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The ignition switch is located in the .low tension circuit and
wired between the battery and the coil. This switch is used to
make or break the ignition circuit when starting or stopping
the engine.
The key is turned clockwise to turn the switch on and
counterclockwise to turn the switch off.
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Lighting Switch. The lighting
switch, located to the left of the in-
strument group (fig. 6), controls the
instrument lamps, headlamps, park-
ing lamps and tail lamp. When this
switch is pulled out to the first "on"
position the parking lamps and tail
lamp are lighted. When the switch
is pulled out to the last position the
headlamps and tail lamp are lighted.
Current for the lighting circuits
passes through a thermal circuit breaker located on the light-
ing switch behind the instrument panel. In case all lights fail
to operate, check for trouble at the thermal circuit breaker.
The instrument lights can be dimmed or turned off by turning
the light switch knob clockwise.
Dimmer Switch. The dimmer switch located on the toe·board
to the left of clutch pedal (fig. 10) is used to switch the head·
lamp beam from "high" to "low" or "low" to "high". Each
time the switch is depressed the light beam is reversed. A
headlamp beam indicator is located between the 0 and 80 at
the bottom of spe~dometer. When the lights are on upper beam
a red light is visible through the in-
dicator opening. A void use of upper
beam when meeting other vehicles
on the highway or in city traffic.
Dome Lamp Switch. The dome lamp
switch is located at the left end of
the dome lamp assembly directly
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. the light on and moving it forward turns the light off.
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