Hi all,
Long time user of this site and finally bought my first EB. I couldn't be any prouder of a new papa. Been driving her the last month with no issue and then a week ago had my first hiccup- driving at night and my headlights go out. I was actually sort of excited. My first thing to fix. And it's an easy one!! I checked fuses at home, all good, no luck. I then realize the lights work with the high beams on. Drove her again the next night, and my high beams go out. Great... At least my two yellow driving/parking lights still worked.
I read many of the threads around the headlight switch and thought, aha!! Easy fix. Um,,,, no. Went to my local O'Reilly Auto, and they gave me the one that was supposed to fit. Nope. Easiest way to explain it is that my old switch had long prongs and the new one had short fatter ones. Went back and they found one in the system that said it was for an 1985, but had long prongs like my old ones. The only difference is that the new switch has a prong right in the middle and my old one doesn't. But, the old connector doesn't have anything wired in to it in the middle. I also grabbed the connector part from the store that plugs in to the headlight switch. I figured if the new switch didn't fit, I could just rewire to the new connector up and use my my new switch. Well, the switch fit in to my old connector, but my lights wouldn't turn on and my parking lights wouldn't turn on either. Only thing that worked was my dash/cluster lights.
Here's my conundrum. I could wire the aforementioned new wiring connector up, but the new connector wires aren't labeled and none of the colors on my old one match up. My old connector wires are labeled though. I'll be happy to share the colors of my new one, but I figured Ill wait for suggestions. It's a BWD brand and I couldn't find anything on line.
Also FYI, I hooked up my test light to all the wire inputs on my old connector. I wanted to make sure I had power to the switch to eliminate any other possible causes. Only 3 of them were hot- one labeled "HLS FEED" another labeled "PARK FEED" and another labeled "PARK SIDE". "DOME LIGHT", "HI DMR", and two labeled "PARK SIDE" were cold, as was the only one with a built in fuse, which goes to my dash/cluster lights. Does that sound right? I don't have a dome light.
Should I rewire it? If so, how do I know which wires go to what? Process of elimination?
Or do I go store to store to find the exact switch as my old one? Sorry for the info overload, and many thanks in advance for the help and advice!
Long time user of this site and finally bought my first EB. I couldn't be any prouder of a new papa. Been driving her the last month with no issue and then a week ago had my first hiccup- driving at night and my headlights go out. I was actually sort of excited. My first thing to fix. And it's an easy one!! I checked fuses at home, all good, no luck. I then realize the lights work with the high beams on. Drove her again the next night, and my high beams go out. Great... At least my two yellow driving/parking lights still worked.
I read many of the threads around the headlight switch and thought, aha!! Easy fix. Um,,,, no. Went to my local O'Reilly Auto, and they gave me the one that was supposed to fit. Nope. Easiest way to explain it is that my old switch had long prongs and the new one had short fatter ones. Went back and they found one in the system that said it was for an 1985, but had long prongs like my old ones. The only difference is that the new switch has a prong right in the middle and my old one doesn't. But, the old connector doesn't have anything wired in to it in the middle. I also grabbed the connector part from the store that plugs in to the headlight switch. I figured if the new switch didn't fit, I could just rewire to the new connector up and use my my new switch. Well, the switch fit in to my old connector, but my lights wouldn't turn on and my parking lights wouldn't turn on either. Only thing that worked was my dash/cluster lights.
Here's my conundrum. I could wire the aforementioned new wiring connector up, but the new connector wires aren't labeled and none of the colors on my old one match up. My old connector wires are labeled though. I'll be happy to share the colors of my new one, but I figured Ill wait for suggestions. It's a BWD brand and I couldn't find anything on line.
Also FYI, I hooked up my test light to all the wire inputs on my old connector. I wanted to make sure I had power to the switch to eliminate any other possible causes. Only 3 of them were hot- one labeled "HLS FEED" another labeled "PARK FEED" and another labeled "PARK SIDE". "DOME LIGHT", "HI DMR", and two labeled "PARK SIDE" were cold, as was the only one with a built in fuse, which goes to my dash/cluster lights. Does that sound right? I don't have a dome light.
Should I rewire it? If so, how do I know which wires go to what? Process of elimination?