License plate and dash lights on with key on, but lheadlight switch in the off position |
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License plate and dash lights on with key on, but lheadlight switch in the off position |
HalfMoon |
Jun 23 2014, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: 13-November 12 From: Shenandoah Junction, WV Member No.: 15,144 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I started my car tonight and noticed despite the headlight switch being fully in the off position, my dash lights are on and my license plate light is .
Odd. Never saw that before. Headlight switch I imagine.... Thoughts? David Addedum-and saw what I thought was a wisp of smoke come from under my dash at the windshield....perhaps my imagination? |
HalfMoon |
Jun 25 2014, 09:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: 13-November 12 From: Shenandoah Junction, WV Member No.: 15,144 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Ok. So I've fouund (in my manual of all place, lol) a diagram that tells me what the relay's at the back of the fuse panel are for, but I seem to recall 1973 as being different than all the other years :-(
The manual indicated the following: A=Light dimmer B=Fresh air fan (and horn, wiper, cig lighter as I recall) C=Aux headlights (foglights) D=Buzzer Obviously the thing that's perplexing me is D=buzzer. As you can see from the picture of the back of my fuse panel, D is a round realy and not a buzzer. So, what the heck is it a relay for and does this anomally blow the validity of the other relay location/descriptions? Readers want to know, lol. Anyone got the skinny on 1973 (chime in Jeff!) Thanks all David |
john77 |
Jun 26 2014, 12:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 621 Joined: 21-February 14 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 17,027 Region Association: Southern California |
I have a 73 that also came with mixed up relays. On mine the silver round one in the back is the buzzer relay (I believe it controls the open door warning buzzers??), the silver square relay is the headlight high/low beam and then the three black ones are for fogs, horn and the third, I think, is the power relay.
Check which one has a blue and white wire going into it and trace it back to fuse 1 (or vice versa trace one of the two blue/white wires from fuse one back to the relay - the other goes to the tach) that's the fog relay. Whichever of the other two is connected to BOTH fuse 8 (red/white wire) and fuse 11 (red wire) is the horn relay. Leaving you with the third black one that does... who knows (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) OR an even quicker way to figure out which is which is to simply pull them one by one and see what's stopped working (I didn't have that luxury as the reason I was down there sniffing 40 year old dust in the first place was that my horn and fogs weren't working). John Ok. So I've fouund (in my manual of all place, lol) a diagram that tells me what the relay's at the back of the fuse panel are for, but I seem to recall 1973 as being different than all the other years :-( The manual indicated the following: A=Light dimmer B=Fresh air fan (and horn, wiper, cig lighter as I recall) C=Aux headlights (foglights) D=Buzzer Obviously the thing that's perplexing me is D=buzzer. As you can see from the picture of the back of my fuse panel, D is a round realy and not a buzzer. So, what the heck is it a relay for and does this anomally blow the validity of the other relay location/descriptions? Readers want to know, lol. Anyone got the skinny on 1973 (chime in Jeff!) Thanks all David |
HalfMoon |
Jun 26 2014, 11:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 828 Joined: 13-November 12 From: Shenandoah Junction, WV Member No.: 15,144 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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