fuseman said:
That's exaclty what I'm gonna do. Get a normal closed relay and hook it up so when the headlights are off,and the ignition is on, the running lights are on. When the headlights are turned on (the switch is pulled out) they will go off and the headlights will go on. But, it looks like this little project may be put on hold. On my way home from work today the tranny took a dump on me. It's now stuck in second gear. But that's a different post.
Let me know how you do on your's gummi bear. and I'll do the same with mine. Are you gonna do a tech write up on yours?
I can't believe I missed your post last week. Sorry 'bout that. Nah, no writeup, I already installed a set of the Hella H4 lights a couple of weeks ago, and built a relay box that sits on the fenderwell. It houses the relays for my fuel pump, driving lights, headlights (high & low beam), and off-road lights, with room for a couple more relays. It turned out pretty clean, I am happy with it. I just like figuring out how electrical components are controlled when I get a challenge like yours presented, that is fun stuff.
I still need to finish my steering column writeup, last weekend got kinda wacky (I ended up at a party full of 4x4 nuts, of which I knew none, and it lasted way too late, but it was fun anyway)
Sorry to hear about your trans. Mine was stuck in eternal 2nd gear when I forgot to re-install the correct linkage on it when I swapped carbs (an entire day wasted, thinking I had made a humongous mess) Hope yours ends up being a simple fix.