Hi Clay. I believe that the headlight switch, the one in the dash, is due for replacement. The dash switch carries all of the headlight current. A good Sat project is to wire in a couple of relays to handle the current and have the switch just control the relay. Mine failed completely out on Rt 80 in PA. It actually melted and started to smolder. I jumpered the switch with some spare wire that I carry in the van and made it home. It did help that we carry a Bentley and a DVM in the van as well. HTH Helen & Joe Fahy '87 Westy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Perry" <Cmpbiker@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:01 PM Subject: Out go the lights Yikes!
> > Vehicle is a 87 Weekender > > So a week ago as I was blasting towards Lake Powell for a weeekend of > debauchaery, it was past Midnight, cruising around 75 when I dimmed the > lights and- BAM- no headlights! I pulled back on the dimmer lever and the > high beams came on,. If I held the lever back in "flash" position I had > lights otherwise I was in stealth mode, disconcerting. I cruised that way > until I could find a side road. I pulled off took a deep breath. I switched > the lights off and on and they came back on, no problem. Is there a circuit > breaker somewhere I don't know about? So far no problems, everything works > fine. > > P-Mail me for the "wall-o-mud" story from the rain storm that night.
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