Dome light switch

I have several stepdown dome lights. All have broken switches. A search of local switch sources turns up several slide switches, but all have a short "knob" and they don't extend out of the housing enough to function. Anyone have a suggestion?

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  • Dave do you mean the switch on the base plate for the actual dome light or the switch for the rear quarter lights? 
  • The switch that is part of the dome light over the windshield.
  • Dave, How many do you need?
  • To high-jack the post, the wire harness on my 54 does not seem to have a wire to turn on the two lights in the back seat of my coupe.  Were they wired to the door switches or to a switch somewhere under the dash.??


  • Coupes with rear quarter lights we're equipped with slide style pillar switches left and right. Also wired so that when either door opened they as well dome light came on.
  • Dave, How many do you need?
    I'll let you know after the one I have on the way is tried.
  • I guess your experience with Hudson lighting is limited.
  • Ken, my experience with Y n Z has been a nightmare.  There support has been the worse part of the purchase.  All I ever got from them was excuses---but, moving on.  I have decided to place a switch under the dash to turn on the back interior lights.  I have it wired and it works so I am done with all the problems of wiring this 54.  Today, I started working on the shifting linkage.  It is a bent, kobbled mess!!!!
  • I am working on a "Clabbered up" 49 super two door. It only had the manually operated light over the windshield. No holes for the jamb switches, lights or pillar switch.There wasn't more than a few inches of electrical wire in the entire car when I got it. Also no lights, switches, instruments, upholstery, seats or anything!  I installed the rear lights from a 51 Hornet.I had to weld in the brackets that were not there. I also installed the door jamb switches and the door jamb lamps from the same 51 Hornet. I wired the system to light all the lights (5) with either the manual switch on the front light or either of the door jamb switches. I didn't bother with a switch on the  pillar. I wired the car one wire at a time and made a schematic while I did. This is to help me remember where stuff is and to help the poor sole that ends up with it when I'm gone.

    Final paint will be a light yellow. Since it's not a Hornet or Wasp, I'll call it a "Yellajacket"

  • Hey Dave will it be a Commodore Yellajacket or a Super Yellajacket?
  • Yes Brownie, Y&Z's excuse for forgetting to include the harness that goes to the rear of the car was : "We have a newbie doing the wiring harnesses...."
    Unsupervised ?
  • Anyone have a door jam switch for sale?
    also looking for courtesy light lenses
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