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| BPic |
 Apr 16 2020, 03:41 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States 
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I hope you all are safe and well.
Trying to wrap up all the wiring connections. I have, based on my photos from 2 years ago and the wiring diagrams, all the wires connected correctly. However if I leave the running lights and headlights on for 5-10 minutes the housing on the headlight switch is almost to hot to touch. I really don't want to spend more money on a switch. Do you think that's what it is? Are they rebuildable? Thanks all! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| lierofox |
Apr 16 2020, 04:40 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 256 Joined: 23-June 15 From: Paso Robles, CA Member No.: 18,880 Region Association: Southern California
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Alternatively if you're feeling adventurous you can open the headlight switch up, and see if there's worn slider contacts, chances are it's the headlight contact that's starting to get worn down and pitted, depending on the year of the switch you can swap it with the slider contact for the marker lights which is identical.
https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...lamp_switch.htm |
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| BPic |
Apr 17 2020, 06:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States
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@lierofox - Thanks. I may have to dig into it. This will be a last resort before buying a different switch. Thanks for the link! QUOTE(lierofox @ Apr 16 2020, 06:40 PM)  Alternatively if you're feeling adventurous you can open the headlight switch up, and see if there's worn slider contacts, chances are it's the headlight contact that's starting to get worn down and pitted, depending on the year of the switch you can swap it with the slider contact for the marker lights which is identical. https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/9...lamp_switch.htm |
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BPic Headlight switch Apr 16 2020, 03:41 PM
Superhawk996
I hope you all are safe and well.
Trying to wrap... Apr 16 2020, 03:54 PM
BPic @Superhawk996 - I'll give this a shot I appre... Apr 17 2020, 06:50 AM Superhawk996
Alternatively if you're feeling adventurous y... Apr 17 2020, 07:58 AM Bleyseng or are you running H4 's without relays? Apr 16 2020, 05:14 PM BPic @[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showu... Apr 17 2020, 06:59 AM brant Geoff got it
You can’t run hi output headlights... Apr 17 2020, 07:27 AM BPic @Geoff - And this explains why I had to replace so... Apr 17 2020, 07:40 AM Spoke All the current in the headlights indeed run throu... Apr 17 2020, 07:38 AM BPic @[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showu... Apr 17 2020, 07:42 AM Spoke
@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?show... Apr 17 2020, 07:53 AM Bleyseng
@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?show... Apr 17 2020, 10:08 AM 90quattrocoupe If you want to go the relay way, this is the way t... Apr 17 2020, 12:55 PM Superhawk996 @90quattrocoupe
Nice clean setup and you wouldn... Apr 18 2020, 10:12 AM Bleyseng I installed relays with my H4's years ago but ... Apr 18 2020, 10:34 AM 90quattrocoupe @Superhawk996
Yea, they did a very nice ... Apr 18 2020, 10:38 AM |
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