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What if the connection inside the switch works for the fronts, but not for the rears? (ohmmeter tells the tale!) I'd look this up in the Bentley but I just got a trip to Egypt dropped on me with 3 days notice, so I am scrambling to get ready! If the early cars turned off the front lights when the headlamps are on, there must be at least two connection points to the switch for parking lamps. On the other hand, it is probably more simple than that. Make a long jumper out of wire and check continuity from the switch terminal to the tail-light wiring, maybe check through the fuse-box as well. Personally, I have a telecom toy for continuity check that puts a tone on the pair in question, but this does not work well with one-wire systems that rely on a body ground for return to the battery, so an ohm-meter is your best ticket to troubleshoot this issue! Hope this helps a bit! Stephen J. Jackson Commissioning Engineer, Petron Industries, Inc. SJackson@petronworld.com -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:36 AM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Lights On 6 Feb 2006 at 18:39, Russ Wolfe wrote: > 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. But that wouldn't explain why his fronts work and the rears don't, would it? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~