M2 Decontaminator holes factory behind the passenger seat. Owner:-Lars-Uwe Rudek Germany
