1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:12 pm

The original evidently rare THREE wire cable. Very happy to find it:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:13 pm

NOS wire compared to original on the plug:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:13 pm

FItting the gasket material for the collar thing:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:14 pm

New waterproof type connectors:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:15 pm

Assembling the plug:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:16 pm

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:16 pm

A shot of the part number:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:18 pm

I picked up a Douglas switch. Here I had to fabricate a backing plate that was missing:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:19 pm

Very important to know. If it says "Bronson Michigan" it is a Douglas and the inside is marked a little different:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:20 pm

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:22 pm

This will hopefully save someone out there some grief. It took me a while to figure out how the Douglas is marked different than the Warner. The books all reference the Warner so it is confusing when wiring everything up. Here is a conversion chart I made so I could quickly relate the connections in the book to the way the Douglas switch was labeled. My chart says Bronson because that was before I learned it was a Douglas. A Douglas will say Bronson on it.

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:25 pm

I was going to fabricate my own harness but with time as valuable as it is to me I bit the bullet and just bought one from Ron. Here I have wired the harness to the switch:

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:26 pm

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Re: 1952 M100 Trailer Restoration Thread

Post by thidisbogus » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:28 pm

Here I have drilled a hole using a step bit for the switch:

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