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Re: [T3] headlight switch


On 20 Jan 2002, at 15:45, Kevin Guarnotta wrote:

> i am having some elctrical problems, my headlights do not work(the parking
> lights come on when i pull the headlight switch halfway out, but when i pull the
> switch all the way out-nothing lights up. I think the problem is in the
> headlight switch, and i am unsuire how to remove this switch, any suggestions.
> this is for a '67 squareback.
> 
> I had cleaned all the contacts in the fusebox with a dremel. this didnt
> appear to do much except make everything shiny.

You need to approach this systematically. Do you have a voltmeter or 
mechanic's trouble light? With either of these you can check for 12V at 
various points in the chain leading to the headlights. Once you find where the 
12V stops, you have your cause. With the Dremel you were just guessing.


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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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