7 or 8

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I haven't removed the light switch yet, can someone tell me if the light switch for a 73 C10 is a 7 or 8 terminal? I'm finding both.
 

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What is your wiring harness???

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It's a standard truck with gauges. No AC. I converted the truck from a 6 cylinder manual to a V8 with AT.
 

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I bet you would have better luck googling a wiring diagram for a 73 c10
 

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I haven't removed the light switch yet, can someone tell me if the light switch for a 73 C10 is a 7 or 8 terminal? I'm finding both.

The P/N for that switch is 1995216 (GM) or D1505A (Delco).

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It has 7 male terminal tabs.

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The wiring harness will have 8 sockets but only 6 wires coming in - the 2 sockets shown below will be empty

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Terminal 3 (black circle) is jumped to 5 and was reserved for an additional lighting circuit, but was not used. Terminal 7 would be where shown by the yellow circle. But if your switch is original, there won't even be a terminal 7.

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Great info. I'll be taking the old one out before I buy another one.
 

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