Headlights are frustrating me, Just want them to work correctly Options

[Rhodes71/914]

I've tried to work this out, I've done searches, but i'm still stuck.

Headlights work fine on low-beam. Click to high-beam and nothing. I can hear clicking at the relay which has been switched out and I don't think is the problem. Fuses are all good. Indicator light on the speed-o only come on when just the parking lights are on (knob pulled out one click}

Could this be the headlights themselves? or do i just have some f-ed up wiring. Things look pretty normal at the fuse board.

[Dave_Darling]

You remove the headlight switch by unscrewing the knob, then unscrewing the "escutcheon" (basically a nut with no flats but that has two little slots in it to turn it with) and pulling it out forward (toward the front of the car) into the dash. I used a little flat-head screwdriver in the slots to push the escutcheon in the "loosen" direction to get it started, then spun it off by hand.

I strongly recommend doing the checks for voltage. If nothing else, check at the high-beam fuses! You can also do a resistance check from the fuse to ground with the lights off; it should show about (60W/14V) 4.5 ohms resistance or a bit more. That will check the path from the fuse to the light bulb to ground, at least for small currents.

--DD