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Old Jan 19, 2021 | 06:30 PM
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Wire Routing

This might be the first of several questions on the same subject. Will start wiring my truck soon. I have cleaned up the headlight bucket assemblies and bought some 7" halogen lamps from Mid Fifty. Also picked up a headlight relay kit from American Auto Wire. I'm leaning toward their Highway 15 generic kit. Today I was looking at the rounded floor depression were the dimmer switch mounts. What is the route to get the wires out of that area? There isn't a hole there through the floor and the mount plate has no pass through slot.
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Originally Posted by turnrjr
This might be the first of several questions on the same subject. Will start wiring my truck soon. I have cleaned up the headlight bucket assemblies and bought some 7" halogen lamps from Mid Fifty. Also picked up a headlight relay kit from American Auto Wire. I'm leaning toward their Highway 15 generic kit. Today I was looking at the rounded floor depression were the dimmer switch mounts. What is the route to get the wires out of that area? There isn't a hole there through the floor and the mount plate has no pass through slot.
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not a great pic, but I hope you can see that the wires run up the firewall into the pass through by the voltage regulator .

 
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On the '53'-56's, the dimmer switch plate is offset the depression giving the wires a way to run along the floor and tuck under the kick panel. The wires are hidden under the floor mat.

I put my wires in heat shrink tubing.


 
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OK, got it. Thanks Effie
 
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