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>From: "James L. McGill" <fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com>
>OK, I looked underneath the dash last night.
>
>1966 Squareback.
>
>More accurately: When I pull the switch to parking lights, they come on.
Dash light
>dimmer works, etc. When I pull the switch to headlights, parking lights go
out, headlights
>don't come on. In this position, I can make the brights work(!) not sure
if the parking lights
>come on at this point. So it's the switch, right? $30 from WCM.
On a 66 the headlight power doesn't come through the ignition switch so
that's not your problem. If the high beams work then the headlight switch
is fine, because it supplies power to both via the same current path. So
the problem is in the relay or later (fuses, wiring, or the headlights
themselves.)
>Wife says she felt water coming in (we've had feet of rain ... floodin'
down in texas... )
>and it was drops around her shin. I'm extremely concerned about this, but
I've
>so far failed to find the source. The vents are taped completely over.
Windshield seal looks
>good, and the trunk seal is weathered, but not bad where it meets the
windshield. So
>I suspect the hole where the wiper arm comes through.
Possible around the wiper hole, but more likely throught the vents even
though you THINK they are sealed up. Clear out their drain hoses and fix
the problem rather than just tape up the vents.
If it just happens while driving, check where the radio antenna wire enters
the car from the wheel well.
Jim
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