:emb:The switch came up in my bumper thread, and 4Speed mentioned wanting to find out about eliminating the spring back from OFF. I too often want to turn off the lights and have them stay off when offroading so my alternator is being directed more to charging. Makes better pictures too especially if you have a point and shoot that meters the lights and darkens your pictures. Gotta have trip pictures!
You can also run in stealth mode of any combination of accessory lights.:shifty:
IMPORTANT! I still have not modded or installed this. I don't know for sure the affect the switch remaining in the OFF position will have on anything else. As it is, OEM it is only there momentarily. I need to check to see if a relay is involved. The smoke test has yet to be performed and consultation with a particular electrical engineer.
Stay tuned!
Since I had one out I thought I would dissect it again and see how this thing works. I still have to experiment some more and figure out the non-destructive way to remove the module from the dash. I hate pulling until something gives.
Anyway, I will start with the basic module and get this started before I forget the procedure.
I found the contact wiper was a one part piece. So the knob had to come off the front. There was not room under the edges.
I popped the cover off by prying these tabs so I could get a screwdriver under the knob and gently equally around the edges lift it off. fail!
I was watching for stray pieces and when it came off but the spring with a bullet end popped up and stuck in the liberal amount of grease present.
I then noticed this small brass piece laying on my work surface? I'm still looking for where that was:whaa:
May have to wait until I dissect the one in the H3 and watch for it.
This appears to me how it functions. When the spring is in place in a molded in tube to the left of the knob shaft
it rides over the dentents on the lower area of the assembly to hold it in the various positions.
The spring back from OFF happens when the spring assisted bullet rides up the ramp I marked in black and slides back to the "auto" position.
I believe a little creative Dremel tooling could eliminate that ramp but a detent area would have to be formed for it to stay there when switched to OFF and remain there. Then leave the spring device in place so the switch positions are a positive position.
Whaduthink?
Still better find out more about what being in constant contact with whatever turns off the lights might do.
More research needed for the actual implementing this.
You can also run in stealth mode of any combination of accessory lights.:shifty:
IMPORTANT! I still have not modded or installed this. I don't know for sure the affect the switch remaining in the OFF position will have on anything else. As it is, OEM it is only there momentarily. I need to check to see if a relay is involved. The smoke test has yet to be performed and consultation with a particular electrical engineer.
Stay tuned!
Since I had one out I thought I would dissect it again and see how this thing works. I still have to experiment some more and figure out the non-destructive way to remove the module from the dash. I hate pulling until something gives.
Anyway, I will start with the basic module and get this started before I forget the procedure.
I found the contact wiper was a one part piece. So the knob had to come off the front. There was not room under the edges.
I popped the cover off by prying these tabs so I could get a screwdriver under the knob and gently equally around the edges lift it off. fail!
I was watching for stray pieces and when it came off but the spring with a bullet end popped up and stuck in the liberal amount of grease present.
I then noticed this small brass piece laying on my work surface? I'm still looking for where that was:whaa:
May have to wait until I dissect the one in the H3 and watch for it.
This appears to me how it functions. When the spring is in place in a molded in tube to the left of the knob shaft
it rides over the dentents on the lower area of the assembly to hold it in the various positions.
The spring back from OFF happens when the spring assisted bullet rides up the ramp I marked in black and slides back to the "auto" position.
I believe a little creative Dremel tooling could eliminate that ramp but a detent area would have to be formed for it to stay there when switched to OFF and remain there. Then leave the spring device in place so the switch positions are a positive position.
Whaduthink?
Still better find out more about what being in constant contact with whatever turns off the lights might do.
More research needed for the actual implementing this.
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