Hazard light and defroster switch on console for early series

[Wade]

For the early series, 2 part question here, but related.

When I got this car years ago the defroster switch was in a box and both that hole and the hazard light hole was empty. The defroster I am actually not sure if it is the correct one, but I have the light socket and wiring there so it must be the lighted kind and not the other. If I understand the innards of it correctly it is just a metal plate that pivots back and forth and makes contact? As for wiring, I have 4 wires and it appears green and green/red go to one side and red goes to other with black going to the lamp socket.

I am missing the hazard lights lamp or plastic piece that goes there next to the defroster switch. I have no idea of what it even looks like, and I do not have any other wiring to go to it nor does it look like the wiring from the defroster branches over to it. But not sure if someone cut the wires back from the defroster switch at one time or not.

[EScanlon]

The earliest Hazard Switches were on the dash, while the Rear Window Heater Control was rearmost on the center console.

If you are referring to the "extra" square hole to the right of the hole where the RW Heater Switch goes, that one is NOT for the Hazards but to the directional (i.e. one side) light switches required in Japan (and also some other part of the world including Washington State) which illuminate ONE side of the vehicle via small bulbs in the front and rear light housings. Normally, US vehicles had this hole closed off with a square blank plug.

HTH

E

PS: Heres a picture of my center console with a red flip switch (for my fog lamps).

http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2596&title=center-console&cat=500

[Wade]

Good deal, thanks for the info. I have literally been thinking for the last 6 years that I was missing something in that hole, no wonder I could not find any info when I searched for center console hazard light and such. I ordered http://www.ebay.com/itm/330645500063, looks like it will fit in that hole nicely so I may run my electric pump switch to it or perhaps even just leave it wired up with the wires hanging out by the radio area and ready so I can put the console back together in case I one day want to add fog lights like how you have yours. Thanks again.