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[1964Woody]

Yes, Steve, details please. Thanks.

[stevede]

Yes, Steve, details please. Thanks.

I'll draw a diagram, and post it up.

[m0useYy]

Yep, we sell them and can make them to any spec you like.

However due to the costs of the switches themselfs, there not cheap im afraid, but damn do they look nice!

Rich

Hi matey. What sort of price would we be looking at for a five switch panel. Sidelight, Dipped, Fog, Rear Heater, Brake test or Hazard (or possible other).

I was looking at doing it myself so wasn't sure whether to go with a Brake Test or Hazard due to hearing about the trick wiring to get the Hazard switch to do its job properly. I was going to hide a normal mini hazard switch in the glovebox. I was also going to leave out the Brake Test as it seems pointless to me, and have a spare switch for an optional extra if i hide the Hazard

Hope that makes sense, and feel free to PM me instead if you dont want to put prices up on the open forum.

Don't want to take anything away from Rich, but the wiring for the hazards is very straight forward on the standard switch with a coupe of 50p diodes from Maplins..

Just done it on mine




If you need the detail, let me know.

Regards

Steve

Did you get your switch panel from Rich? If so, would you mind me asking how much it cost?

Thanks

[mini.cooper998]

steved where did you get your bottom rail cover from, very nice

Andy

[JoneseyBoy]

personally i think a nice guide with links would be lovely. as much as i would love to go buy one i would love to make one so then i can actually say ive done that and maybe ill learn something new but aye that might just be me.

steve you bottom dash rail looks mint and the the switch panel just sets it of how much did it cost for you to build the switch pannel your self?

[stevede]

Diagram as promised

Apologies for the delay, work seems to have taken over a bit.

 Switches.pdf   19.93K   79 downloads

The attached is not specific in terms of symbols as I have done it in powerpoint and converted to pdf.

I used a single diode from the Accessories feed, (you could do it from the sidelights instead), and dropped the voltage with the resistors to each switch. (I used 2 watt resistors as suggested in another post on here but in my opinion a bit overkill as the led's draw milliamps).

I put an additional diode from the hazard switch as it will feed back and flash all the switches when the hazards are activated with ignition off. If you were running the dim setting from the lights switch, you would need the second diode on all the switches.

No full power lamp on the start button as momentary and with your finger on it, you wouldn't see the full power lamp.


Please drop me a PM if you need more specific detail or explaination.

M0useYy: The panel I got from minteriors at Stanford. I think it was £15-20 ish? (I bought it with the clock surround as well)

Andy: The bottom dash rail cover was from Retro.

JonseyBoy: The switches were from good old Fleabay. £14.95 each.

Good luck

Regards

Steve