Twilight Sentinel

[somewhereinthecity]

How can you tell whether a C body is equipped with Twilight Sentinel? How would the controls differ from a C without Twilight Sentinel?

Thanks,

Jeff in Baltimore

 

[Welder guy]

If it has this control on the dash and this sensor by the rad it has the sentinel lighting option. This is on my 69 New Yorker

 

[Welder guy]

That's on my 69 New Yorker parts car. Other Chryslers may be a bit different

 

[somewhereinthecity]

Great, thanks.

 

[78Brougham]

What car do you have? On the fuselage Imperial's the were incorporated into the headlight switch.

 

[Dobalovr]

Marlowe I do not have that sensor by my rad yet I have the sentinel switch on my dash of my 70.....wonder if thats why it does not work?? FSM here I come!

 

[somewhereinthecity]

Mine is a 73 Town and Country. Thanks again for the info -- mine does not have it.

 

[Welder guy]

There is also this small knob on the top of the dash. I believe it is to set the sensitivity of when the lights automatically turn on

 

[Welder guy]

This information is out of the operators manual that was still in the car. It starts on page 18. Sorry about the small pictures

 

[Welder guy]

I guess the small knob on the dash is a timer of sorts for the head light shut off. See I had no idea what I was talking about before. LOL A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing

 

[Welder guy]

Mine is a 73 Town and Country. Thanks again for the info -- mine does not have it.

no problem were here to help

 

[Welder guy]

Marlowe I do not have that sensor by my rad yet I have the sentinel switch on my dash of my 70.....wonder if thats why it does not work?? FSM here I come!

May be. It's starting to look like you may need some parts after all

 

[Welder guy]

What car do you have? On the fuselage Imperial's the were incorporated into the headlight switch.

1969 Chrysler New Yorker

 

[MarPar]

I love this kind of MoPar Minutiae.

 

[somewhereinthecity]

Thanks for al the info!!

 

[ceebuddy]

That is the sensor for the automatic headlight beam changer. The automatic headlight beam changer was another option (which required the sentinel/twilight automatic light be ordered as well). But not all cars that had the sentinel/twilight automatic light also had the automatic headlight beam changer.

 

[78Brougham]

My first 73 Imperial had both. The dimmer sensor didn't look anything like that one. It was behind the grill flat black,the sensor itself was small at the back of tunnel, if you will, with adjustments for left-right and up-down. The auto-dimmer never did work properly, but the twilight and timer worked great.

 

[Welder guy]

It would be cool to see this option in operation but unfortunately it is in one of my parts cars. To me this option seems like it's ahead of it's time. What do you guys think ?

 

[Welder guy]

Has anyone installed this option on a car that was never born with it from factory? It looks like a cool option to have but a bit of a electrical nightmare to install.

 

[Welder guy]

Sorry about hijacking the post but I'm finding this sentinel lighting stuff quite interesting