Ford 1700 headlight Switch?

[jdow]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of buying my first tractor, a 1980 ford 1700. I am knowingly buying it without working headlights. The seller seems to think the headlight switch is burned out, seems like this is fairly common for older tractors but to be honest I don't know. So two questions. First, is there a way to test either the headlights themselves or the switch to determine which part needs to be replaced? If it does turnout to be the headlight switch any suggestions on where to pick up a replacement?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

 

[JC-jetro]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of buying my first tractor, a 1980 ford 1700. I am knowingly buying it without working headlights. The seller seems to think the headlight switch is burned out, seems like this is fairly common for older tractors but to be honest I don't know. So two questions. First, is there a way to test either the headlights themselves or the switch to determine which part needs to be replaced? If it does turnout to be the headlight switch any suggestions on where to pick up a replacement?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.

1) you can test the light directly buy putting voltage on it. The lights are grounded so you'll need to jumper the positive from the battery with some jumper wire/alligator clip to test.

2) The wiring from light to the switch might be bad. Can check for continutiy.

3) power might not get to switch (wiring issue ) that can simply be checked witha test light.

4) Nothing special with the switch. can use a test light to see if switch is good or not, make sure contacts are clean.

you can use any ole automotive type rocker switch and wire it up for the lights. I did the same for my flasher switch. There is and extra hole on the dash that you can use to mount the new switch.

JC,