Switches and Cables. What's the trick?

[Merle Coggins]

OK... what's the trick for removing the nuts that hold the light switches and choke/throttle cables? There are 4 small dimples that look like you'd need a special tool to fit into them. Is there a tool available to loosen/tighten these? Is there any other way to get a grip on them without destroying them?

Also, how do you remobe the wiper switch lever? Everything else has been removed from the cab except for these pieces. I don't want to have to paint around them if I don't have to.

Merle

[Reg Evans]

Soak the threads from behind over night and then with the little escutcheon protected by a rag grab it and turn with some small nosed plyers. Worked for me anyway. Don't have the special tool.

[bach4660]

I don't know how tight yours are, I used a pair of slip pliers and wrapped the jaws with a double layer of masking tape.

[Charles Furman]

Use a pair of needle nosed pliers for the cable bezels. Point the pliers staight at the dash and put the needles into the notches on the bezel on opposing sides of the cable, then pivot the pliers counterclock wise.

Using two screw drivers, put a screw driver head under opposite sides of the wiper knob and pry it up gently.

Good luck,

Charles

[norrism1]

If I remember my 51 B3B correctly, it had a set screw in the wiper knob.

[52B3B108]

If I remember right you can use an awl, or tiny pointed punch, to tap the nuts around to loosen them.

[Norm's Coupe]

Merle, I have this notched wrench. I bought it back in the 70's to remove antenna bezels at the auto parts store. As you can see there isn't much to it and was real cheap back then. They may still have them in the auto parts stores, or at least in a tool catalog. Don't know if this one will fit your dash bezels. Measure the distance between two of the notches and let me know the size. If this one fits, I'll lend it to you to get your bezels off.

[Norm's Coupe]

Merle,

Here's a better picture to give an idea of the size of the wrench. A nickel fits almost perfect. When I got the wrench out for the second picture, I also found another larger notched wrench with about twice the size opening.

[Merle Coggins]

I got 'em off. One came off using the needle nose plier tip. The rest I had to use the pliers wrapped with tape tip. But all of them wouldn't budge without a little heat from a small propane torch.

The wiper switch pulled right off as described by Charles. Piece of cake. And again the tapped pliers did the trick to remove the nut to get the entire assemble out.

Thanks Guys.

Merle