I've had this same thing happen a couple times on long trips, always when I was running the brights. I believe there are two things involved: 1/ the heat experienced by the dash-light switch (it is cheap/poorly engineered) makes it overload, oxidize, carbon-up, and not work; 2/ the ignition switch wears out and affects the headlights ability to function. I have replaced the dash light switch and experienced the same thing again (light failure) and have all the "stuff" to install a couple relays in that system, which results in lower voltage crossing the switch (it becomes an on/off only device) and boosting current to the headlights, making them brighter. I have actually jiggled the ignition switch and had the lights come on when they would not otherwise. Thanks to Frank Condelli, there is a nicely laid out procedure description at: http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/mechanic.htm Good luck, Bob Stevens '91 Westy Happy is he who bears a god within. -- Louis Pasteur http://communities.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
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