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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:06 pm    Post subject: What is this? Reply with quote
Any ideas?


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Is that ball some sort of switch??
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:13 pm    Post subject: What is this? Reply with quote
Yes - when you press in on the ball it connects the two wires and completes the circuit. What is missing is whatever it screws into.

Whatever it is, it's brand new and in great shape!

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe a horn switch??
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some sort of pressure switch. Stop switch for air brakes on one of the bigger trucks?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
evanso1975 wrote:
Some sort of pressure switch. Stop switch for air brakes on one of the bigger trucks?

Great, Tim, now you're gonna have to buy a deuce 'n a half
to plug that switch into Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:42 pm    Post subject: WHAT'S THIS ? Reply with quote
It is a horn switch. On my M38A1 it is located at the lower end of the steering column - i.e. after it has passed through the steering gear. A long brass rod connects it to the horn button in the center of the steering wheel.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's what I thought, but mine has a stub at the end instead of a ball:

Could just be from a different manufacturer though. Confused

Mine has a number stamped into it, 800289 (or possibly 800299). Tim, does yours have any ID number stamped into it?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:10 pm    Post subject: Switch ID Reply with quote
The switch you have is the replacement switch for the horn. The original design is no longer made and the one you have is the closest we can come today.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:22 pm    Post subject: Horn switch? Reply with quote
Horn switch, eh? Yeah, makes sense. Thanks for helping me figure it out.

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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Do you want to sell this? I need one as I broke mine. Shug4
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
or trade
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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2016 6:10 pm    Post subject: switch Reply with quote
Sorry - didn't check back. The switch is long gone - I think I swapped it to John at Midwest Military..
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