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bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:37 pm

lost my brake lights, and my headlights only work on hi-beam. i've traced my brake light wiring to no end. have good ground on rear light buckets. my turn signals work, tail lights work. i have continuity on my brake light switch on the pedal when it is engaged. where does these silly a** wires go from the brake switch and where do i start short of unwrapping the wiring harness? ALSO....and i know it is related, when i have my hazard flashers on, the front signals blink, but my rear ones don't. if i'm correct, the hazards on the rear run off the same circuit as the brake lights.

npw for the low beam headlights, is it my dimmer swtich, or maybe my headlight knob on the dash? my low beams progressively got where they didn't work. sometimes they were OK, sometimes not. now they don't work at all. please advise? thx, scott.

bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:39 pm

btw, i'm fixin to drive this thing 1200 miles to montana on wed, so i would really like to git these probs lined out this week-end before i head out. thx!

mopardwh · Post by **mopardwh** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:43 pm

Well several years ago I was driving my 70 RR and my headlights went out. The high beams worked, but not the low. I think I started troubleshooting at the dimmer switch, and sure enough it was out.
I would start there. Check it, replace it, I have a feeling that might be your problem. At least one of them.

73_Adventurer_Sport · Post by **73_Adventurer_Sport** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:22 am

It sounds like your dimmer switch, but don't rule out the possibility that a voltage surge didn't blow both the headlights and stoplight elements in the tail light bulbs.

Though I've never seen it with headlights, I once had both stop light elements blow out at the same time and I wasted a lot of time looking for a wiring problem.

JJ · Post by JJ » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:56 pm

Check the connections on the headlight switch itself then the dimmer. Those will get burned especially if you switched to modern headlights.

bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:15 pm

thx guys, i'll check those things out tomorrow. scott.

bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:18 pm

i was gonna pull the headlight switch the other day and check it, but i couldn't get the friggin knob off. any tricks to that? i didn't want to force it and break it.

Blue67 · Post by **Blue67** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:47 pm

Scott. Good thing you didn't force it. The knob comes off with the shaft. Pull the knob like turning on the lights, then push the button on the top/side of the switch (behind the dash) and pull the whole shaft/knob out of the switch assembly. Be careful as you turn the nut to release the switch from the dash as the whole switch can fall apart with the shaft out.
Did you get my PM about the front drums?

bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:48 am

sure did blue, and thx for the info. we will be going thru missoula on thursday. pm me ur number and i will call you and meet you somewhere off the freeway on our way thru. if it would be better for you for me to go ahead and take it to libby, let me know. if we can hook up just right, it would be no problem for us to pull over as we go thru missoula. would like to see ur truck, and i will be driving mine thru as well. scott.

crazyinalabama · Post by **crazyinalabama** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:44 am

I experienced the same problem with the head lights when I drove back from B.C a couple of weeks ago. unfortunatly, I had to return to work, and didn't have time to troubleshoot the problem, but I was wondering what holds that light switch in the dash and now I know! I thank you for that! my next question is if the switch is tango uniform, can a replacement switch be purchased? or do i have to start looking for something else compatible ?

C.I.A.

73_Adventurer_Sport · Post by **73_Adventurer_Sport** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:38 am

crazyinalabama wrote: my next question is if the switch is tango uniform, can a replacement switch be purchased? or do i have to start looking for something else compatible ?

C.I.A.

They should have one at NAPA, and if not, rockauto.com will have it.

bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:54 pm

ok y'all, i got em both fixed. thank you all very much for the help. my low beams was a loose wire on the dimmer switch. blue, thx for the tip about the headlight knob, i've never seen that before but it comes right out after pushing that button u were talking about. as for my brake lights, i decided to delete some wires underneath my steering wheel a while back. turns out the feed from the brake pedal switch feeds up to the turn signal assembly under the steering wheel. after soldering a jumper back in where i cut it out before, i'm back in business! i have no idea why they ran it back up there instead of tying it in under the dash, lol. scott.

Jeffc · Post by **Jeffc** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:51 am

the brake light wire needs to go to the signal switch
so that it can use the turn signal wire to go to
the signals and the brake is interuped on the
side it needs to be, steady brake on the other,
only way it works since the brake has to run though
the flash on side flashing.

On newer cars the signal is independent of the
brake light on most.

bad94flstn · Post by **bad94flstn** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:15 pm

i found that out the hard way jeff. lots of continuity and voltage tests and standin on my head under the dash before i figured it out, lol. after i seen how it is set up, it all made since. i just didn't realize it when i was cleanin house under the steering wheel a couple months ago. after i deleted a couple wires, i checked my turn signals and they worked, so i just figured i deleted horn wires (i have a remote switch and siren horn). i never thought to check my brake lights at the time. oh well, alls well now. scott.

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