headlight switch

[irisheet@yahoo.com (breandan mcilwain)]

thanks patrick, but i forgot to mention this in the
first post.  we were seeing some other weird things
like this.  turn on low beams and both lowbeams come
on.  turn on high beams  left side is dead and the
passenger side works fine.  could this also be a
problem in the wiring?

thanks
breandan l mcilwain

--- ATS - Patrick Bureau <pbureau@attbi.com> wrote:
> Wel your deductions are flawed..
> 
> the switch hold power back until you turn it on,
> then the power passes
> through the headlight switch into the steering
> collumn to the beam selector
> arm.
> since when you turn on and off the high beams and
> they sometimes work
> sometimes don't your problem is most likely to be
> found in the selector arm
> contact.
> take the cover off and see if you can get a can of
> contact cleane or
> electric contact cleaner and spray this on while
> activating your arm (power
> off to car btw) and let it dry, then try youor high
> beams on and off againw
> ith power. could be just oxidation.
> ==========================================
> ATS - Patrick Bureau
> 1985 8v **Planning 3A/JH  Upgrade**
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> 
> =>-----Original Message-----
> =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> breandan mcilwain
> =>Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 9:30 PM
> =>To: scirocco list
> =>Subject: headlight switch
> =>
> =>
> =>well here we go,
> =>i am having a really funny problem with my
> headlights,
> =>last week a friend of everyones and me wired up
> and
> =>relayed my euro lights, and were having some
> really
> =>funny problems with the power comming from the
> stock
> =>wiring.  so i was driving home last night and the
> =>lights were working fine and i went to go turn on
> my
> =>high beams and there was total darkness, they just
> =>didnt work.  so that was ok i still had my low
> beams,
> =>though maybe i just blew out the fuses for the
> high
> =>beams.  so this morning i went out to check the
> fuses
> =>and they were fine, so i turned on the headlights
> and
> =>switched on the high beams and they worked!!  so i
> =>thought i would switch back to low beams and it
> =>worked.  all the relays were working propery. 
> tried
> =>to put the highs back on and they didnt come on,
> what
> =>does everyone think of this.  i am thinking
> headlights
> =>switch, doesnt sound like it is making a good
> contact
> =>what the high beams are switched to the on
> position.
> =>
> =>thanks
> =>
> =>breandan l mcilwain
> =>
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