Connections on back of Footswitch (1940)

[Bmartin]

Does anyone have any info on the connections on the back of the headlight footswitch?  Are they a crimp type connection?  Can I get new ones somewhere and replace the ones on the wire?  Mine popped out on a couple of terminals and I can't get them to crimp back in.  I tried soldering, but with it in the car, its hard to clean it up and get the solder to flow and stick.  For now, the extra solder on the wire side is holding one of them in, makes a tighter fit.  I attached a pic below.  Maybe I need a different crimp tool, I've go a Kline cutter/crimper, but the crimper is behind the cutting edge.    The edge gets in the way when i try to crimp them. 

 

Sorry if this has been covered, could not find it using the search. 

 

 

 

Edited August 10, 2014 by Bmartin

[Don Coatney]

Original switch has crimp connectors.

 

 

 

I purchased a replacement switch that has a plug and pigtails.

 

 

 

 

I then soldered my wires to the pigtail, use shrink wrap on the connections, and bundled the wires together.

 

 

 

[nonstop]

I replaced a couple connections using bullet type crimp connectors. Popped right in.

[ptwothree]

Looks like your switch will accept either bullet or spade terminals.  I'd mark and cut the wires at the terminal and replace with new bullets or spades.

[greg g]

Hey Don, that new switch looks smaller and whumpier than the original.  Are you sure it holds the correct amount of smoke for your lights???

[Bmartin]

Thanks for the info.  Looks like something along these lines might work.

 

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/CTI0/85433/N0215.oap?ck=Search_N0215_-1_-1&pt=N0215&ppt=C0189

 

I'll take some measurements of the O.D. of the original and try to match it. 

 

Thanks!