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Rus Curtis
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Yes, "Tell Tale Light"
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Rus Curtis
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chris
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My jeep, #13396, has a red high beam indicator light installed in the same position as the indicator light pictured above in jeep #18xxx. Additional info ... I talked to a guy whose Dad was a Willys dealer “back in the day” (in NJ), and he was surprised to see an indicator light (he called it a tell tale light) on the dash of my jeep. He said that it was dealer installed equipment, and he believed it to be the original light. Based on my conversation with him, I think it was dealer added depending on whether or not the state where the jeep was sold required a high beam indicator light. So, the indicator light wasn’t standard equipment from the factory, but parts were supplied to dealers to comply with local law. That’s how I understand it, and that may explain why some early 2As have a light n others don’t. Also, since the light was dealer installed, that may explain the variety of locations for the light on the dash ... it ended up where ever the dealer installed it. That’s my 2 cents .... hope it adds to the discussion.
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Steelyard Blues
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Joe,
On my '47 it is directly below the circled area ggordon's picture just before your post. Right on the underside lip of the dash. I believe later models had it integrated into the headlight switch. I purchased a replacement but a few minutes of disassembly and cleaning the original brought her back to life. Micah
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1947 CJ2A 106327, Engine J109205, Tub 97077. Luzon Red
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Joe B.
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HEY AGAIN
I GUESS I HAVE THE DASH LIGHT JUST ABOVE THE SPEEDOMETER. IS THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A TOGGLE SWITCH FOR THIS? THANKS IN ADVANCE...…….. I HOPE THIS SHOWS UP Joe B. |
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'46 CJ2A South Texas
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ggordon49
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This is a picture of a fairly original 46' (18,xxx) I just looked at... Not sure if it is factory? My 48' has the red indicator light located above the fuel gauge. |
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Black Sheep
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Mike
My 46’ #23665 has no indicator light nor tool indents. It also has a chain driven engine. I have found a gap in the numbers that show some jeeps with tool indents after this number. There are theories and true documents about this occurrence but I’m still in the learning process of this history and not able to differ between facts and maybes. But it has been a cool and very entertaining to chase this 46’ model.
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48walker
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My 48 lefty came with a red high beam indicator light. Seems original to me.
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RSR_MK
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Cool info, had never checked but my earliest ‘46, serial number 24054 does not have the high beam indicating light. Never stop learning about these seemingly simple machines. It has the floor cutout for column shift but no tool indents. Had been changed to floor shift before I got it.
One more thing to look for when trying to date a find. Glad to learn something new Mike |
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Black Sheep
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DonH
Thanks for that info! That may help support why a number of 46' model have no indicator light. Cool info to know |
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rocnroll
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It seems the topic waters are muddying.....the light with the toggle switch is the instrument /gauge light. Original topic was referring to the tiny high beam indicator light. Just so we're on the same page. |
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smfulle
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Joe, There's a photo on the previous page of this thread. Last entry by Jaksjep. Light is circled right above the fuel gauge. Edited by smfulle - 08 Oct. 2019 at 8:55pm |
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Joe B.
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I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PHOTOS OF THAT DASH LIGHT...………..I HAVE ONE,BUT THATS ALL I KNOW...………..I THOUGHT IT WAS A LIGHT WITH A TOGGLE SWITCH SOMEWHERE.
THANKS IN ADVANCE Joe B. |
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'46 CJ2A South Texas
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Bruce W
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Interesting! Thanks Don. BW
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It is NOT a Jeep Willys! It is a Willys jeep.
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DonH
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The high beam indicator should be red in color. Willlys issued a Service Department general letter dated May 8, 1946 informing Pennsylvania dealers that Headlight Upper Beam Signal Lights were required by law in Pennsylvania and a kit had been developed to retrofit vehicles without the light, part number 642543. The letter also states that the light will become standard in all production vehicles. DonH
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TERRY
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Sean's parts list shows it after serial #32433.
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jaksjep
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My '46 has a white high beam light in the original socket. |
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Black Sheep
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I’m not a historian and had to do some research on this for my resto. We found that our 45’ had no indicator light. I then went to Cheep Jeeps 46’ which had no indicator light. I called a friend about his and he had one on his 46’. This caused me some aggravation. There is no hole in the dash for those without but why? Also found out that I have a chain driven engine with numbers. After digging in some archives of other jeeps and there early numbers found that several also had no dash light indicators. I also contacted a few people registered on the kaiser registry about there dash. Like I said I’m no historian just a guy trying to figure out what I had. Lowenuf is looking in some archives he has to help with this Jeep also.
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Bruce W
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“Our 46 is too early to have one.”
What makes you say that? I was not aware that early CJ2-A’s did not have a high-beam indicator. BW Edited by Bruce W - 08 Oct. 2019 at 5:32am |
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It is NOT a Jeep Willys! It is a Willys jeep.
Happy Trails! Good-bye, Good Luck, and May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You! We Have Miles to Jeep, Before We Sleep. |
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