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jvinger · 05-14-2010, 10:30 PM

Having problems with my lights. If you are looking at the steering wheel and move the switch to the far left,what is suppose to come on?Then for each position back to the right?Has anyone done away with the socket on the back of the head light and just wired them direct? Thanks in advance

Tom Wesenberg · 05-14-2010, 10:35 PM

4 o'clock = high beam

5 o'clock = low beam

6 = off

7 = parking lts.

Grampy · 05-14-2010, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jvinger

Having problems with my lights. If you are looking at the steering wheel and move the switch to the far left,what is suppose to come on?Then for each position back to the right?Has anyone done away with the socket on the back of the head light and just wired them direct? Thanks in advance

Yes, the guy who had the car before me hard wired the lights. Sure they worked OK, but if you need to change anything what a pain in the patoot. I wanted to put brighter reflectors in the headlights and had to undo everything. He had soldered the connections and didn't leave enough slack in the line that you could reconnect if you wanted to.

I just ordered a new main harness, cowl harness, and the internal contact wires for the tail light, the cowl lights, and the headlights and changed everything back to the way Henry wanted it in the first place. I know he's resting much better now!

Actually, changing everthing out wasn't expensive, only took a couple of hours and was easy to do.

By the way, when the switch lever is pointing to 6:00 the lights are off. There is one position to the left; that's for the cowl lights if you have them. Back to 6:00 is off again. First position to the right is your "low beam" headlights, and second position further to the right is your "high beam" head lights. Hope this helps.
Steve

pat in Santa Cruz · 05-14-2010, 10:53 PM

repro switches are notoriously bad. Originals work well and are available. Check with Berts. . Repro headlight wiring and sockets are even worse. If you have repro wiring, cut the tips off the harness, cut the tips off the headlight bucket wires. Pull the headlight wires up into the bucket. Thread the harness wires through the springs where the bucket wires went into the bucket. You might have to strip off the cloth "insulation", but do not strip off the inner plastic insulation.. Connect the wires with wire nuts. Green is High beam, Red is low beam, Yellow (or white on some harnesses, is the parking light. Re-place the plastic spacer on the wire so it fits against the springs to lock the ferrule in place when you install it.

Barry B./ Ma. · 05-15-2010, 08:04 AM

I went through 3 repro switche before I got one that worked properly so no surprise.

Tom Wesenberg · 05-15-2010, 10:03 AM

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I just helped install a repro switch and light contact plate. I used my knife to scrape the edges of the plastic dimples to round over the sharp edge. I then used grease on the plate to make the switch work easier. A stock repro switch feels like the knob is going to twist off before the switch moves to the next position.

05-14-2010, 10:30 PM	#1
jvinger Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1	Headlight switch Having problems with my lights. If you are looking at the steering wheel and move the switch to the far left,what is suppose to come on?Then for each position back to the right?Has anyone done away with the socket on the back of the head light and just wired them direct? Thanks in advance

05-14-2010, 10:35 PM	#2
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Headlight switch 4 o'clock = high beam 5 o'clock = low beam 6 = off 7 = parking lts.

05-14-2010, 10:53 PM	#4
pat in Santa Cruz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: santa cruz, calif Posts: 2,011	Re: Headlight switch repro switches are notoriously bad. Originals work well and are available. Check with Berts. . Repro headlight wiring and sockets are even worse. If you have repro wiring, cut the tips off the harness, cut the tips off the headlight bucket wires. Pull the headlight wires up into the bucket. Thread the harness wires through the springs where the bucket wires went into the bucket. You might have to strip off the cloth "insulation", but do not strip off the inner plastic insulation.. Connect the wires with wire nuts. Green is High beam, Red is low beam, Yellow (or white on some harnesses, is the parking light. Re-place the plastic spacer on the wire so it fits against the springs to lock the ferrule in place when you install it.

05-15-2010, 08:04 AM	#5
Barry B./ Ma. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southbridge, Ma. Posts: 1,614	Re: Headlight switch I went through 3 repro switche before I got one that worked properly so no surprise.

05-15-2010, 10:03 AM	#6
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Headlight switch Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I just helped install a repro switch and light contact plate. I used my knife to scrape the edges of the plastic dimples to round over the sharp edge. I then used grease on the plate to make the switch work easier. A stock repro switch feels like the knob is going to twist off before the switch moves to the next position.