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WARP TEN
11-21-2014, 07:27 PM
If this should be in the tech section feel free to relocate it. But since I had mentioned my relocated cutouts in a nearby related thread, I thought I would add a note about my switch.

Some of you might recall that I did not like the standard toggle switch supplied by QTP so I mounted a rocker switch hidden under the carpet on the passenger side tunnel. Here are some pictures of that installation in case anyone wants to do this for themselves.
First I drew an outline of the exact size hole needed for the switch on an adhesive address label and positioned it on the console where the switch would fit. Then I cut the hole by drilling corner holes and using a single hacksaw blade handle with a small jig saw blade mounted.
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?pictureid=2736&albumid=230&dl=1416611072&thumb=1 (http://www.zr1.net/forum/album.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2736)
Then inserted the switch (GAMA Electronics30 AMP DPDT momentary on-off switch #129D-B/B-1; it uses the same spade connectors as the QTP toggle switch). The wiring had already been run to the center console.
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?pictureid=2737&albumid=230&dl=1416611072&thumb=1 (http://www.zr1.net/forum/album.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2737)
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?pictureid=2738&albumid=230&dl=1416611072&thumb=1 (http://www.zr1.net/forum/album.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2738)
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?pictureid=2739&albumid=230&dl=1416611072&thumb=1 (http://www.zr1.net/forum/album.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2739)
No one knows its there but it is easy to reach and operate which the other switch was not.
http://www.zr1.net/forum/picture.php?pictureid=2740&albumid=230&dl=1416611072&thumb=1 (http://www.zr1.net/forum/album.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2740)