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Title: Headlight dip switch Post by: ekute on June 23, 2014, 10:34:04 PM Anybody got a spare-got blueslipped with just low beam!
Title: Re: Headlight dip switch Post by: FCRB26 on June 24, 2014, 04:35:00 AM Check the bottom 3 connections are not loose its pretty common.
If its still buggered pm me and ill send u one. Title: Re: Headlight dip switch Post by: FATBOY on June 24, 2014, 02:53:01 PM Hi Mark ive got plenty at the shed give me a ring i might be going to the shed tonight
regards fatboy Title: Re: Headlight dip switch Post by: ekute on June 25, 2014, 06:23:12 PM Thanks Pete and Fatboy, I think the headlight switch is the problem but won't get to check it out till the weekend.
Title: Re: Headlight dip switch Post by: ekute on June 30, 2014, 08:34:25 PM 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. |