Gents, thank you all, I shall have a look later and hopefullyget the switch out.

You have to love forums like this sometime, eh?

Cheers, Taff

1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr sedan, 292 (just woken up after a 38 year sleep!)

Oldcarmark is right. Every Ford I have worked on from '55 to '56 had the button on the top of the switch behind the dash. I'm betting the later ones do as well.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

That is correct.There should be a spring loaded button to depress while you pull the knob and shaft out.Sometimes if they have not been out for a long time they are stuck(the shaft not the button) and you will have to work a bit to get it out.Push in on the knob while depressing the button sometimes helps.Ihave never tried a shot of WD-40 along the shaft but it might help if really stuck.

  

Not sure about 59, but most of my older Fords had a button on the switch behind the dash you have to depress to pull the knob out. Probably on the top of the switch.

Don

Hi All

trying ( and failing!) to get the light switch out of my 59 Galaxie dash. The knob spins but doesnt seem to want to come off and doesn't appear to have a grub screw like the washer knob has. But the knob surely has to come off to allow it to be withdrawnfrom behind the dash?

is there a trick to this job that I missing? I don't want to break it

cheers, Taff

Cheers, Taff

1959 Ford Galaxie 2dr sedan, 292 (just woken up after a 38 year sleep!)