How the heck do you remove the headlight switch from the dash ?

 

With a BFH.


What is it on?

The last one I tried to remove, it was so corroded that the **** would not pull off.

 

71 cutlass, tried for about 30 mins last night and can't get the **** off

 

Haha, if you're not signed in, "****" is a censored word on this forum.

 

The **** is supposed to stay on the shaft

Do you not have at least a Chilton manual?

what year?
for '68 and similar:

disco battery
pull out **** all the way
find button on side of switch way up back there. On metal side opposite wires.
Press button
pull ****/shaft all the way out of the hole
...[I see why that is censored now]


Now the bezel or escucheon is a nut that holds the switch in. Best way w/o muffing it up, if real tool is not available [naughty again]... use your fingers [oy vey] on the nut... wiggle the switch cw and anti-cw from the back meanwhile, and it should gradually unscrew.


Mind you I did have ONE unit where the button trick failed. Aftermarket POS switch, would NOT let go. I thought it was going to break the dash I was pulling so hard. Had to cut the shaft off. I put a real GM switch back in.

 

Take the gas gauge out, I found it easier to get at the switch through that hole than up an under the dash. It is alot more fun if you have A/C, like I do.

Larry

 

Chris, you crack me up. Who knew you just had to pull the **** and use your fingers to wiggle the nut on the shaft. I guess that's why I couldn't get the last **** off. (it was a 68)

 

I agree with this. much easier if you take the gauge out. That is what I did. also its a pain in the rear trying to get the shaft back in.