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On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 23:53, Jim Adney wrote: > On 5 Feb 2006 at 18:56, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > > > Still having issues with my rear parking lights. > > > > I traced all wires and everything looks good. I'm now wondering if > > it's the switch. Is there a way to check the switch using the VOM? Or > > should I just invest in a new switch and hope for the best? Thanks for > > the help. > > If the fronts work, then it can't be the switch. The power comes thru > the switch first, and then splits at the fuse box. So the problem has > to be in the fuse box or later. > > Use the VOM to check for voltage on both sides of both fuses. IIRC, there were 2 different headlight switches. One for early, and one for late. What I am thinking is that he has an early switch, and the park lights are wire to the wrong terminals on the switch. They are switched. Check the wire terminal numbers on the headlight switch. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~