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    Putting swithces in your ashtray...

    Built this today for my electric fan conversion that is coming.....eventually.

    Don't like drilling, or cutting holes in my factory dash, or related parts, so thought I could use the ashtray...since I don't smoke, nor does anyone who rides in my truck (regardless if they smoke or not....

    So I grabbed one of my spare ashtray assemblies and started getting to work.



    I first cut out a bit of the plastic to make a bit more room, and allow the switch to be close to the opening.



    Then I made a template out of cardboard, then measured, and transferred the dimensions to some sheet metal. Then hammered it into shape in the vice.






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    Then I had to finesse the new plate a little to clear and fit nicer...love the flapper disc on my 4.5" angle grinder!



    And marked out where the switch will go...



    Then rough cut the hole for the switch with the cutting wheel, finished cutting it with a hacksaw, then hand filed the opening to the right dimensions.

    Held in place while I drilled holes for the 3 screws I used to hold it in place.





    And pretty much all done and ready to go...




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    Just placed it in the old Ashtray housing so you can see what it will look like.



    The electrical connections are a bit tight against the front of the ashtray. Actually had to flip the switch around or it would hit the front trim piece....so the switch now will work backwards....forward for off, backwards for on.



    I painted up the new bracket and got it in the truck, but was dark and stormy so I didn't grab a pic this evening.


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    Cool project. I like to see mods that take a little more ingenuity and a little less $$$

    Greg
    2012 | 2500 | CCSB | Custom MCC by Double R Diesel

    Greg
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    You have an ashtray ????

    Nice project.



    Jim


    2006 ~ 2500HD, Big Horn Edition, 5.9, 4x4, Q/Cab, 48RE, L/B, 3.73, S&B CAI & Snout, ProFlo 5" S/S exhaust, Smarty Touch, Oil ByPass Kit, 60 gal main tank, 110 gallon in-bed tank, XX-Fuel Filter System, Coolant Bypass Kit, Mag-Hytec front & rear end covers and trans pan, 285 x 70 x 17

    "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States, where men 'were' free." ~ Ronald Regan

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnOldBiker View Post
    You have an ashtray ????

    Nice project.
    Every dodge has an ash tray, it's not just a coin holder LOL(thats what mine is used for)

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    Quote Originally Posted by codydell01 View Post
    Every dodge has an ash tray, it's not just a coin holder LOL(thats what mine is used for)

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    The new ones don't

    I bet my kids don't even know what an ashtray is

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    Quote Originally Posted by Power247 View Post
    The new ones don't

    I bet my kids don't even know what an ashtray is

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    I stand corrected!
    For a 17 year old that has to make his own payments and insurance I wouldn't know about the new vehicles 😂
    I just think it's unfair they have ashtrays from the factory but not dip spitters LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by codydell01 View Post
    I stand corrected!
    For a 17 year old that has to make his own payments and insurance I wouldn't know about the new vehicles 
    I just think it's unfair they have ashtrays from the factory but not dip spitters LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by E.mccarthy7018 View Post
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    May just plastic weld a mud jug in my cup holder LOL!

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