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If you want to get a switch that will live through the grime, oil and water, try
using an industrial style limit switch. Grainger has several in their catalog.
They are made to be used in similar hostile industrial environments. Also they
are easy to mount and come in a wide variety of forms.
Dave
mblair1@home.net wrote:
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> "Todd Logan" <bugdaddy66@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if there is any provision for a switch on the tranny? The
> > DOT says it should be hooked up this way, not a switch on the dash. Thanks;
>
> There's a shaft poking out the back of the tranny top cover which
> pokes out a couple inches in reverse, pulls in all the way in first,
> and pokes out just a little bit in other gears. It should be possible
> to use it to activate some sort of switch in reverse gear. It's really
> dirty down there, because grease thrown off the U joints makes mud
> stick all over the place, so it might be a bit of a challenge to find
> and mount a switch which will work reliably. I'd recommend mounting
> the switch onto the transmission housing somehow, possibly using the
> bolts which hold the cover on. I would not recommend mounting a switch
> elsewhere, such as the cab floor, because I figure the transmission
> will move around under load. Maybe some sort of sealed magnetic switch
> (activated by a magnet attached to the shaft) would be a good idea, so
> the switch would have no external moving parts to get crudded up.
>
> I considered adding backup lights to my 2.5-ton shop van this way, but
> haven't found the gumption to figure out how to fashion an appropriate
> bracket yet. If there is a commercially-made switch for adding a
> backup light to that transmission (for example, for civilian vehicles
> which used it, if there were any), I'd like to know about it. Please
> let us know how you solve the problem!
>
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