Headlight dip switch

[ekute]

Anybody got a spare-got blueslipped with just low beam!

[FCRB26]

Check the bottom 3 connections are not loose its pretty common.
If its still buggered pm me and ill send u one.

[FATBOY]

Hi Mark ive got plenty at the shed give me a ring i might be going to the shed tonight
regards fatboy

[ekute]

Thanks Pete and Fatboy, I think the headlight switch is the problem but won't get to check it out till the weekend.

[ekute]

All is good, isolated the problem to a short in 1 headlight.I first checked the dip switch and all was ok.The light bulb in my thick head finally clicked on when I read the workshop manual which described what happens when you have a short in a headlight!

There is a thermal fuse acting sort of like a relay-it works so quick that I didn't realise what was happening until I really,really concentrated on listening for it.

The bakelight insulator between the spring loaded contacts for the headlght bulb had broken!

Took a couple of hours to fix because I have to remove the wheels to unscrew headlight buckets from the frenched guards.Anyway it allowed me to align the headlights properly as well.

2 birds killed with 1 stone.

Note to self look at workshop manual first.