How to remove headlight switch/cigarette lighter? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

nateyoungblood · 10-08-2004, 09:11 PM

I'm getting my '72 c-10 ready for paint, but I can't remember how to get the headlight switch off so I can remove the gauge bezel. And I've got no clue how to remove the cigarette lighter housing. I'll end up breaking them both if left to my own methods, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Millville Nate

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 10-08-2004, 09:18 PM

To get the knob out of the headlight switch, you gotta reach under the dash and there's a small button on top of the headlight switch, you have to pull the knob out so it's in the on position, then push down the little button and pull the whole knob and stem out. Then unscrew the bezel and get a 5/8 socket and remove the nut that holds it to the dash. Can't help with the cig. lighter, someone else knows for sure.

68w/sbc406 · 10-08-2004, 09:20 PM

mine i out of a mid 80s truck so it might be different but there is a inner sleeve (what the lighter goes into) and a back sleeve that screws over the inner and pinches on the dash sheet metal

nateyoungblood · 10-08-2004, 09:21 PM

Thanks Robert, I'll try that right now.

Brainchild · 10-08-2004, 10:50 PM

There is an inner sleeve on these too,but both ends of it are threaded so the trim bezel can be threaded on it.But the switch itself is the same.

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 10-08-2004, 11:03 PM

Oh yeah that's right. I was thinking about the wiper switch.

Solver · 10-08-2004, 11:10 PM

heres a pic of the button your feeling for on the headlight switch

Brainchild · 10-08-2004, 11:31 PM

lol I just swapped mine today,or I wouldn't have been so sharp prolly

10-08-2004, 09:11 PM	#1
nateyoungblood Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5	How to remove headlight switch/cigarette lighter? I'm getting my '72 c-10 ready for paint, but I can't remember how to get the headlight switch off so I can remove the gauge bezel. And I've got no clue how to remove the cigarette lighter housing. I'll end up breaking them both if left to my own methods, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Millville Nate

10-08-2004, 09:18 PM	#2
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	To get the knob out of the headlight switch, you gotta reach under the dash and there's a small button on top of the headlight switch, you have to pull the knob out so it's in the on position, then push down the little button and pull the whole knob and stem out. Then unscrew the bezel and get a 5/8 socket and remove the nut that holds it to the dash. Can't help with the cig. lighter, someone else knows for sure. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

10-08-2004, 09:20 PM	#3
68w/sbc406 Got Light Emitting Diode? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Newberg, OR Posts: 2,485	mine i out of a mid 80s truck so it might be different but there is a inner sleeve (what the lighter goes into) and a back sleeve that screws over the inner and pinches on the dash sheet metal __________________ 1968 1/2 ton 2wd lwb 6 lug disc and bags up front. Next c notch and rear bags '02 Chevy Silverado LT ext cab short bed 2WD 5/7 drop on 22's(the family car) 1993 Cherokee work ride/weekend wheeler

10-08-2004, 10:50 PM	#5
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	There is an inner sleeve on these too,but both ends of it are threaded so the trim bezel can be threaded on it.But the switch itself is the same. __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

10-08-2004, 11:03 PM	#6
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Oh yeah that's right. I was thinking about the wiper switch. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck

10-08-2004, 09:21 PM	#4
nateyoungblood Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5	Thanks Robert, I'll try that right now.

10-08-2004, 11:10 PM	#7
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	heres a pic of the button your feeling for on the headlight switch Attached Images __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

10-08-2004, 11:31 PM	#8
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	lol I just swapped mine today,or I wouldn't have been so sharp prolly __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

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