$190 to replace a headlight switch??!!! Tell me you're joking. Lately I
haven't had a problem. But I tried my dome light tonight and it wouldn't go
on. I can live without that though.
Bob King
Pennsville, NJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike D. <miggitymike@juno.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, December 27, 1999 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Spooky Headlight problem!
>this recently happened to me. It was the headlight switch... totally
>trashed... burned a hole in it and stuff... headlights would come on and
>off at their leasure, and if I tried the high beams... forget it! Got it
>replaced for just under 190 at the dealer.
>
>-mike d.
>
>---> Yorktown, Va.
>miggitymike@juno.com
>88 6er LE, lowered, modded, and painted =)
>
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>
>
>On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:25:19 -0800 (PST) J McKinney
><bigmopar4x4@yahoo.com> writes:
>> Hey Bob, I have the same problem on my old (now dad's) '91
>> LE. I believe we have the same high-beam control on the
>> turn signal switch, right? We don't DARE try to switch to
>> high beams while we're driving because the lights will go
>> out. I believe it's in the turn signal/high beam switch.
>> I haven't installed a new one yet, but would almost
>> guarantee that's the problem.
>> John
>>
>> --- Bob King <k85go76@erols.com> wrote:
>> > Listen to this. About two weeks ago I started having
>> > problems with my
>> > headlights. I have a '95 SLT CC with the pull-type
>> > dash-mounted
>> > headlight/parking light/dome light switch. I went to
>> > turn on my headlights
>> > and they didn't come on. Tried pushing-pulling the switch
>> > a couple of times
>> > and they finally came on. Had this same thing happen a
>> > couple of times
>> > several days later until one night I tried it and the
>> > lights once again
>> > didn't come on (only parking lights and dash lights were
>> > on). High beams
>> > didn't work either, but my passing flashers did activate
>> > the headlights
>> > momentarily ( as would be the case with these) when the
>> > turn signal/wiper
>> > stalk was pulled back. Still, trying and fiddling with
>> > the switch this time;
>> > no headlights no matter what I tried. I made a quick
>> > assessment that I had
>> > a bad headlight switch. (Luckily ,I have a fairly strong
>> > pair of driving
>> > lamps that I used as backup to keep me driving at night)
>> > .
>> >
>> > I bought a new switch at Pep Boys and $56 later and
>> > pulling apart the dash
>> > to replace, I finally had working headlights. Life was
>> > good!...for about 4
>> > nights... until tonight when I came out of a store,
>> > hopped into the Dak,
>> > fired it up and hit the headlight switch....AGAIN, NO
>> > HEADLIGHTS! God, was
>> > I pissed! The exact same symptoms as I had
>> > before..parking lights OK, dash
>> > lights OK, NO high beams, can activate the passing
>> > flasher. I fumed all the
>> > way home relying on my trusty Pilot driving lamps.
>> > Stopped at the local
>> > Burger Barn for a Chix sandwich and when I came back out,
>> > tried the
>> > headlight switch again....THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON!!! This
>> > is making me nuts!
>> > I have a sneaking suspicion I threw away a perfectly good
>> > headlight switch
>> > on the repair and I have a loose connection somewhere in
>> > there.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have an idea where I should start my search
>> > for the "bad actor"
>> > in this sick little episode?
>> >
>> > Many thanks (in advance) and Happy Holidays fellow
>> > DMLers!!
>> >
>> > Bob King
>> > Pennsville, NJ
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> =====
>> John McKinney
>> Los Banos, CA
>> 1998 Dakota 4x4 5in lift/locked 33" Swampers
>> 1974 Ramcharger 4in lift/locked 33" BFG MT's
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