'63 Turn Signal Switch Replacement
Merry Christmas from the Florida Panhandle. My name is Jim Bohon, newby #50995. I have a '63 roadster that I bought wrecked on my way to a military assignment to Korea nearly 25 years ago. Now that I am sort of retired, I'm finally getting it road ready. Hope to take it to Kissimmee. Question: Will the '64 complete turn signal inards work in a '63 column and is it a better fix? Mine doesn't seem to be worn out but I can't get it to function smoothly on the top end and the long rod(wire) that activates the switch near the floorboard tends to "s" when pushed. I've tried adding wire ties for increased security and lubing the switch. I plan to purchase new parts but not sure which way would be less problematic. Any advice or reference to previous tech articles would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, jim
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Re: '63 Turn Signal Switch Replacement
Hi Jim welcome and Merry to you. 63 column is all by its self, 64 and up parts will not interchange in it. Try WWW.LICorvette.com or 1-800-466-6367 Boy I see a lot of guys like you are now getting around to 25+ year old projects, Iam sure we all here would like to see and hear more. Phil 8063 -
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If you have excess to junk yards with old cars, the system was in 59 Chevys, early corvairs, and various other GM autos of that vintage. NOS switches sell pretty reasonable on flea bay. Junk yarding is fun and could be profitable. PaulIt's a good life!
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Re: '63 Turn Signal Switch Replacement
I agree with the above posters. Get yourself a 1963 AIM and study the section with steering column. It's not the most descriptive but we will help.
My 63 column came in a box taken apart so I understand no joy here but it's not that difficult..
To answer your question, the switch at the bottom of the column may be wore out or not smooth so the cable is under stress.Comment
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Re: '63 Turn Signal Switch Replacement
Jim,
No problem but you should just fix what you have cause changing over to a 64 will cause some wiring nightmares.
There are switches everywhere cause it was used on all chevys of that era. Part number is 3824116 but it has been discontinued from GM.
Also you can purchase or find at swap meets the parts necessary to build the upper part of the column.
Welcome to the madhouse
JRComment
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Jim,
I think JR and Tim have the best advice. One of the problems with the 63 t-system was the switch mounted on the column jacket. Over the years, these things become stiff and resist the motion of the cable that makes the slide move. You may be able to disassemble and repair the original switch, orfind a new GM replacement switch. As mentioned, these come up on ebay often. However, beware! There have been cheap "auto parts store" replacement type t-sig switches selling on ebay for quite a while and they are advertised as NOS. I don't know if the seller actually claime they are GM though. Buy one with the original GM box. They're usually not expensive.Comment
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Thanks so much for everyone's help. Sounds like its best just to order new inards for the '63 turn signals. Did make it to the flood in Kissimmee but the car (still in a roller state) stayed dry (in Al Knoch's tent). New GMC wasn't so lucky due to a rear window seal. jimComment
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