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Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:43 am

Light switch taken apart. It is pretty simple really, the brass piece has fangs on it that fit into the slots on the black plastic and one is bigger than the other 2. Remove the 3 screws and there ya go.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Stanton » Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:55 am

Very similar to the switch at the combo rear light (http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=91024&hilit=+light).
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:58 am

Stanton wrote:Very similar to the switch at the combo rear light (http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=91024&hilit=+light).


Yes it is, thanks for sharing! Great job by the way!
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby AL Farmall Boy » Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:52 am

Cub` wrote:
tst wrote:that light switch is unique as it controls the charging system, you would be better off not using it with a normal 12 volt system, you can use a late model 12 volt switch with an external fuse assembly for the lights


So I should save it in the toolbox and get one for like a 140 or 100 or something, can do that too!


That is what I would do. You can always re-use the original knob so it "looks original". You can even get one for a later model Cub that didn't use the switch to control the charge rate. (ie. 1951, 1952, 1953 models, etc.)
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:54 am

Got my seat back from being burnt off and sand blasted. Had a few small cracks where it was spot welded.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:56 am

After grinding weld off. Primer is wet is why it's so shiny.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:58 am

AL Farmall Boy wrote:
Cub` wrote:
tst wrote:that light switch is unique as it controls the charging system, you would be better off not using it with a normal 12 volt system, you can use a late model 12 volt switch with an external fuse assembly for the lights


So I should save it in the toolbox and get one for like a 140 or 100 or something, can do that too!


That is what I would do. You can always re-use the original knob so it "looks original". You can even get one for a later model Cub that didn't use the switch to control the charge rate. (ie. 1951, 1952, 1953 models, etc.)


Okay, thank you all for your help on this, I had no idea.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Jim Becker » Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:10 pm

Just use your original switch. I have yet to see "change the light switch" in anybody's list of steps for a 12 volt conversion.

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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:49 am

Jim Becker wrote:Just use your original switch. I have yet to see "change the light switch" in anybody's list of steps for a 12 volt conversion.


This is what I was hoping to do from the beginning. What do I do just hook my 12V + wire to the fuse screw (input) and rear light to the rear light screw and front light to the front light screw and forget about the resistor? I don't care about the low/high beam anyway. As long as the lights come on when I turn the switch is all I am after.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby AL Farmall Boy » Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:26 am

yes that is correct. It will work but like others said that switch could be used as iintended on another cub if you choose to sell it and buy a "correct" one.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:13 am

Finals are done minus brake drums.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:16 am

Primed/before & after.
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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Jim Becker » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:46 am

Cub` wrote:
Jim Becker wrote:Just use your original switch. I have yet to see "change the light switch" in anybody's list of steps for a 12 volt conversion.


This is what I was hoping to do from the beginning. What do I do just hook my 12V + wire to the fuse screw (input) and rear light to the rear light screw and front light to the front light screw and forget about the resistor? I don't care about the low/high beam anyway. As long as the lights come on when I turn the switch is all I am after.

That will work. If you add a jumper wire between the 2 terminals that originally held the dimmer resistor, both the "L" and "H" positions will then be "H". Without adding the jumper, the "L" position will be rear light only. Your choice on what you want the "L" position to become.

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Re: Restoration Project - Four digit Cub

Postby Slim140 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:53 am

Jim Becker wrote:
Cub` wrote:
Jim Becker wrote:Just use your original switch. I have yet to see "change the light switch" in anybody's list of steps for a 12 volt conversion.


This is what I was hoping to do from the beginning. What do I do just hook my 12V + wire to the fuse screw (input) and rear light to the rear light screw and front light to the front light screw and forget about the resistor? I don't care about the low/high beam anyway. As long as the lights come on when I turn the switch is all I am after.

That will work. If you add a jumper wire between the 2 terminals that originally held the dimmer resistor, both the "L" and "H" positions will then be "H". Without adding the jumper, the "L" position will be rear light only. Your choice on what you want the "L" position to become.


Thanks Jim! I will probably wire it where I can have rear light only, that way I can turn the red light on and nothing else if I need to.
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