I had the same problem a couple of years ago. It was the ignition switch. Since you said you replaced the headlight swithch already i'd look at the ignitioin switch. Lot's of info in the archives. Brien busesbythebeach.com
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:26:51 -0800, Christian Pelletier <christianpelletier@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi! > > The headlights on my 86 Vanagon Syncro won't turn on. All the other lights are fine (parking, flasher, back-up, etc). > We have made some preliminery search but no success so far. > We replaced the headlight switch, and checked the bulbs. > It seems like power is not going to the headlights. > > But when I hold the high beam arm on the steering column, the high beams turn on, but they won't stay. I can hold it but there is no "click" - like you would usually have when you switch to high beam. > > We are going to do some more investigation, but if someone has any suggestion for something specific to look at, please feel free to share your opinions... > > :O) > > Thanks > > Christian > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! – What will yours do? > |
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