Date:         Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:43:49 -0500
Reply-To:     T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lights on '82 Vanagon
Comments: To: VWQ47 <vwq47@hotmail.com>
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Hii Dave,

Aside from the other suggestions about checking switches and the ground I
would follow by checking the light relay.

GL,
Tony

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:21 AM, VWQ47 <vwq47@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings folks,
>
> The headlights on my van have started playing up and I don't quite
> understand what is happening.
> When I turn them on both high and low beam are on.  When I turn OFF high
> beam, low beam goes off ( I think that is the way, but it is hard to tell
> which click would normally go to high and which normally go to low).  When
> I
> turn off the ignition with the headlights on, the headlights stay on when
> the parking lights would normally be all that is lit.
>
> Has anyone experienced an issue like this?  Where should I look?  I'd
> appreciate any wisdom people have.
>
> Dave
>
> PS I have NOT done anything to the wiring/lights in a couple of years.
>  This
> is not a result of any fiddling having been done.
>



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