Replacing Headlamp switch on a 67 GTX

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Good Morning to All. When I attached my battery cables the parking lights went on without the k on being pulled out at all. Someone said that I need a new switch. How do I take the old switch off.
So far I have the dash down so I can get in the back.seems easy to get to if I knew what to do next.
Anyone out there that can help with this?

 

• Tuesday at 9:24 AM

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Chrome bezel screws into it from the front

 

• Tuesday at 10:27 AM

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Should be a little 3/16”(?)spring loaded button close to sheet metal on the switch. Pull knob partway out,push button & pull knob the rest of way out. Then the bezel nut will come off.

 

• Tuesday at 7:05 PM

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dan juhasz said:

Chrome bezel screws into it from the front

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Thanks, but why does my parking lights come on when I put the cables to the battery?

 

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oldbee said:

Should be a little 3/16”(?)spring loaded button close to sheet metal on the switch. Pull knob partway out,push button & pull knob the rest of way out. Then the bezel nut will come off.

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I appreciate your help and thanks.

 

• Yesterday at 7:29 AM

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I sort of doubt it’s the switch itself causing this. Did this just suddenly occur - no recent work was done on the car?

 

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AR67GTX said:

I sort of doubt it’s the switch itself causing this. Did this just suddenly occur - no recent work was done on the car?

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Ok all so I figured it out. I still have the steering column laying down so I can pull back the dash to fix any issues that arise behind it. It wasn’t allowing the brake pedal to come all the way up which was why the brake lights were still on. However, I seem to have another issue when I tried to put on the Flashers. I hear the clicking in the dash and the Altenator needle is jumping to the beat of the clicking, but no lights are flashing.