you buncha dim bulbs...

[jadney@vwtype3.org (Melissa & Jim)]

>"...after I've started the engine they don't come on. I have to  turn
>the key in the switch back a little and then the lights illuminate. 
>This has been happening over the past couple of months but now it is 
>getting harder for me to trick the switch into turning on the lights.
>Hopefully someone here can shed some light on my situation. Ha Ha!"

>Only one of the headlights on my '73 Westy comes on when you turn on the
>headlight switch, the other waits until you've started the vehicle!!?"
>
>
>I love the enLIGHTening conversation in this BRIGHT group, but the DIM
>fact of your DARK situation is that you both need a new keyswitch behind
>the key tumbler in your respective columns.  Or you might check the
>contacts behind the switch (this sepends upon the year model of the
>car)  I think '71 and earlier wires were solder to the switch (check the
>solder joint) and '72 and later had a plug-in connector (check the plug
>for cracks and wires in the plug).

Since the power for both headlights comes through the same contact in the 
ignition switch, the problem in the '73 Westy must be somewhere later, after 
the two circuits have split, like in the fuse box.

Type III ignition switches were plug-ins 71 and later.

Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
       jadney@vwtype3.org              jadney@vwtype3.org
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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