Date:         Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:59:39 -0800
Reply-To:     "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
Comments: To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4B72D791.304@comcast.net>
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So I found the problem. It was in the low beam high beam switch. I removed the steering wheel and un plugged the turn signal switch and wiper switch and removed then from the col-om. I took a wire and jumped the plug and the lights work. I made a small jumper wire and plugged one end into the hot wire (power wire) and then jumped to the low beam. I will leave it this way tell I can get another switch off of a good used van. Thanks for all your help.


Danny C.
'84 Westy (Vanny)
'90 Jeep Cherokee 4x4
 

--- On Wed, 2/10/10, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:


From: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Headlight's wont come on (relay bad?)
To: "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:58 AM


Danny, it could be the headlight switch or ignition switch as Dennis says.  I don't think it is a ground issue because the lights will come on when you pull the high beam lever back and if the ground was bad I don't think this would happen.  The ignition switch is a cheap thing to try first.  We sell them for $9 and you can plug it into the wiring harness without actually replacing it to see if it fixes the problem.  If it does then you can properly install it, if not you have a spare and can buy the more expensive headlight switch and know that is the problem for sure.  We have both of these parts in stock.  Please let me know if we can help you further.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com


Danny C. wrote:
> Does anyone have a PDF file they could send me of the Bentley Vanagon manual? I need to know which relay is the hi beam low beam relay. My lights wont come on unless you hold up the dimmer switch. And the relay does not click. But when I pull up on the turn signal switch the high beam light on the dash comes on and so do the lights but as soon as I let go they go back off. Any help thanks........
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> '84 Westy (Vanny)
> '90 Jeep Cherokee 4x4
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