Thanks all on the lights, Since the headlights are a fairly basic circuit.
The multifunction, and the switch itself will cover the majority of the
sources of trouble. Eventually I'm going to just move them over to relays,
and take the load off both the switch and the multi..
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Headlight issues
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2004, at 22:29, Aaron Wyse wrote:
>
> >
> > I posted a while back when my headlights developed a mind of thier
> > own. The
> > general concensus was the multifunction switch; which made perfect
> > sense to
> > me. I'd seen older cars do the same thing when the dimmer switch was
> > bad.
> > Well.. Got the multifunction switch changed. and tonite.. it still
> > does it.
> > Could it be as simple as the headlight switch itself? Or does anyone
> > know
> > of anything else that could cause this.
> >
> I don't recall what the issue you were having is. The only problem
> I've seen bad headlight switches cause is flickering parking-,
> instrument- or head-lights. I'm on my third headlight switch as of
> last week - it would overheat and start making intermittent contact
> with the headlight circuit after 30 minutes to an hour with the lights
> on. I had to remove the switch and give it some airflow from the dash
> vent to keep my lights on on my way back from Cleveland a couple weeks
> ago.
> --
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