C175 Headlights/ Tailights inoperable

[Bill Winn 157]

Greetings Wheel Horsers,

I am at the stage where I want to get my lights working but I am getting no voltage to the light switch. When I wiggle the connector at the back of the ignition switch the engine will cut off if I wiggle it just right.

 

I am going to replace the switch. Will any 5 tab MTD style switch work?

 

Also can anyone recommend a volt meter to replace the amp meter?

 

You know it would be awesome to rig up an old chevy alternator (with the internal vr) to run lights and stuff.

 

I apologize in advance if this question is redundant to the forum. I looked and didn't see the info I needed.

 

Bill

[roadapples 6,983]

I've  got a friend who has a Ford alternator on one...

[Bill Winn 157]

Just now, roadapples said:

I've  got a friend who has a Ford alternator on one...

My hobby is blacksmithing so I feel like fabricating a bracket would be no problem. 

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,389]

Most MTD's have magneto ignition so that won't work.

You need a very common one to replace this

Garry

[Bill Winn 157]

1 hour ago, gwest_ca said:

 

You need a very common one to replace this

Garry

Thanks looking for one now.

Bill

[Bill Winn 157]

Headlights work great! Replaced the ignition switch and all is well. New metal seat pan only had reflectors so I drilled out the rivets and transferred the wiring from the old one and put new tail lights on. Cut grass last night at 9pm… just because I could.

Edited August 4, 2021 by Bill Winn

[Handy Don 13,683]

43 minutes ago, Bill Winn said:

Cut grass last night at 9pm… just because I could

In my neighborhood that would be interrupted quickly. No power equipment after 7pm. 

Yep, that's suburbia!

[rjg854 12,049]

What happens if you want to plow snow @Handy Don after 7pm?  How early in the morning can you run a tractor?

[Bill Winn 157]

10 hours ago, Handy Don said:

In my neighborhood that would be interrupted quickly. No power equipment after 7pm. 

Yep, that's suburbia!

That’s why I’ve never bought a house in a neighborhood with an hoa. Besides my neighbors are the coolest. They’re in their 20’s (on both sides of us) and we give each other grace. They don’t complain about my blacksmithing or late night mowing and we don’t complain about their backyard parties that go until 2am. Lol We love our cul-de-sac

[WHX?? 51,370]

Agreed Bill... my neighbor has over 100 acres he lets me play on anytime & we get along super. Being neighbors for close to 40 years helps. 

You know what they say you can pick your nose you can pick your seat but you can't pick your neighbors! 

[Handy Don 13,683]

8 hours ago, rjg854 said:

What happens if you want to plow snow @Handy Don after 7pm?  How early in the morning can you run a tractor?

There is an exception for clearing snow within 36 hours of the end of a snowfall (a time declared and published by the village manager on website, email blasts, and robocalls) since we homeowners are responsible for promptly clearing/maintaining the village-owned sidewalks abutting our property.

 

Power equipment use is not permitted until after 8am Monday through Saturday and after 9am on Sunday. (Which has garnered post-warning summonses for many a landscaping company.) Also gathering steam is an outright ban on gas-powered blowers of any size (both noise and air pollution cited)--that'll likely take a couple more years to get passed, though.

 

I look at it as one of the compromises we made when we accepted living in close proximity to a lot of neighbors (yes, whom we cannot pick!). We are the second-longest tenured residents on our street (the first is an 80-year old born in the house she still occupies!) The range of lifestyles, ages, backgrounds, incomes, and cultures in our village and on our street is remarkable (and, frankly, I treasure it) so it pays, in my opinion, to have a basis for avoiding impositions like noise.

 

But there is flexibility too. When the neighbor up the street was planning to host a party for the graduating med students who had rotated through his department, he contacted all the nearby homes to discuss his expectation to party well into the early hours but to cut the DJs volume at 11 pm and remind the guests to make their departures quietly. It went off without a hitch.

Edited August 4, 2021 by Handy Don