Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 11:45:57 -0700
Reply-To: Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Running Lights Dark
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The problem was no running lights and no dash lights, so something is wrong
with both the switch and rheostat.
It got me back from the McCloud River to the Bay Area with only about 30
minutes of driving with hazard lights, so maybe I'll leave it in the back
cabinet as an emergency part in case the new one burns up.
-MB
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 5:16 AM kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> Mark, if your problem is that the headlight switch will not turn the
> lights on, then yes you can repair that. If it is a problem with the
> dimming part of the switch that controls the interior and instrument
> lights, as far as I know, there is no way to easily repair that. The
> switch can pop open, clean up the contacts inside, don't lose the ball in
> inside, and put it back together correctly, and the switch should be good
> for a while longer.
>
> I did a video about this, but Youtube lowered the quality to the point it
> is almost unwatchable. I recorded it in HD so not sure why this happened.
>
> Ken
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 3:20 AM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm happy to report that a new switch from Ken @Van-Again did the trick.
>>
>> Are they rebuildable or can I take it apart (ie break it) and try to see
>> how the mechanism failed?
>>
>> Thanks to all those who offered suggestions.
>>
>>
>> -MB
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 6:21 PM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I've got a pretty clean '91 GL Camper with a Subaru conversion and on
>> the
>> > way home from a camping trip outside of Shasta last year, I noticed what
>> > seemed to be the headlights getting slightly dimmer. When I got home, I
>> > walked around the car and noticed that my running lights were out. It
>> was
>> > very late and I had work in the morning, so I put it off for another
>> day.
>> >
>> > That day has finally come, so I've started trouble-shooting. Here is the
>> > current status of the patient:
>> >
>> > - Headlights work.
>> > - Running lights do not at either switch setting.
>> > - Dashboard lights also do not work.
>> > - The car stereo works.
>> > - Both fuses 7 & 8 are fine.
>> > - Dashboard powered from aux battery (currently at 2.9V!).
>> >
>> > Aside from the low battery, I'm suspecting this is an issue with the
>> > headlight switch. Any diagnostics I can do with a voltmeter, as I
>> > understand those M-pin switches are hard to come by and don't want to
>> spend
>> > a pile on something I don't need.
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks mucho,
>> > MB
>> > --
>> > ________________________________________________________________________
>> > Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> ________________________________________________________________________
>> Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
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